"Practicing Sound Recognition in Letter Combinations With Word Finds" is a worksheet that helps students learn about the different sounds the same letter combinations can make. For example, they might work on IE sounds that make the /uh/ or /ii/ sound in words like "patience" and "died."

The first activity on each page is a word find. Pages contain two word finds that feature the same letter combination but are divided according to the words that make the same sounds.

Underneath is a circling activity. Students read each word and circle the sound it makes. For example, they would circle "ihng" for "fusing" and "nj" for "endangered." Some words are repeated from the word find up above, so students can double-check their work, along with different forms of the same words and new words to test their knowledge.

The same letter combinations can make different sounds. It's important for students to identify these letter sounds and practice how to pronounce them in different words. For example, the combination TI can make a /tii/ sound, like "tiger," or a /tuh/ sound, like "victim." Practicing sound recognition like this can help students become better spellers, and it can provide them with more confidence when they're reading.

There are many fun ways for students to practice different letter combinations. They can do it in word finds or crosswords with words that are separated by the sounds they make. They can circle which sound a letter combination makes in different words, or you can have students pull letter combinations from a word bank to fill in the missing letters in the words on a worksheet.