Letter R Sound Worksheets

Do you have children learning the alphabet sounds a to z? Here are free printable letter R sound worksheets. 

The alphabet worksheets are ideal for preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade students working on letter sound recognition.

A free printable PDF is available for download with:

• A beginning sound coloring worksheet
• A phonics worksheet where kids need to identify the syllable that has an /r/ sound

Letter R Beginning Sound Worksheet

The first letter R worksheet is a fun coloring activity that will ask kids to identify words that begin with R.

The alphabet coloring worksheet has pictures of 27 items. Children will need to sound out the word of each image and then color each object that begins with an R sound. 16 of the 27 things have the initial R sound.

Young learners only need some crayons to color the robot, rose, and rooster.

Letter R Phonics Worksheet

Here’s another alphabet worksheet that will give kids extra practice with the R sound. It’s especially ideal for 1st graders to learn or review the letter sound.

The letter R sound could be anywhere in the word. There are initial /r/ words, medial /r/ words, words that end in an /r/ sound, and words with multiple R sounds.

It’s a great time to introduce R-controlled vowels: AR, ER, IR, OR, and UR sounds.

There are 12 images. Children will need to sound out the word of each image to try and determine which syllable(s) have an R sound.

They might find it helpful to clap while saying each syllable.

For example, children will be shown an image of a rollercoaster. Underneath the image will be 4 boxes, each representing a syllable.

ROL LER COAS TER

This word begins with the letter R sound and has 2 R-controlled vowels.

Since the R sound is found in the 1st, 2nd, & 4th syllable, kids will need to put an X in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th boxes below its image.  

Printable Letter R Sound Worksheets

The PDF with the letter R sound worksheets are available below.

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It’s free. The 3-page PDF has both letter R sound worksheets and an answer page.

More Letter R Worksheets

Here are some more fun letter R worksheets and activities:

• a reindeer coloring page with connect the dots
• a 3D rocket coloring page
• a rain cloud and rainbow color by number
• a rabbit coloring page craft
• a rabbit connect the dots coloring page
• AR & UR bossy R word search
• ER, IR & OR R controlled vowels word search

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Answer Keys

Here are the letter R sound worksheet answer keys. There is an answer page in the PDF as well.

R Beginning Sound Worksheet Answer Key

The answer key for the beginning sound worksheet:

16 pictures should be colored. Images of a:

1. robot
2. ribbon
3. rain
4. rainbow
5. rabbit
6. radio
7. rose
8. ruler
9. rocket
10. rooster
11. ring
12. road
13. rat
14. rhino
15. rattle
16. raccoon

Letter R Phonics Worksheet Answer Key

Here is the answer key for the letter R phonics worksheet:

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