
Digraphs, Blends, & Glued Sounds Worksheets for Decoding Practice | Compare & Contrast Phonics
These digraphs, blends, and glued sounds worksheets help kids learn to pay attention to all sounds in a word when decoding. On each no-prep page, students compare and contrast 2 digraphs, blends, or glued sounds. These activities are incredibly helpful for students who misread words, guess at words, or need practice reading words with digraphs, blends, and glued sounds. They’re easy to fit in as a quick warm-up or simple literacy center - they work with any phonics program! On each of the 44 no-prep pages, students will “compare and contrast” words that contain similar digraphs, blends or glued sounds, using the following procedure: Read target pattern #1; practice correctly pronouncing the sound(s). Read words with target pattern #1. Repeat the above steps with target pattern #2. Read and color-code a mixed list of words with target patterns #1 and #2. These materials will improve your students’: Understanding of digraphs, blends and glued sounds Attention to detail when decoding Word reading accuracy Word reading fluency with digraphs, blends, and glued sounds words Here’s what’s included in this set of digraphs, blends, and glued sounds worksheets: 14 pairs of digraphs (sh/ch, th/th, th/ch, th/sh, wh/th, ch/ck, sh/s, sh/h, ch/c, ch/h, th/t, th/h, wh/w, ck/ch) 17 pairs of blends (l/_l, r/_r, _l/_r, br/bl, gl/gr, tr/dr, s_/s, sp/st, sm/sn, -d/-nd, -t/-nt, -nd/-nt, -lt/-ll, -sk/-st, -ss/st, -ft/-ff, -mp/-p) 13 pairs of glued sounds (ng/nk, ang/ing/ong/ung, ank/ink/onk/unk, ing/ink, ang/ank, ong/onk, ung/unk, -ng/-n, -ng/-g, -ng/-nd, -nk/-n, -nk/-ck, -nk/-nt) Frequently asked questions: What is the difference between a voiced and unvoiced sound? In a voiced sound, your vocal cords are vibrating. In an unvoiced sound, your vocal cords are not vibrating. How can you tell if a sound is voiced or unvoiced? You can feel whether a sound is voiced or unvoiced by gently touching the front of your throat as you say a sound. You will feel the vibrations on your throat when pronouncing a voiced sound. You might also like: Letter Sound & Decoding Words Worksheets K-2 BUNDLE | Compare & Contrast Phonics