Free printable l-blends phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for L-Blends, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
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Kim had a stack of black blocks. A slim flag sat on top, but it did slip. "This will not stand," she said.
Kim had a plan. She got a flat pad and a small clip. She slid the flat pad on the last block. It sat still.
Then she set the clip on the top block and slid the flag in it. The flag did not slip!
"Yes!" said Kim. Kim was so glad. She did a clap for her grand block stack. It was the best stack she had.
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.
black, block, blue, clap, clip, clock, flag, flat, flip, flock
glad, glass, glow, plan, plop, plug, sled, slim, slip, slug
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 l-blends words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: BL / CL / FL or GL / PL / SL. Answer key on page 2.
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A new decodable story with the same l-blends sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
L-Blends are a crucial step in early phonics, building on single consonant and short vowel sounds. These blends, like bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, and sl, involve two consonants side-by-side where each sound is still heard, but they blend together quickly. This is different from a digraph (like sh or ch) where two letters make one new sound. Young learners often find L-blends tricky because they might drop one of the sounds, saying "ack" instead of "black," or "ap" instead of "clap." They might also insert a vowel sound between the letters, pronouncing "buh-lack" instead of a smooth "black." Hearing and producing both distinct consonant sounds rapidly within one syllable, as in "flip" or "glow," requires careful auditory discrimination and articulatory practice. Our L-blend worksheets provide targeted practice to overcome these common hurdles. After reading the decodable passage "Kim's Blocks," encourage your student to identify and underline all the L-blend words. Use the word sort activity to help them categorize words like "block" and "blue" under the correct blend heading, reinforcing visual recognition. The phrasing cards are excellent for building fluency; have your student read phrases such as "glad to clap" or "flat sled" to practice blending sounds smoothly within context. Finally, utilize the Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) chart to build automaticity with these blends. Quickly naming words like "plug," "slim," and "slap" helps solidify their recognition and recall, making reading and spelling L-blend words much more efficient.
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