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Reading worksheets by level, 1 to 30

Letters and sounds, then phonics, sight words, short stories and longer passages with questions about what they read.

Each level practises one skill, and each step is small. Pick a level by looking at its sample sheet with your child — the ages are only a hint. Mastered after two sheets in a row at 90% or more. Moving up is always the parent's call.

Letters & sounds

  1. Level 1: Uppercase letters — Often age 4 · On screen only (it talks)
  2. Level 2: Lowercase letters — Often age 4 · On screen only (it talks)
  3. Level 3: Letter sounds — Often ages 4–5 · On screen only (it talks)
  4. Level 4: Beginning sounds — Often ages 4–5
  5. Level 5: Ending sounds — Often age 5

Blending

  1. Level 6: Rhyming words — Often age 5
  2. Level 7: CVC words, short a — Often age 5
  3. Level 8: CVC words, all short vowels — Often ages 5–6
  4. Level 9: Sight words: pre-primer — Often age 5
  5. Level 10: Word families (-at, -ig, -op…) — Often ages 5–6

Building words

  1. Level 11: Consonant blends (st, bl, tr) — Often age 6
  2. Level 12: Digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh) — Often age 6
  3. Level 13: Long vowels, silent e — Often age 6
  4. Level 14: Vowel teams (ai, ee, oa) — Often ages 6–7
  5. Level 15: Sight words: primer and grade 1 — Often age 6

Sentences

  1. Level 16: Read a sentence, match the picture — Often age 6
  2. Level 17: Decodable mini-stories — Often ages 6–7
  3. Level 18: Who, what, where questions — Often age 7
  4. Level 19: Two-syllable words — Often age 7

Passages

  1. Level 20: Short passages, literal questions — Often age 7
  2. Level 21: Sequencing: first, next, last — Often ages 7–8
  3. Level 22: Main idea — Often age 8
  4. Level 23: Words in context — Often age 8
  5. Level 24: Inference: how do you know? — Often ages 8–9
  6. Level 25: Non-fiction text features — Often age 9

Deeper reading

  1. Level 26: Longer passages — Often ages 9–10
  2. Level 27: Character and theme — Often age 10
  3. Level 28: Compare two texts — Often ages 10–11
  4. Level 29: Author's purpose and point of view — Often age 11
  5. Level 30: Figurative language — Often ages 11–12

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