Blend Spotlight

This r-blend close reading worksheet helps students strengthen phonics skills by identifying r-blend words within connected text. Learners read a short passage and underline every word that begins with an r-blend, building visual discrimination, decoding fluency, and awareness of blend patterns in authentic writing.

Key Learning Objectives

• Skill Focus: Recognizing beginning r-blends in narrative text
• Critical Thinking Benefit: Develops close reading and text-scanning skills
• Curriculum Tie-in: Supports phonics, fluency, and vocabulary standards
• Application Type: Passage-based word identification with comprehension support

Teacher & Parent Features

• Encourages active reading through underlining and scanning
• Reinforces r-blend recognition in meaningful context
• Includes a quick check question to support comprehension
• Ideal for literacy centers, guided reading, or independent practice
• Supports decoding accuracy and reading fluency
• Suitable for classroom instruction and homeschool use

This printable r-blend worksheet builds essential reading skills by combining phonics practice with close reading. By identifying r-blend words within a short passage and responding to a quick comprehension check, students strengthen decoding fluency, vocabulary awareness, and reading accountability.

This worksheet is part of our R-Blends Worksheets collection.