Free printable blends & digraphs review phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.
Grade: K-1Phase 2: Blends & DigraphsPattern: Mixed review of blends and digraphs
shipchipthinwhipblackclapflaggladplansledgrabtrip
1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding blends & digraphs review words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Kim's Drum Sticks
Skill: Blends & Digraphs Review • Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they
Coloring page included in PDF
Kim had a small drum. The drum was for her mom. But Kim had lost her sticks. She did not have them. She had a check on the shelf and in a black box. "I must have a plan," said Kim. She sat on the bench. Just then, a big truck was still. It was the yellow bus. Kim had a look at a thing in the grass. She bent down. It was her two thin sticks! "I got them!" said Kim. Kim was so glad. She got her drum and ran to her mom to play.
Circle or highlight all the words with the BLENDS-DIGRAPHS-REVIEW sound. How many did you find?
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: BLENDS-DIGRAPHS-REVIEW at the Start vs BLENDS-DIGRAPHS-REVIEW at the End.
BLENDS-DIGRAPHS-REVIEW at the Start
BLENDS-DIGRAPHS-REVIEW at the End
ship
chip
thin
whip
black
clap
flag
glad
plan
sled
grab
trip
drum
snap
spin
stop
swim
check
shell
truck
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards
Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.
the ship on chip
a chip in thin
the thin and whip
a whip with black
the black on clap
a clap in flag
the flag and glad
a glad with plan
the plan on sled
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)
Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!
Decodable RAN Chart — Blends & Digraphs Review
drum
plan
swim
plan
drum
ship
ship
drum
ship
ship
swim
black
plan
black
swim
black
Target words: ship, black, plan, drum, swim
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5 Word Search
Find and circle the blends & digraphs review words hidden in the grid. Words go across, down, and diagonally — a fun way to reinforce blends & digraphs review word recognition.
Blends & Digraphs Review Word Search
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BLACKCHIPCLAPFLAGGLADGRABPLANSHIPSLEDTHINTRIPWHIP
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📖 Decodable Readers for Blends & Digraphs Review
Next step: once your child can sound out these words, have them read a matching decodable mini-book. Each Blends & Digraphs Review reader is a printable story + coloring page using only sounds they've learned.
Reviewing blends and digraphs is a crucial step in early literacy, building on foundational single letter sounds. Blends like "bl" in black or "gr" in grab involve two consonants whose sounds are both heard, just blended together smoothly. Digraphs, conversely, combine two letters to create a single new sound, such as "sh" in ship or "ch" in chip. Young learners often confuse these two categories, sometimes adding an extra vowel sound between blend consonants (like "buh-lack" instead of black) or failing to recognize the single sound of a digraph, trying to sound out each letter individually (like "s-h-ip" instead of ship). Distinguishing between sounds like "sh" (shell) and "ch" (check), or "th" (thin) and "wh" (whip) requires careful listening and practice, as these subtle differences can significantly impact reading accuracy.
Our blends and digraphs review worksheets provide targeted practice to solidify these essential skills. Begin with the decodable passage, "Kim's Drum Sticks," encouraging your child to identify and highlight all the target blend and digraph words like "drum," "snap," and "truck." Next, use the word sort activity to help them categorize words by their blend or digraph, reinforcing the distinction between, for example, "clap" and "ship." Phrasing cards can then build fluency, allowing them to read short phrases containing these words, like "glad to plan" or "spin and stop." Finally, utilize the Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) chart to quickly identify and name the target words, improving automaticity and recall for both blends and digraphs. Consistent practice with these varied activities will strengthen their decoding abilities.
