R-Blends Activity - Color by Code
- Grades
- Pre-K–2, Elementary
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Phonics, Language Development
- Topic
- R blends, Consonant blends
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables, Coloring Pages
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- RF.1.3.b
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Make practicing consonant blends engaging and colorful with this R Blends: Color by Code activity! This resource focuses on the beginning blends fr, cr, dr, and tr. Students will complete each word by writing the correct R blend at the beginning, then use the color code to color the matching pictures. It’s a great way to combine phonics practice with a fun, hands-on coloring task.
Perfect for early readers, this activity helps reinforce word recognition, sound blending, and beginning spelling skills, all while keeping students entertained.
Ways to Use:
Literacy centers
Morning work
Phonics small groups
Homework or review
Sub plans or early finisher tasks
Why Teachers Love It:
Strengthens decoding and phonics skills
Builds fluency with R blends in a fun way
Supports fine motor skills through coloring and writing
Low-prep and easy to implement
Ideal for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
This no-prep printable is a great way to bring phonics to life in your classroom. With this resource, learning R blends becomes an activity your students will look forward to!
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Identify and write the correct initial r-blend (fr, cr, dr, or tr) to complete a word.
Color each corresponding picture in the color its blend is assigned: green for fr, red for cr, blue for dr, yellow for tr.
Teaching tips
Go over fr, cr, dr and tr and their key colors before students start, since a word shaded green has to be an fr word and one shaded yellow a tr word.
The r-blend key uses green, red, blue and yellow only, so a basic four-color set of crayons or pencils covers the page — fr green, cr red, dr blue, tr yellow.
Skills covered
Initial consonant-blend decoding — students determine which of four r-blends (fr, cr, dr, tr) correctly completes each word stem.
Color-code following — students turn a decoded blend into a color choice, so every dr picture on the finished grid comes out blue and every cr picture red.
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Which colors are needed?
Green for fr, red for cr, blue for dr, and yellow for tr. Students first write the missing beginning blend, then color by that code.
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Standards
Standards
- RF.1.3.b
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R-blends
Color-by-code
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