Free printable fl blend phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for FL Blend, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
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Kit the bug had a plan. His nest was flat. He had to get lots of nuts for his nest. Kit did a flip and a flap. He got up on a big stick. He saw ten nuts. "Yes!" said Kit. "My sack will not be flat." A bit of fluff fell past him. Wham! Kit hit the stick. The nuts fell. Kit did a fast drop and a zip. He got the nuts in his sack. Not one nut did drop. His sack was full. "Good," said Kit. He went back to his nest.
In a blend you hear both sounds. These blends end with l.
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The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
flag, flap, flash, flat, fled, flesh, flip, flit, flock, flog
flop, floss, flub, fluff, flush, flame, flake, float, floor, flew
L Blend words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's fl blend words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Short Vowel FL Words or Long Vowel FL Words. Answer key on page 2.
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A new decodable story with the same fl blend sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
The FL blend presents a common early challenge for kindergarten and first-grade students as they move beyond single letter sounds into consonant blends. Unlike digraphs where two letters make one new sound, blends like FL require students to articulate both the /f/ and /l/ sounds distinctly but quickly together, as heard in words like "flag" or "floss." A frequent struggle involves dropping one of the sounds, resulting in a mispronunciation like "lag" instead of "flag," or sometimes adding a vowel sound in between, turning "fluff" into "fuh-luff." The rapid transition from the soft friction of /f/ to the tongue-tip placement for /l/ requires precise mouth movements that young learners are still developing, making explicit practice with words like "flash," "flip," and "float" essential. To effectively practice the FL blend, integrate the included worksheets with a multi-faceted approach. After introducing the FL sound, have your student read the decodable passage from "Kit's Nut Hunt," specifically listening for and highlighting words containing FL blends. The word sort activity will help them differentiate FL words from other blends or single sounds, reinforcing visual recognition. Utilize the phrasing cards to build fluency, encouraging smooth reading of short phrases like "the flock flew" or "a flat floor," which helps prevent choppy reading and reinforces the blend within context. Finally, use the Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) chart to build speed and automaticity with FL words, having them quickly identify and say words like "flame," "flit," and "flub" to solidify their recall and application of this important blend.
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