Beginning readers must not only learn to decode letters and their sounds, but they must also learn that some letters work together to make new sounds, and that vowels are not always “short.”
These free digraph and CVCe printables provide fun practice for your students as they practice identifying digraph sounds and reading a variety of long vowel words.
About the Printables
Digraphs are two letters that work together to make a new sound. They are important to recognize and identify because there are several words that contain them.
Common digraphs taught in Kindergarten are: ch, th, wh, ph, and sh. In 1st grade these are often reviewed. All 5 of those digraphs are included in the free printables.
In the digraph set, students identify the digraph in the magnifying glass and search for pictures that contain that digraph sound. They color only those pictures.
After students learn short vowel sounds, they are often first introduced to long vowels by learning what is often called “magic e” – words that follow a consonant, vowel, consonant pattern with an e at the end that makes the vowel long. Examples include: rake, tide, and made.
In the CVCe set, students must carefully read each word in the box and find the picture that best matches the word.
There are other words that contain the same long vowel sound, so they must truly read the words in order to complete the page. Students color the pictures that match the words.
There is a printable page for vowels a, i, o, and u only, as there are not many words that follow this pattern for the vowel e.
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To download these printables to use with your students or child(ren), simply click the photo below.
If you find them helpful, be sure to check out the complete bundle, which includes printables for the alphabet, beginning sounds, CVC words, numbers, simple stories, and a bonus set for addition and subtraction!
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thanks
You are very welcome Adrian! 🙂
Hi Alex when I click on the photo below it only gives me the option to Pin it. How do I download the freebies from this page ?
I would appreciate your help.
Thank you !
Hi Lauren! You should be able to click near the top of the photo and it should open them – the pin it button may show, but unless you click that button directly, it won’t open pinterest. 🙂 Here is a link to my TpT store where you can grab these free printables directly just in case that gives you trouble. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Digraphs-and-CVCe-Read-Find-Color-1994015 Glad you will be able to use them!
can I just buy the long vowels?, without the digraphs?
Hi Natalie!
You sure can! Here’s a link for the FREE downloads: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Digraphs-and-CVCe-Read-Find-Color-1994015
Hi there!
Could you help me with the words from the “WH” activity? I´ve noticed in all of the other digraphs activities there are 6 words, but I only found 5 words in WH – whale, whiskers, whisk, whistle, wheel… Are there only 5 or 6 like in the other ones?
I have been asking many teachers and no one could help me.
Thanks in advance,
Hi Nanda,
Great question! You can do a search in google for “wh digraphs” and you’ll get a few more “wh” digraph words. Just doing a quick search, I was able to find a couple more like, “wheat,” and “Whiteboard.” I hope that helps! Have a great day!