Dr Blend Words Worksheet: Read and Match!
This worksheet focuses on the 'dr' blend, as in 'drum' or 'dress,' asking children to read the word first and then find its matching picture, which reverses the more common picture-first phonics approach and pushes children to truly decode the word rather than guess from an image. For ages four to six, reading the word independently before checking against a picture builds real decoding confidence.
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- Phonics - Blends > Consonant Blends
How to use this worksheet
Read each 'dr' blend word together first, sounding it out slowly so your child hears both consonant sounds blending together. Have your child read the word again on their own, then look at the picture options and circle the one that matches what they read. Continue through each word on the page in the same way, checking their answer against the word before moving on. Finish by having your child read all the 'dr' words from the page aloud one more time in a row.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Have your child write the words on a separate sheet of paper for handwriting practice.
- 2Encourage your child to draw their own picture for each 'dr' word to reinforce the word-picture connection.
- 3Play an 'I read it first' game, where your child tries to read a new dr-word before seeing any picture clue.
- 4Look for dr-blend words together in a favorite book and read them aloud when spotted.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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