CVC and Consonant Blends Phonic Worksheets

- Year levels
- Foundation–Year 1
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- Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Special Resources, Phonics, Language Development, English
- Topic
- CVC Phonic Worksheets, Consonant Blends Worksheets
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- Worksheets
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- Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate… AC9E1LY11 — use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and…
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About this resource
Here is a bumper pack of 70 differentiated worksheets to support the teaching and learning of blending and segmenting cvc and consonant blends words with a short vowel sound, perfect for every teacher of phonics!
Who is this CVC/Consonant blends phonic pack for?
These worksheets are suitable for use with any phonic scheme, including Letters and Sounds Phases 2, 3 and 4.
*Note this book does not include the Phase 3 digraphs, or ck, sh, ch, th.
These work CVC and consonant blend worksheets have been written to meet the needs of the average class, with a range of differentiated worksheets from which you are sure to find one to meet the needs of every student. Some children breeze through this stage quickly and you will find material to challenge them and to assess their readiness to move on. Others need much more reinforcement work and you will find here plenty of that too - a bountiful supply!
What does the pack contain?
The pack contains plentiful black and white worksheets for economical printing. The first section focuses on CVC words with a short vowel sound, just right for those early stages of learning to blend.
There are sheets to fill in missing sounds. These sheets are vital and can be used to assess whether a child is hearing all three sounds in the word.
Other sheets request the final sound, giving much needed practice in hearing this. Once children become more proficient, other sheets allow them to display their ability by writing the words all by themselves.
Some sheets focus on blending, others on segmenting and some on both. Other sheets encourage the child to see letter patterns and similarities between words including a focus on rhyming.
Hints on the best use of the sheets are provided - not least how to use them as an assessment tool.
Special features:
No comic art - original hand-drawn, realistic illustrations
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will read and write three-letter CVC words within the a, e, i, o, and u vowel families.
Students will identify and write four-letter words built on consonant blends (e.g., sp, st, tw, tr, pl, dr, sw, sk).
Students will sort and match words by rhyme and shared vowel sound.
Teaching tips
Move students to the consonant-blend section only after they read CVC words fluently across all five vowel families, per the introduction's suggested pacing.
Keep a completed sheet unmarked and reuse it later as an informal check of retention, as the introduction recommends.
This set stops short of digraphs (ck, sh, ch, th) — pair it with a separate digraph set once blends are secure. Give one ending extra attention with this final-ST worksheet.
Skills covered
CVC decoding — reading and writing three-letter words across five vowel families.
Consonant-blend decoding — reading, writing, and spelling four-letter words with blends like sp, st, pl, and sk.
Phoneme segmentation — filling in missing letters and sounds to isolate each phoneme in a word.
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What word families and blends does this pack cover?
Three-letter CVC words in the a, e, i, o, and u families, plus a mixed-sounds section, followed by four-letter words built on consonant blends such as sp, st, tw, tr, pl, dr, sw, and sk.
What task types are used across the worksheets?
Picture-to-word matching, filling in missing letters, rhyme sorting and colouring, and independent writing and spelling, moving from simplest to most independent as the pack progresses.
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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words
- AC9E1LY11 — use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words
Core concepts
CVC words
Consonant blends
Short vowel sounds
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