Segmenting Words Worksheet

A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focused on segmenting words into individual sounds or phonemes.

Grade 3 ELA GrammarPhonicsSegmenting Words

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Fill in the BlanksShort AnswerTrue / FalseWord Bank

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.A

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Segmenting Words Practice

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Read each word carefully. Then, segment the word into its individual sounds (phonemes) by writing each sound in a separate box or on a separate line. Count the number of sounds in each word.

1. Run: (Number of sounds: )

2. Ship: (Number of sounds: )

3. Clap: (Number of sounds: )

4. Desk: (Number of sounds: )

5. Chair: (Number of sounds: )

Write a sentence using a word that has 4 sounds. Underline the word and then write its sounds below.

Sounds:

1. The word 'cat' has four sounds.

True

False

2. The word 'shout' has three sounds.

True

False

Use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks. Segment each word into its sounds.

fish

tree

black

sing

1. The bird can . Sounds:

2. I saw a big in the pond. Sounds:

3. The cat is . Sounds:

4. A squirrel lives in the . Sounds: