2nd Grade Silent Letters: mb Worksheets
15 printable 2nd Grade phonics worksheets on Silent Letters: mb. Every sheet has an answer key — 15 in all. 3 activity types: Sort And Write, Word Chain, Word Hunt. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: mb, wr and kn; lamb to dad; mb and wr; march to nut; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 9 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 2. Every grade is on one page: Silent Letter Worksheets.
What is in this set: Sort And Write (5), Word Chain (5) and Word Hunt (5).
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 2, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. See every program →
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Includes 3 activity types: Sort And Write, Word Chain, Word Hunt.
All 15 worksheets in this set
- Sort And Write 1: mb, wr and kn Free PDF
- Word Chain 1: lamb to dad Free PDF
- Word Hunt 1: mb and wr Free PDF
- Word Hunt 2: mb and wr
- Sort And Write 2: mb, wr and kn
- Word Chain 2: march to nut
- Sort And Write 3: mb, wr and kn
- Word Hunt 3: mb and wr
- Word Chain 3: hip to lamb
- Word Hunt 4: mb and wr
- Sort And Write 4: mb, wr and kn
- Word Chain 4: limb to dig
- Word Hunt 5: mb and wr
- Sort And Write 5: mb, wr and kn
- Word Chain 5: kiss to lamb
Teaching Silent Letters: mb
What it is
In the mb spelling, the b at the end of a word is silent: lamb, comb, thumb, climb, crumb, numb. In words like number, amber, and timber the same two letters are both heard, so where the mb sits is what matters. In Grade 2 mb is sorted beside two other silent pairs, wr and kn, with words such as crumb, limb, wrong and wrist, in sorts, word chains and word hunts.
When a child is ready
Teach it once blends and digraphs are read without sounding out each letter and the child accepts that some letters are written but not said.
If they struggle
Position is the clue: the b is silent when mb ends the word or syllable (lamb, climbing), and spoken when a vowel follows it (number, timber, bamboo). Have the child underline the ending before reading, and keep a running silent-b list to add to as new words come up.
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