Looking to challenge your students with more advanced phonics practice? These three letter blends worksheets focus on the trigraphs shr, str, spl, scr, spr, squ, and thr using vocabulary-rich, multisyllabic words—perfect for high-flyers or upper elementary phonics instruction. If your students have already mastered basic blends, this resource offers the next level of thinking, decoding, and comprehension.

This set of trigraph worksheets blends fluency, vocabulary, phonics application, and comprehension—all in one easy-to-use resource. With a mix of partner work, independent tasks, cut-and-paste activities, and story-based reading, your students will stay engaged while developing deeper phonics skills.

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What’s Included:

• Three-letter blends: shr, str, spl, scr, spr, squ, thr
• Decoding multisyllabic words
• Vocabulary development
• Sentence completion & application
• Fluency through repeated readings
• Comprehension strategies
• Cut-and-paste phonics activities
• Word searches with a twist!

What’s Included for Each Trigraph:

✔ Fluency warm-up: circle and read blend words
✔ Spelling activity: word unscramble
✔ Cut-and-paste phonics focus page
✔ “If I Can Spell…” sentence builder
✔ Vocabulary draw-and-define task
✔ Original story using trigraphs for fluency and comprehension
✔ Comprehension questions
✔ Engaging word search (with “dud” words for added challenge!)
✔ Digital version now included!

We’ve Got You Covered!

• “My students need more than just simple blend words.”
  ✅ These three letter blends worksheets go beyond “splash” and “scrap” with multisyllabic, rich vocabulary.

• “It’s tough to find phonics resources that are rigorous enough for 2nd and 3rd grade.”
  ✅ This was made specifically for upper elementary phonics instruction—with just the right amount of challenge.

• “My students need to apply phonics in context, not just isolated drills.”
  ✅ With story-based passages and comprehension built in, students learn to decode and understand.

• “I want something that’s both print and digital.”
  ✅ This resource now includes a digital option—perfect for classroom or home use.

Perfect For:

• Word work & phonics centers
• Whole-group phonics instruction
• Intervention groups
• Challenge work for high flyers
• Spiral review for upper grades
• Teachers needing rigorous trigraph worksheets without the prep!

This 3-letter blends resource for multisyllabic words phonics fluency activities has everything you need for a more comprehensive phonics fluency unit for your trigraph instruction.

See What Other Teachers Are Saying . . .

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I used this as a challenge activity during my word work lesson. It gave my students experience with decoding words that were more challenging than our spelling list.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a great resource! My students love it! Thank you so much!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This included great practice for blends and trigraphs. This really helped me fill a gap with activites to teach this skills. Kept students engaged and on task.