In this short A word instructional activity, students unscramble 20 words. Kids will write the three letter word on the line. There is a word bank to help clue students.

In this word shapes instructional activity, students 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.

In this CVC words worksheet, 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...

In this CVC cloze activity learning exercise, 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.

Students explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Students complete a...

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. 

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.

Give your budding readers practice with vowel sounds using a sorting activity which will especially appeal to kinesthetic learners. They examine two cans, each with a header card attached. The header card words have the same vowel...

In this short "o" build a word instructional activity, 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...

In 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.

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.

This plan aims to increase the reading proficiency of your fourth grade class. While no materials are provided, a list of activities to practice are included. Various activities include creating songs for short vowel sounds, using cue...

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...

Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one. 

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. Pupils also write a sentence using as many of the eight words as they can.

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,...

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...

For 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.