Winter Decodable Reading Comprehension Passages

Winter Decodable Reading Passages – Blends & Digraphs Fluency and Comprehension (KS1)

Support your Year 1 and Year 2 (KS1) learners as they transition from decoding single words to reading connected text with accuracy, fluency, and comprehension! Designed by Hidden Class Gems, this 10-page no-prep pack provides targeted practice for consonant digraphs and adjacent consonants (blends) through engaging winter stories.

Aligned with systematic synthetic phonics (ideal for consolidating Phase 3 digraphs and Phase 4 blends), each worksheet combines a pre-reading word warm-up, a decodable story, a black-and-white illustration to colour, and three comprehension questions.

What’s Included in This 10-Page Printable Pack:

• Digraph “sh”: Josh and the Shed (Focus words: Josh, shed, dash, shut, push, wish).

• Digraph “ch”: Hot Lunch for Chad (Focus words: Chad, chill, chop, chin, bench, lunch).

• Digraph “th”: Beth on the Path (Focus words: Beth, thick, path, with, thin, teeth).

• Digraphs “wh & ck”: Jack’s Black Puck (Focus words: Jack, black, puck, whack, where, stuck).

• Mixed Digraphs Review: The Thick Slush (Focus words: Trish, Chuck, thick, slush, splash, socks).

• Initial “L-Blends”: The Big Blue Sled (Focus words: Glen, flat, blue, sled, gloves, glad).

• Initial “R-Blends”: Fran and the Frost (Focus words: Fran, frost, grass, grabs, tree, drinks).

• Initial “S-Blends”: Stan Can Skate (Focus words: Stan, snow, skates, spin, skip, stop).

• Final/Ending Blends: Camp in the Cold Wind.

• Mixed Blends Review: A Grand Sled Trip (Focus words: Brad, Clare, grab, steep, crash, clap).

4-Step Routine on Every Worksheet:

1. Word Warm-Up: Pupils read and tick off 6 target phonics words in the top word bank.

2. Fluency Practice: Pupils read the short winter passage multiple times to build pace, confidence, and expression.

3. Word Hunt: Pupils can spot and underline the target digraphs or blends within the story.

4. Comprehension Check: Pupils complete 2 multiple-choice questions and 1 written sentence response to show understanding of the text.

Key Benefits for UK Classrooms:

• Zero Preparation: Print and go on standard US Letter paper.

• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for KS1 guided reading carousels, morning starters, phonics catch-up interventions, home learning packs, or supply teacher lessons.