55 no-prep blends word sorts to build decoding, fluency, and phoneme awareness!

This targeted set includes 11 essential phonics skills for beginning and ending consonant blends — with 5 engaging sort types per skill — giving you a total of 55 hands-on phonics activities you can use in small groups, intervention, word work, or assessments.

All words are decodable and feature short vowel CVC and CCVC/CVCC patterns to ensure alignment with the Science of Reading and early decoding instruction.

Whether you’re reinforcing blend identification or building fluency through meaningful repetition, these sorts provide consistency, built-in differentiation, and no prep required.

✨ What’s Included:

• 11 Blend phonics skills covering:

1. Beginning Blends - (e.g., bl vs. cl vs. fl, gr vs. pr vs. tr)
2. Ending Blends - (e.g., -nd vs. -nt vs. -nk, -lp vs. -lt vs. -ld)
3. Mixed Review Sets - (separate review for beginning blends and ending blends)

• 5 Sort Types for Every Skill:

1. Picture Sort – Sort by blend type using pictures only (includes picture key!)
2. Word Sort – Decode and sort printed blend words
3. Written Word Sort – Read, sort, write, and re-read (with fluency prompt)
4. Word Hunt & Sort – Find blend words “in the wild” and sort them
5. Listen & Write Sort – Dictation sort using a teacher script
   

🖨️ That’s 55 no-prep, printable sorts — just print and teach!

💡 Flexible Use:

• Use one sort each day of the week to reinforce a single skill
• OR use the different formats to differentiate across student needs
• Perfect for:
  • ✅ Word Work
  • ✅ Phonics Intervention
  • ✅ Centers & Small Groups
  • ✅ Homework & Take-Home Practice
  • ✅ Assessments (encoding, dictation, and more)

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📂 Includes a clickable Table of Contents so you can quickly find and print what you need.

🎯 Fully aligned to the Science of Reading with a focus on phoneme-grapheme mapping, decoding, and blend isolation.

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Build confident decoders with systematic practice.

These Blends Word Sorts make phonics intervention easier than ever!

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