Blends worksheets
Word sort with blend words, with an answer key · 1 page + answer key
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This blends worksheet is a four-column sort: l-blends (flag, plum), r-blends (crab, drum), s-blends (stop, swim) and ending blends (nest, jump). Your child reads each word in the word bank, looks at where the blend is and which letters make it, and writes it in the right column.
Sorting makes children look closely at the beginning and end of every word, which is exactly where blends trip readers up. A child who reads flag as fag is usually skipping the second sound; a sort makes them find it.
For more focused practice, try the l-blends, r-blends or s-blends sheets, or sound boxes, where each sound in a blend gets its own box.
Tips for using it
- Before sorting, have your child underline the two blend letters in each word.
- Some words have a blend at both ends (stamp, crust). Ask your child which column they'd choose and why.
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What is a consonant blend?
Two or three consonants next to each other where each sound is still heard, like fl in flag, cr in crab or st in nest.
What grade learns blends?
Usually late kindergarten and first grade, after short-vowel CVC words. Ending blends often come a little after beginning blends.