Count The Sentence Words Worksheet For Kids

Description

I’ll never forget Maya, a bright first grader who guessed words by the first letter. “Street” became “store,” “brush” became “baby.” Reading felt like a guessing game. The issue wasn’t her intelligence—it was that no one had taught her how to tackle tricky beginning blends. This worksheet comes from what I learned helping Maya and many other kids.

Why Isolated Blend Practice Isn’t Enough

Practicing blends alone is like learning basketball skills without playing a game. Children need:

• Auditory discrimination: Hear the difference between blends (gr- vs cr-)
• Blending technique: Combine sounds smoothly
• Decoding strategies: Know what to do with unfamiliar blend words
• Context application: Read blends in sentences and stories
• Confidence building: Experience success with harder words

Research shows systematic, multi-sensory phonics teaching increases reading fluency by 45% and reduces guessing habits compared to isolated practice.

What’s Inside This Comprehensive Blends Toolkit?

A step-by-step learning journey to build skills:

Section 1: Blend Detective (Listening Skills)

• Circle the word you hear: “flag” or “fag?”
• Identify the blend at the beginning of words
• Minimal pair practice: plate vs crate, glad vs grad

Section 2: Smooth Blending Practice

• Arrow-guided blending: s…l…ow → slow
• Word building with blend and ending cards
• “Scoop the sounds” visual technique

Section 3: Real Words, Nonsense Words, Real Reading

• Practice real words: stick, brush, frog
• Practice nonsense words: stib, brop, clun
• Short sentences and mini-stories with target blends

Section 4: Blend Spelling & Writing

• Segment words with blends for spelling
• Write sentences using blend words
• Create your own blend words

3 Teaching Strategies That Make Blends Click

1. Teach the Strategy: When stuck, have children “say the sounds slowly then fast.”

Ready to Transform Reading From Frustrating to Fantastic?

This worksheet builds decoding skills that turn struggling readers into confident book lovers. Today’s ability to blend “st-” is tomorrow’s ability to read “extraordinary.”

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