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Nonsense Word Fluency

Nonsense words are made-up words that follow the basic rules of phonics. While they are not real words with real meanings, they are helpful in teaching students to read and understand the English language. These worksheets help students read words using phonics and decoding skills.

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Decoding nonsense words is a great way to gauge students' understanding of graphemes and phonemes. This word slider makes practicing nonsense words fun and engaging.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Nonsense Word Slider Nonsense Words Worksheet
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Use this word wheel to help students practice decoding silly words that, despite having no real meaning, can greatly help early readers develop basic phonics and reading skills.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Nonsense Word Wheel Nonsense Words Worksheet
There are endless ways to use our nonsense words spinner to develop or test basic phonics and decoding skills. Students can use the spinner to play a variety of games or just use it for reading practice.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Nonsense Words Spinner Worksheet
You can use these flash cards in a variety of ways to help test students' reading fluency with nonsense words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Nonsense Words Flash Cards Worksheet
This fun classroom game helps students recognize both graphemes and phonemes within basic CVC nonsense words. They'll listen to hear their word read aloud, and then have to read another nonsense word aloud.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
I Have...Who Has... Nonsense Words Worksheet
These nonsense words can be used as part of a word wall or pocket chart to help students practice basic phonics and reading skills.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Nonsense Word Wall Nonsense Words Worksheet

Worksheets

Practice foundational skills of reading and phonics with this list of nonsense words. Students can keep track of their progress through 5 days of practice.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Nonsense Words Reading Practice Worksheet
Students will read a variety of three-letter words, mostly CVC words. Some are real words and some are nonsense words. They will color the real words green and the nonsense words red.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Real or Nonsense Word? Coloring Activity Nonsense Words Worksheet

See Also:

Consonant Sounds

On this page, you'll find our full catalog of consonant sounds worksheets. These worksheets help promote phonemic awareness, as well as letter and sound recognition.

Vowel Sounds

This page has links to worksheets on all of the short and long vowel sounds, as well as digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels.

Phonics Worksheets

Check out our full list of phonics worksheets, from digraphs and letter blends to word patterns and word families.

Early Literacy

Find everything related to early literacy on this page. There are worksheets on sight words, printing letters, rhyming, building sentences, and much more.

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