Movers Phonics Worksheets (A1)
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About Movers phonics worksheets
Once children can blend simple words, they need to read the spellings that carry more than one letter. At Movers level, the worksheets cover consonant digraphs such as sh, ch, th and ck, initial and final blends such as st, bl, fr and nd, the ng sound, and long vowels made with a silent e, as in cake, bike and home.
Tasks include sorting pictures by sound, completing words with the missing digraph, choosing between short and long vowel spellings, reading sentences and matching them to pictures, and simple word-building. Vocabulary is drawn from the Starters and Movers word lists.
Every sheet has an answer key. Print on A4 or US Letter, save as PDF, or share a class link for online practice.
Teaching tips: Movers phonics worksheets
- Contrast short and long vowel pairs, such as hat and hate, with picture cards before the magic e worksheet.
- Use sound buttons: children put a dot under single letters and a line under digraphs before they read a word.
- Hold a quick 'sound hunt' in a storybook for the digraph of the day before the sheet.
- Ask children to write a silly sentence using as many words with the target sound as they can.
Questions teachers ask
What is a digraph?
Two letters that make one sound, such as sh in ship or th in thin. Children need to learn to see them as a single unit when reading.
What is magic e?
A silent e at the end of a word that changes the vowel before it from short to long, as in pin and pine. It is sometimes called split digraph.
Is phonics tested in the Movers exam?
Not directly, but children need accurate decoding and spelling for the Reading and Writing paper, and phonics supports both.