This Silent Letters Worksheet helps 3rd graders find and write the quiet letters in words like comb, knee, and ghost. Includes a complete answer key, perfect for no-prep phonics practice at home or in class.
This is the Alphabet Song by Have Fun Teaching offers a fun and engaging way to learn the alphabet. This song helps children master their ABCs with a catchy tune and memorable lyrics. The repetition and rhythm make it easier for kids to remember the alphabet letters. Teachers and parents…
This SH CI CH TI worksheet gives 3rd graders a twelve-word sort plus spelling and writing practice for the four ways to spell the /sh/ sound. An answer key is included, so it is ready to check.
These consonant blends flash cards give kindergarten to 3rd grade readers 18 picture cards for l, r and s blends. Fold, cut and practice; a worksheet and answer key are included.
Using the Blends, Digraphs, and Trigraphs Activity, students create lists of words that have beginning and ending blends, digraphs, or trigraphs.
In this consonant digraphs ch sh th wh activity, Kindergarten to 3rd Grade students sort 16 picture-word cards by their first sound, with an answer key included for easy checking.
This Silent Letters Detective Worksheet has 3rd graders sort words by their silent k, w or b and solve word clues, with an answer key included for quick checking and stronger spelling.
Using this Silent Night Silent Letters Activity, students identify and decode silent letter patterns in order to build reading accuracy and fluency.
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This hard and soft c g sounds activity lets 1st to 3rd grade students sort picture cards by the sound c or g makes, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using the Blends Activity, students match the blend, word and picture cards to build their beginning blends word fluency.
UsingLet's Eat Fresh Fruit Blends Activity, students write examples of words with beginning blends to include in their writing.
Blends, digraphs and sneaky silent letters
By third grade, kids know their single consonant sounds, so the work shifts to the trickier patterns. They master blends (st, gr, spl), digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ph) and three-letter trigraphs like tch and dge. They learn hard and soft c and g: c says /s/ before e, i or y (city), and g often says /j/ (gem). And they hunt silent letters: the k in knee, the w in write, the gh in night. The click moment is decoding a long new word because they spotted the pattern.
Third graders are ready for the rules behind the sounds. These moves make those rules easy to use.
Teach the trick: look at the letter after c or g. If it's e, i or y, the sound is usually soft. Kids sort cards like cat, city, game and gem into hard and soft piles, then explain each one.
Why it works: the National Reading Panel found that systematic, explicit phonics teaching clearly improves how children learn to read.
Try it withHard and Soft C G Sounds ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Kids read words like knight, wrist and thumb, then circle the silent letter with a magnifying glass drawing. Saying each word aloud proves which letter is "hiding." They'll start spotting them everywhere.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSilent Letters Detective WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Flash blend cards and kids say the sound, then a word that starts with it. Speed rounds of two minutes a day make blends automatic, which frees up brainpower for comprehension.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withConsonant Blends Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Consonant practice turns fun fast with games and silly sentences.
ActivitiesKids "break" bricks by reading the blend words on them. Clear the wall to win!
Open Brick Breaker Consonant Blends Activity →
ActivitiesHunt for words with tch, dge and other three-letter teams in a mini book and around the room.
Open Blends, Digraphs, and Trigraphs Activity →
ActivitiesFind all the silent letters hiding in a winter scene. Shhh, they're sneaky!
Open Silent Night Silent Letters Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Silent Letters Worksheet, This is the Alphabet Song and SH CI CH TI Worksheet.
Third graders work on consonant blends, digraphs, trigraphs, hard and soft c and g, and silent letters. These patterns help them decode longer, harder words.
In a blend, you hear each letter (s-t in stop). In a digraph, two letters make one new sound (sh in ship).
Letters you write but don't say, like the k in knife, the w in wrap and the b in lamb.
Read together and pause on tricky words. Ask, "What pattern do you see?" Word games like Scrabble and word hunts are great practice.
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