• Kindergarten
  • Reading & Phonics
  • About 10 minutes

Read and Match

Read the sentence. Circle the picture that goes with it!

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How to do it

  1. Read the sentence.
  2. Look at the three pictures.
  3. Circle the one that matches.

Teaching tip

Read the sentence before looking at the pictures. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.K.4.

Read and Match worksheet for kindergarten phonics (decodable sentences and mini-books), free printable
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About this worksheet

Short sentences like "The bat is big." to read and match to one of three pictures.

What kids practice

Decodable sentences use only words a kindergartner can sound out, like cat, big and sat, plus the first sight words, like the, a, I and see. That means your child can read every word on the page with what they already know, which builds real reading and real confidence. The mini-books are short stories written the same way. They are the next step in phonics after reading single words.

Watch for

  • Guessing from the picture instead of reading the words. Cover the picture, read, then check.
  • Skipping little words like a and the. Point to every word.
  • Reading word by word without hearing the sentence. Read it again, a little faster.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full decodable sentences and mini-books phonics guide for kindergarten.

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