In this short vowel worksheet, learners place an X through bubbles that contain words with short vowel sounds and circle bubbles whose vowels have long sounds.

In this short vowel learning exercise, students place an X over bubbles that have words with short vowel sounds printed on them. A website reference for additional resources is given.

First graders echo a sentence targeting a vowel selected by the teacher and shown on a sentence strip. In this sentence building lesson, 1st graders put the cut up sentence strip back into correct order, repeating the sentence. Students...

In this beginning reading instructional activity, learners complete a picture by coloring spaces with words beginning with the same first sound as a kangaroo in black. They color spaces with the same beginning sound as a jack-in-the-box...

Learners explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 6 questions by saying the word represented in the picture, finding the word from the wordbank at the bottom of the page, writing the word, and placing an X over the word in the wordbank.

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 5 questions by tracing the word presented, reading the word written, writing the word as it is presented on the page, and drawing a line to find the newly formed word from the set of pictures.

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 7 questions by saying the word represented in the picture, and writing the newly formed word three times.

In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.

In this vowel worksheet, learners sort pictures according to their vowel sound, either long or short o, writing the words beneath the correct label. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Students play a game that asks them to blend sounds and differentiate between long and short vowels. They give clues to one student by sounding out all consonants and classifying the vowel as short or long. The student then blends the...

Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson plan, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students...

Study diphthongs in the Spanish language. This resource contains a lot of information, so consider printing one for each learner to reference and walking them through it as a class. There is a short exercise at the bottom of the page to...

Students explore phonemes. They discuss the short a sound. Students discuss the shape their mouths make when saying /a/. They read familiar words with the /a/. Students read "The Cat In The Hat." They identify words with the short a sound.

Students study the /a/ sound by mimicking the sound one makes when they sneeze. Next they work with a tongue twister, which they recite while stretching out the initial short a sound. Next, they practice writing the letter and read "A...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then listen to the book "A Cat Nap" and identify the words containing the...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /a/...

Students study the short /a/ sound by examining the movement of their mouths as they make the sound mimicking a baby's cry. They recite a tongue twister and write the lower case "a." They raise their hands when they hear the letter sound...

Students examine the /a/ phoneme in both written and spoken words. They practice finding the /a/ in words, watch how their mouths move when making the sound, and write the letter. Next, they differentiate the sound in words, listen to a...

In this picture identification/ short u word instructional activity, learners say the name of each black line picture. They write the short u word three times on the lines to the right of the picture. They see 7 pictures including a tub,...

Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and write the letter A. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /a/ sound, and listen...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short...

In this language arts worksheet, students study 6 words in a provided word bank. Students generate sentences, fill in missing words, write rhyming words and illustrate to show meaning.

Young scholars navigate a website to practice the short e sound.  In this short e sound lesson, students read a story on Starfall and complete practice with the short e sound.