Kindergarten Blend Sounds to Read Words worksheets

About this worksheet

Blending is the moment separate letter sounds become a word. Many kindergarten children can point to c, a, and t and say each sound, but pause between them so long that cat never emerges. This worksheet shows a picture and asks the learner to read the short words beside it, sliding the sounds of each word together until one of them is the picture. Because the child reads the words, a printed picture label can never give the answer away. Keep the sounds continuous where possible: /mmm/ /aaa/ /p/, then map.

Avoid adding ‘uh’ after consonants because /cuh/ /a/ /tuh/ is much harder to blend. Support items use a small bank of very different words with three choices, so the first letter alone does not settle it. Standard and challenge items offer words that begin or end alike, so only blending the whole word finds the match. Every question still assesses blending a simple three-sound word rather than memorizing a spelling list.

What your child will learn

• Say one sound for each letter in a CVC word
• Slide three sounds together without long pauses
• Recognize the word that names a picture
• Check a blend by saying the completed word normally

Common Core standard: RF.K.2.C