Free printable st blend phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for ST Blend, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
A full-color picture book your student reads on their own. Skill: ST Blend. Print, cut and staple.
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Stan got stuff to make a tent in the grass. He stuck a thick stick in the wet mud. It would make his tent stand up.
"Stop!" said Dad. "Look at the stick!"
A big red bug was on the stick!
"Will it sting me?" said Stan.
Stan was very still. The bug did not sting. It fell off the stick and into the grass. Stan did not get stung. He was glad to set up his tent in the sun.
In a blend you hear both sounds. These blends start with s.
Print it full size for the wall, or smaller for a phonics notebook.
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
stab, staff, stamp, stand, stem, step, stick, still, sting, stock
stomp, stop, stub, stuck, stud, stuff, stump, stun, stung, stunk
S Blend words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
All 120 blends and digraphs worksheets in one file, with answer keys.
Get the pack for $7 All 6 levels (700+ sheets) for $194 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's st blend words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: ST + A / E / I Words or ST + O / U Words. Answer key on page 2.
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A new decodable story with the same st blend sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets. Then the next skill: SP Blend.
The ST blend is a crucial consonant blend for kindergarten and first-grade students to master, typically introduced after single consonant sounds and short vowels. It’s part of the initial blends family, where two consonants come together but each sound is still heard, like in "stop" or "stick." A common challenge with ST is that young learners might drop one of the sounds, pronouncing "stop" as "top" or "stick" as "sick." Alternatively, they might insert a vowel sound between the letters, saying "s-tuh-op" instead of blending them smoothly. Understanding that both the /s/ and /t/ sounds are distinct but flow together without a vowel in between is key to accurately decoding words like "stamp," "stand," and "stump." Explicit practice helps children hear and produce this specific blend correctly. Our ST blend worksheets are designed to reinforce this skill effectively. Begin with the decodable passage, "Jen's Stuck Pot," encouraging your child to underline or highlight all the ST words they find, such as "stuck," "stop," and "stuff." Next, use the word sort activity to categorize words based on their initial sound, specifically focusing on distinguishing ST from other initial sounds. The phrasing cards offer opportunities to practice reading ST words in short, meaningful phrases, building fluency and comprehension. Finally, the Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) chart provides a fun, timed exercise to increase recognition speed for ST words, helping them become automatic readers of words like "stem," "step," and "sting." Consistent practice with these varied activities will solidify their understanding of the ST blend.
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