PL & PR Blends Worksheet – Phonics Practice

- Grades
- K–1
- Pages
- 2
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Phonics
- Topic
- Beginning Sounds, Consonants
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- RF.1.3.b
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From the author
This worksheet is a great way for students to practice identifying words that begin with the PL and PR blends. By looking at the pictures and determining which beginning sound begins the word, students will get valuable practice with these important phonics skills.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Distinguish /pl/ from /pr/ at the beginning of a pictured word
Select and print PL for plate, planet and plant
Select and print PR for princess, present and pretzel
Teaching tips
Say plate, princess, planet, present, pretzel and plant aloud before learners circle a blend.
Check the printed letters as well as the circled PL or PR choice.
Skills covered
Initial-blend discrimination — learners listen for PL or PR in six named words
Phonics-to-print mapping — learners connect each spoken onset with its two-letter spelling
Letter formation — learners copy the selected blend onto a response line
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
How can I support students who do not recognize a picture?
Name the picture aloud first, then have students repeat the word slowly and listen for pl or pr.
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
- RF.1.3.b
Core concepts
PL and PR blend practice
Initial consonant blends
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