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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short u Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short u words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as luck, drum, bunch, and hundred.
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Vocabulary Building: Unusual short u

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this short u worksheet, students write 6 words as they are called out, unscramble words and use them in sentences. All words have short u in an "unusual" way.
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CVC Cloze: Middle u

For Students K - 2nd
In this cloze activity instructional activity, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short u sound. Students list as many other CVC short u sound words as...
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Vocabulary Building: Short u

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this short u worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Lucky Ducky

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Uh, Bugs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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I'm Thinking

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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Up, Up and Away

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Pooh's Rumbling Tummy

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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The Whining Child

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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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.
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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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Vowels and Consonants on the Farm

For Students K - 1st
For this reading worksheet, students discover the vowel and consonant pattern in the following six words: pig, cat, dog, hen, and sun. Students write their pattern in a chart.
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Phonics Review: Vowels

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this vowels worksheet, students view five pictures, write the actual name of each picture on the lines provided, locate and circle/highlight each of the words in a word search puzzle.
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Starfall

Gus the Duck

For Students K - 2nd
Students rhyme and write short /u/ words in this language arts worksheet.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds: Springtime Bouquet

For Students K - 1st
In this vowel worksheet, students fill in the beginning and ending letters of 7 consonant-vowel-consonant words to complete the word. All words have the short vowel sound "u" in the middle.
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Bud And June

For Students 1st
In this letter u learning exercise, 1st graders will focus on both the long and short vowel sound. Students will study 8 pictures and write the word below each picture on the lines provided.
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Finish the Word

For Students 2nd
In this missing vowels activity, 2nd graders fill in the missing vowels to the words and then write the words on the lines. Students do this for 5 words and fill in the blanks to 2 sentences.
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Short I/Short U Name the Picture

For Teachers K - 1st
In this short vowel name the picture worksheet, students will choose a short I or short U word from the word bank to correctly name the picture. Then students will draw a picture of a kid on the bus.
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Run, Bug, Run!

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Now, why would a bug be on the run? Your kids can find out by putting together and reading this cute (and slightly silly) mini book.
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Peg and Hen

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Oo Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this short Oo vowel sound word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 short Oo words in the word search puzzle.
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Vowel Sound -- Short Ee

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short Ee vowel sound word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 short Ee words in the word search puzzle.