Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Short Vowels

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
Organizer
Curated OER

Short a - Rhyming Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a rhyming practice worksheet, students study the 28 examples of words that feature the short a sound and that rhyme.
Interactive
Curated OER

Words with Short A, Short I, and Short O #3

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this short a, short i, and short o worksheet, students match words to pictures, complete the sentences, label pictures, and more with the short vowels. Students complete 4 activities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning Short a and Long a sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Short A Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars study the short "a" sound. In this word study lesson plan, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Young scholars play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.
Interactive
Curated OER

Short A and Short O

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a and short o worksheet, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

1st Grade Spelling: Short "a"

For Students 1st
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice instructional activity, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the short "a" sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
Worksheet
Rock ’N Learn

Ann and Abe – Long A and Short A Vowel Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long and short vowel A worksheet, students analyze a puzzle picture in which each piece has a word. Students color the long vowel A words blue and the short vowel A words gray. A secret picture will be revealed.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building: Short a

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this short a activity, students write 6 short a words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building: Short a

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this short a instructional activity, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mini-Book of Words With Short A

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics and spelling worksheet, students make a cut out and construct a mini-book of short a words. They work with words such as cap, can, map, and mat.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity (Short A Words)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short A word vocabulary building worksheet, students study the 6 words in a word bank. Students unscramble the words, then use each in a sentence.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity - Short a Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short a words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
Printables
Progressive Phonics

Short Vowel “A”

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Support your phonics instruction with this beginner reading book that focuses on the short vowel /a/. The book is divided into four chapters based on the word families at, ad, an, and am. Letters and words used are c, a, t, s, m, n,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Name Those Vowels"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...
Activity
Reading Resource

Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
Worksheet
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K12 Reader

They Go for a Nice Drive

For Students 1st Standards
Set aside some time to practice the long /i/ sound when it shows up in words that follow the _i_e pattern. Kids read the short poem, which includes plenty of words that follow this pattern, and then respond to three reading comprehension...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Short

For Students 3rd - 8th
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. Students who are struggling with vowel sounds will...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Short Vowel A

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this identifying words with the short a vowel sound worksheet, students observe picture words and circle the pictures that have the short a sound. Students circle 6 words.
Workbook
Essential Skills Software

Worksheet Set: Super Phonics Level 2

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Supercharge beginning readers phonics skills with this extensive collection of worksheets. With exercises on long and short vowels, consonant blends, rhyming words, word endings, and much more, this resource is a primary grade teacher's...
Lesson Plan
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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...
Activity
Lerner Publishing

Teaching Vowel Combinations

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Need some fun activities to augment your lessons on vowel patterns and phonemic awareness? Peruse a series of worksheets designed to help little ones with their early reading skills.
Worksheet
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Short Vowel A: Circle and Print

For Students 1st - 2nd
Study the letter a and the sounds it makes. With this worksheet, youngsters focus on the short vowel a sound like in bad, fat, and ran. Then, they read the words in the blue box, identifying which ones use the short vowel a sound. 

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