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Beginning Sounds
Children listen for the first sound in simple words like sun, map and dog, then circle, write and match the letter that makes it. A…
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- 12 min
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- 20 questions
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- Answers included
Free Kindergarten Spelling Worksheets
16 free spelling resources for Kindergarten: 16 worksheets. Answers included.
Spelling lists and patterns by year level. In Kindergarten, children build the foundations: recognizing and writing numbers to 20, counting objects, simple adding and taking away, naming shapes, and in English, letter sounds, early sight words, tracing letters and listening to and retelling stories.
Students will practice: hearing the first sound in a spoken word; linking sounds to letters; writing the letter for a sound; thinking of words that start with a given sound; matching uppercase and lowercase letters; telling apart look-alike letters such as b, d and p; naming letters of the alphabet; hearing the last sound in a spoken word.
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Printable practice with an answer sheet.
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Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
An alphabet worksheet for matching each uppercase letter to its lowercase partner, and back again. The choices include look-alike letters…
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- Getting started
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- 10 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
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- Answers included
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Ending Sounds
Children listen for the last sound in short words like cat, bus and cup, then circle, write and match the letter that makes it. The final…
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- Getting started
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- 12 min
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- 20 questions
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- Answers included
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Rhyming Words
Children listen for words that rhyme, like cat and hat or bee and tree. They pick the word that rhymes, spot the odd one out, think of…
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- 12 min
- Questions
- 19 questions
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- Answers included
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CVC Words: Read and Write
Children blend three sounds to read short words like pig, bed and hot, then pull words apart to write them. They pick the word a grown-up…
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- 15 min
- Questions
- 25 questions
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- Answers included
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Sight Words Set 1
Ten of the most common words in early reading books: the, and, a, is, I, to, in, it, he and she. Children trace each word, choose the…
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- 15 min
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- 28 questions
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- Answers included
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Short Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
A first phonics worksheet on the five short vowel sounds: a as in apple, e as in egg, i as in insect, o as in octopus and u as in…
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- 12 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
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- Answers included
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CVC Word Families: -at, -an, -ig, -op, -ug
Word families are groups of words that end the same way, like cat, hat and bat. In this phonics worksheet children spot the word that…
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- Getting started
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- 12 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
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- Answers included
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Digraphs: sh, ch and th Words
A digraph is two letters that make one sound. This phonics worksheet introduces sh (ship), ch (chin) and th (thumb). Children circle the…
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- Getting started
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- 12 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
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- Answers included
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Counting Syllables: Clap the Beats
Children say each word and clap the beats (syllables): cat has one clap, rab-bit has two and ba-na-na has three. They circle how many…
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- Getting started
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- 10 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
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- Answers included
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Sight Words Set 2: Sight Words in Sentences
Ten more high-frequency sight words in tiny sentences: you, was, we, my, are, said, see, go, like and look. Children read each sentence…
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- Getting started
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- 12 min
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- 11 questions
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- Answers included
Spelling Lists
Word lists with practice activities.
- Spelling List
Spelling List 1: Short "a" Words
Ten simple three-letter words with the short "a" sound, such as cat and hat. Your child traces each word, fills gaps in short sentences,…
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- Getting started
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- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
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- Answers included
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Spelling List 2: Short "o" Words
Ten three-letter words with the short "o" sound, such as dog and hop. Your child traces each word, completes gap-fill sentences,…
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- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Spelling List
Spelling List 3: Short i Words
Ten three-letter words with the short i sound, such as pig and sit. Your child traces each word, completes gap-fill sentences, unscrambles…
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- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Spelling List
Spelling List 4: Short "i" Words
Ten simple three-letter words with the short "i" sound, such as pig and six. Your child traces each word, fills gaps in short sentences,…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Spelling List
Spelling List 5: Sight Words
Ten high-frequency sight words, such as the, said and you, that appear in almost every early reader. Your child traces each word, fills…
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- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Common questions
What do Kindergarten students learn about spelling?
Spelling lists and patterns by year level. At Kindergarten, our resources focus on: hearing the first sound in a spoken word; linking sounds to letters; writing the letter for a sound; thinking of words that start with a given sound.
Where should we start?
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
Are answers included?
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
How to use these resources
- Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
- Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
- Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
- Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.
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