Beginning Blends Puzzles

Kindergarten and first grade students can practice reading and spelling words with beginning consonant blends with these beginning blend puzzles. With 42 different puzzles, students will have ample practice with reading and spelling one syllable words with beginning blends.

What is Included:

The 42 beginning blend puzzles contain easy to recognize images for students to create beginning blend words. Each puzzle contains 4 pieces, and each piece contains one letter for each word. Puzzles are included for each beginning blend, including r blends, l blends, and s blends.

How to Use:

Students will use the bold, colorful pictures as a guide to build each beginning blends word. Once they have the picture correct, students can read and practice spelling the word the picture represents.

When to Use:

• Literacy Centers - The teacher can place these puzzles inside a literacy center for students to work independently or with a partner to complete.

• Morning Bins - The teacher can create a morning work activity that students can work on while waiting on their classmates to arrive to class.

• Small Group Activity - The teacher can pull aside small groups of students who need extra practice reading and spelling words with beginning blends to complete these puzzles.

These beginning blend puzzles provide ample practice for students to get familiar with one syllable words that contain a beginning blend. Students will have fun learning about beginning blends and they will stay engaged with completing each puzzle.

Skills Assessed:

These puzzles assess students ability to complete puzzles using picture clues and provides practice with recognizing, reading, and spelling beginning blends.

These puzzles are low prep. They need to be printed out and cut apart for students to complete. The teacher may choose to laminate the pieces for durability. The puzzle pieces fit easily inside a task box, allowing for easy set up, clean up, and storage for this literacy center.