1st Grade Spelling Puzzles Bundle

This spelling puzzles bundle is a great resource for students to practice spelling skills without boring drills. The cut-and-paste format and the hands-on puzzle pieces give your students two different ways to practice reading their spelling words.

What’s Included In The Spelling Puzzles Bundle

39 Cut-and-paste worksheets.

• 10 CVC worksheets for the short vowels a, e, i, o, u
• 4 Silent e worksheets (a_e, i_e, o_e, and u_e)
• 5 Vowel digraph worksheets (ai, ay, ea, ee, and oa)
• 4 Consonant blend worksheets (-l blends, -r blends, s- blends, and final consonant blends)
• 4 Consonant digraph worksheets (ch, -ck, sh, th)
• 7 Vowel diphthong worksheets (aw, oi/oy, oo (wood), oo (food), ou, ow (blow), ow (cow))
• 5 R-controlled vowel worksheets (ar, er, ir, or, and ur)

620 spelling puzzle pieces. Students match the spelling word to a picture.

Puzzle words include:

• CVC Words: cat, cap, bat, bag, map, hat, ham, fan, sad, rat, pan, pad, wag, van, tap, can, beg, gem, hen, bed, peg, net, jet, leg, ten, red, pen, pet, den, wet, web, vet, fin, dip, bib, dig, pig, mix, lid, kid, sit, rib, pit, pin, zip, tin, six, win, fog, cot, cop, cob, mop, fox, hog, log, pot, pop, pod, rod, top, sob, box, dog, cub, bus, bun, bud, mud, mug, cut, gum, cup, pup, rug, sub, tub, sun, nut, bug.
• Silent E: tape, cave, cane, cake, cage, ace, wave, rake, kite, nine, bike, dime, five, fire, dice, tire, rose, robe, rope, hose, cone, bone, note, nose, tube, prune, mute, mule, fuse, cube
• Vowel Digraphs: snail, rain, paint, mail, chain, train, pair, nail, tray, ray, pay, hay, crayon, play, spray, lay, seal, leaf, bean, bead, tea, peach, read, steam, tree, wheel, knee, sheep, bee, jeep, seed, sleep, toast, soap, goat, coat, boat, goal, road, toad
• Consonant Blends: plant, plug, globe, flag, clock, blocks, clip, sled, tree, price, grass, frog, drum, crab, crack, brush, swat, swing, stem, star, spot, snow, smash, skunk, mint, hand, sink, help, lamp, gift, belt, mask
• Consonant Digraphs: chest, chair, chain, chalk, witch, watch, peach, bench, shark, shirt, shell, sheep, fish, dish, cash, bush, duck clock, chick, brick, truck, sock, sick, lock, thumb, three, throne, thorn, bath, math, moth, sloth
• Vowel Diphthongs: straw, saw, paw, crawl, yawn, jaw, hawk, claw, boil, coin, point, soil, boy, toy, royal, oil, boot, broom, moon, spoon, pool, room, food, cool, book, foot, hood, hook, wood, look, cook, stood, cloud, couch, house, mouse, snout, pout, spout, blow, bow, arrow, elbow, pillow, mow, row, crow, towel, shower, owl, crown, clown, cow, plow, sow
• R-Controlled Vowels: car, farm, harp, jar, arm, barn, star, card, flower, water, spider, hammer, fern, germ, herd, ladder, stir, shirt, dirt, circle, thirty, bird, girl, skirt, horse, storm, thorn, horn, corn, fork, sport, fort, purse, nurse, fur, surf, burn, hurt, turtle, turn

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Standards

This resource covers the following standards:

RF.1.2.b
Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
RF.1.2.c
Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
RF.1.2.d
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.3.a
Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
RF.1.3.b
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.1.3.c
Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Quick Tips For Your Classroom

• Laminate puzzle pieces for repeated use year after year.
• Use the cut-and-paste sheets for morning work or early finisher activities.
• Pair students for a partner matching activity at your spelling center.
• Use the worksheets as a quick formative check before moving to the next spelling skill.
• Number the backs of puzzle pieces so students can self-check their matches.

How To Get The Most Out Of The Spelling Puzzles Bundle

Whole Class: Print the worksheets and use them for spelling review, early finishers, or homework assignments
Independent Work or Spelling Centers: Print, cut, and laminate puzzle pieces. Store in a task box or baggie and keep at your spelling center

Replace rote spelling drills with this spelling puzzles bundle. Your students will love matching the puzzle pieces together and doing the cut-and-paste puzzle worksheets.

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