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My Short U Book
Pictures help young learners remember new, unknown vocabulary. Show them this picture book and have them review the words that accompany each picture. Consider creating pictures for the five words on the last page.
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Fix It Fun
Young learners practice spelling and phonics with this quick vowel instructional activity. For each of the seven words provided, they must unscramble the letters and write the full word on the line provided.
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Short A Sentences
Emergent readers use picture clues to identify the missing word in six fill-in-the-blank sentences. This reinforces the strategy of using the pictures in stories to help define unknown vocabulary. If you have time, consider having...
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Iggy the Penguin
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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Icky Fingers
Which i sound is used in the word icky? Kindergarteners and first graders listen to the short /i/ sound. They practice shaking their fingers to indicate icky when they hear the target sound. Then they practice reading a poster with the...
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CVC Word Cards
Learners explore short vowel sounds as they cut out these seventy word cards. The cards may be used in a variety of classroom activities. Make games out of word recognition such as grouping together the rhyming words, trying to toss the...
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Mixed CVC Words: Middle a, e, i, o, u
In this CVC words review worksheet, learners examine nine pictures and identify each of them. The words feature the short vowel sounds of a, e, i, o, and u. Children also complete five fill-in-the-blank questions.
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CVC Activity 2
Look at eight pictures to practice cvc words. Letters are given for each picture and learners first circle the correct letters, then write the word below. More practice worksheets like this are available.
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CVC Activity
Identify sounds and letters in words. Eight pictures are provided with letters for learners to circle and write out. These basic cvc words will help children as they begin reading and writing.
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise
In this CVC pattern words learning exercise, learners examine eight pictures, say the name of each picture, and use the provided letters to spell the words. Pupils also write a sentence using as many of the eight words as they can.
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise
In this CVC pattern words instructional activity, learners examine eight pictures, say the name of each picture, and use the provided letters to spell the words. They practice writing the letters on the line below the picture as well....
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Reading Matching Exercise
In this reading worksheet, learners match four phrases to four pictures. The four phrases are short descriptions using sight words and short vowel words with cvc patterns. Cut out the sentence fragments and pictures to move them around...
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Yep, I'm Ready to Learn!
Tongue twisters give young learners an easy phrase to refer back to when learning letter sounds. Use the phrase "Eddy put red bells on everyone's bed" to identify the /e/ sound. Then read Red Gets Fed aloud, having learners nod their...
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The Everyday Red
Pair a hand motion with the /e/ sound so young learners remember it better! This plan has the class open their "creaky door" whenever they hear the /e/ sound. They'll learn a tongue twister and read the short story Red Gets Fed, both of...
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Itchy Ritchy
Itchy Ritchy can help your learners remember the /i/ sound! First teach young learners the fun tongue twister illustrating the target sound, and have them identify the target sound in other words. Use the reading Tim and the Top to...
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Ehhhh?
Are your kindergarten learners working with the letter e and the sounds that is makes? They'll practice writing a capital e, hear the /e/ sound in a funny tongue twister, and then identify when the teacher is saying a word that uses the...
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Word Washer Vowels
Here is a perfect activity for all your kinesthetic learners. They practice long and short vowel discrimination as they hang out the paper articles of clothing on a clothes line. They each take turns pulling word clothes out of a pretend...
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Short 'A' and Phoneme Blending
Have your class explore the short /a/ sound. They will pronounce isolated consonant and short /a/ sounds and then blend the sounds to make a word. An assessment sheet is provided.
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Short Vowel Sound
Use this creative way to review words that have short vowel sounds. Learners read a word and then identify the words in the group that have the same vowel sound. It is a motivating way to have learners explore this topic.
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Missing Short Vowels
Younger learners can practice reading and spelling words with short vowel sounds using this resource. They fill in the blanks to form simple words like bag, bed, and fox. With only twelve questions, this resource could be used as a quick...
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Short Vowel Sounds
Use this resource to provide a quick review of words with short vowel sounds. Learners view pictures, and read and write words with the short vowel sound o. Afterwards, they write a sentence using some of the short o words. Students...
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CVC Words
The -ap word family includes many members. This colorful PowerPoint shows five words ending in -ap; each slide also includes a great image to match the word. After viewing this slide show, ask your class to share more examples of -ap words.
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Short
What do "milk," "rich," and "fix" have in common? They all have short "i" sounds, and they're all featured on this matching worksheet, along with twelve other words and definitions. Learners who are struggling with vowel sounds will...
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Short
In this short a word families learning exercise, students answer 6 fill in the blank questions where they look at a picture and finish each word with the word families an, at, or ag.