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Spell by Sound at the Pet Shop

Grade 1 spelling practice: stretch the sounds in pet-shop words and spell new words by sound with blends, digraphs, and silent e.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.2.e

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students listen for the sounds in a word and match them to letters.
  • Students spell new words by sound, using blends, digraphs, and silent e.
  • Students notice when a spelling is missing a sound.

How to use

Say each sound out loud slowly and let students tap one finger per sound before they answer. Use the last question as a free-spelling warm-up, and praise sound-based spellings.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.2.e

Spell untaught words phonetically, using phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.

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Spell by Sound at the Pet Shop

Tap out the sounds and spell the words you hear.

Listen for the sounds

Say each word slowly. Think about each sound you hear, not just the letters.

1.
The turtle hides in its shell. Which letters make the first sound in the word shell?
  • A. s
  • B. sh
  • C. ch
  • D. th
2.
The pet shop has a duck. Tap out the sounds in the word duck. How many sounds do you hear, not how many letters? Write the number.

Sounds in duck:  

3.
Say each pet-shop word. Sort the words by the vowel sound you hear in the middle.
fishboxcrabmoppigtank
Short a (like cat)Short i (like sit)Short o (like hop)

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