1st Grade reading & phonics worksheets
Free 1st grade reading and phonics worksheets to print or download as a PDF. Practice word families, blends and digraphs, silent e, vowel teams, sight words, fluency and retelling stories.
- Short-vowel word families7 sheets
Short vowel phonics worksheets for first grade: read and match pictures, sort words by family, real or silly words, read-down lists and read-and-draw sentences.
+2 more - Blends and digraphs7 sheets
Phonics worksheets for first grade blends and digraphs: sh ch th wh pictures, fill in the digraph, fill in the blend, sort words and read sentences.
+2 more - Long vowels: silent e6 sheets
Silent e phonics worksheets for first grade: picture word choice, long or short vowels, a silent e sort and sentences with kit and kite style pairs.
+1 more - Long vowels: vowel teams6 sheets
Vowel team phonics worksheets for first grade: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa and ow with picture words, spelling choice, a sort and find-the-team sentences.
+1 more - Word family flip pages40 sheets
One printable phonics page for every first-grade word family, from -at and -an to -ake and -ain. Like a flip book on paper: the first sound changes, the family stays the same.
+35 more - Endings -s -ed -ing5 sheets
First-grade phonics worksheets for -s, -ed and -ing endings: add the ending, circle the base word, pick the ending that fits and sort words by ending.
- First-grade sight words8 sheets
First-grade sight word worksheets: read, trace and write, sight word hunt, fill in the sentence and cut-out word cards, using the 41 first-grade sight words.
+3 more - Fluency passages4 sheets
First-grade fluency passages with word counts and a three-read tracker, plus phrase reading and sentence ladders.
- Retelling, characters and setting5 sheets
Story worksheets for first grade: story maps, characters and setting, Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then retelling, and beginning, middle and end.
For the parent or teacher
Skills these worksheets practice
- Read word families, like cat, hat and sat
- Read words with blends and digraphs, like stop, ship and chin
- Read long vowel words with silent e and vowel teams
- Read words with endings like -s, -ed and -ing
- Read first grade sight words
- Read short passages smoothly
- Retell a story and name its characters and setting
Questions parents ask
- Do these need to be done in order?
- No. Every child is different, so pick whatever your student needs next. Jumping around is completely fine, and a student may be ahead in some skills and still building others.
- What is the difference between a blend and a digraph?
- In a blend, like st in stop, you can still hear both sounds. In a digraph, like sh in ship, two letters make one new sound.
- Are the worksheets really free?
- Yes. Print any sheet or download it as a PDF, with no sign-up.