Drake Draws Dragons DR Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Consonant blends like DR are one of the first big steps a young reader takes after single letter sounds are secure. In a blend, two consonants sit side by side and each one keeps its own sound, so a child has to hold both sounds in mind and push them together quickly. The Drake Draws Dragons DR Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives first graders a short, friendly story packed with DR words — Drake, draw, draws, drew, dragon, drum, drops and dry — so the blend turns up again and again inside real sentences instead of on a flash card. Reading a blend inside a story is what moves it from something a child can sound out to something a child simply knows.

This first grade DR blends worksheet is a three page printable. Page one holds the illustrated story about Drake, a little green dragon who loves to draw. Page two asks five multiple choice comprehension questions with three answer choices each, and page three is the complete answer key. Read the story aloud together first, then let students reread it on their own before they fill in the bubbles. Because every question can be answered straight from the text, students practice going back and finding evidence, which is the habit that carries reading comprehension all the way through school.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• A 96-word illustrated DR blend story and 5 multiple-choice comprehension questions

Three things make this resource work. First, repetition inside meaningful text: the DR blend appears eighteen times across the story, so the pattern becomes automatic without a single drill. Second, the questions sit at a true first grade level, with short stems, three choices, and correct answers spread across A, B and C so no child can guess by pattern. Third, the Drake Draws Dragons DR Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet pairs decoding with meaning, which is exactly what early reading assessments measure. A child who can read the words but cannot answer questions about them has only done half the job, and this sheet practices both halves at once.

Teachers and parents can stretch this story well past the page. Ask students to hunt for every DR word in the story and write them in a list, then add new ones they know, such as dress, drip, drive and dream. Turn it into a drawing activity: after reading, have each child draw their own dragon and label it with three DR words. Play a quick sorting game with picture cards, putting DR words in one pile and other r-blends like BR, CR, FR and TR in another. For extra practice at the same reading level, keep a small stack of blend stories in the reading center so students can move from one blend to the next at their own pace.

Related Resources

• R Blends Worksheet
• CR Blends Worksheet
• Blends Worksheet BR
• 44 Sounds of the English Language (Have Fun Teaching video)