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Short Sound of A Word Shapes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word shapes activity, learners write the 14 short a words from a word bank in the correct word shapes. They work with words such as grapple, cap, math, pattern, and granite.
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CVC Cloze: Middle a

For Students K - 2nd
In this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short a sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short a sound as possible.
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CVC Words: Middle a

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this CVC words activity, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short a sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students copy the sentences on the lines provided. Students also identify 6 short a words and draw...
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
Some vowels make the same sound, like the vowels in grow and both. Read the words on the left hand side of the page (there are six) and match them to a similarly sounding word on the right hand side. 
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K12 Reader

The Kid Will Win a Ship

For Students 1st Standards
Which word included the short /i/ sound: pirate or ship? Work on the short /i/ sound with your class by using the short poem provided here. Class members read the poem and answer three reading comprehension questions.
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Build A Word With "o" as the Short Mid Vowel

For Students 1st
In this short "o" build a word worksheet, 1st graders look at 6 black line pictures before finding the letters that spell the name of each. They say the name, choose the letters including the middle "o", and write the name of the item on...
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Starfall

The Amazing Silent E—Changing Short /a/ Words

For Students K - 2nd
For this language arts worksheet, students learn the amazing power of the silent E to change short vowel /a/ words to long sounds. Students change two words and then write sentences for each.
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Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin

Lesson 2 - Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Closed syllable words contain short vowel sounds. A phonics lessons introduces readers to consonant-vowel-consonant words. Guided instruction introduces the words with a series of dictation activities, and then learners practice reading...
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National Institute for Literacy

Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
Interactive
Arcademics

Coconut Vowels

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars show what they know about vowel digraphs with a quick coconut-themed learning game. Players fill in the blanks of falling coconuts to make words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
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Kelly's Kindergarten: Long/Short E

For Students K - 1st Standards
Kindergartners will cut, paste, and label the words that contain a short or long e sound. They can build their phonemic awareness as they say each word to determine which e goes where.
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Word Washer Vowels

For Teachers 2nd Standards
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...
PPT
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Vowels: The Long and Short of It

For Teachers K - 1st
These nicely-illustrated slides should help young learners associate short vowel sounds with words that use them. For example, the short o slide has pictures of a frog, a rocket, and a comet. The short u slide has pictures of a bus, a...
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Aaaaa! The Letter A!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the short a vowel in written and spoken words by saying "Aaaa" while examining the way the mouth moves when making the sound. They recite a tongue twister emphasizing the /a/, listen for the sound in a list of words, and...
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Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin

Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds...
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Phonics: Words with More Than One Syllable (CV/C) Rule A

For Teachers 3rd
Knowing basic phonics rules can help learners increase their reading accuracy, pronunciation, and spelling. Third graders practice breaking or chunking words based on the cv/c syllable rule. They take note of where to break each word,...
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 2: Short A

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of ten words. All contain the short A sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
PPT
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Long -oo and Short -oo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
When two Os are put together in a word, a long -oo or a short -oo sound are produced. Learners examine two slides that have pictures and decide if the word depicted has the long -oo or short -oo sound. Examples are: football, hood, and...
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Students K - 1st
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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A-Okay

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Then they practice identifying words with the...
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We Flew With a Baboon

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
More vowels? Elementary schoolers recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, kids identify the phoneme and letter combination through...
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this CVC pattern words activity, 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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Bee a Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use a fun tongue twister to help your class remember the /ee/ sound! With this lesson, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds,...
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Shake With A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use letter boxes and letter tiles (d,a,y,l,p,w,k,f,r,i,t,s,b,c,I) to help your class distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a...

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