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Mini-Book of Words With Short A
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.
Starfall
The Big Hit
In this literacy activity, learners look at pictures, trace, and write letters to make CVC words with a short /i/sound.
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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel worksheet, students read words found inside a picture of a cow, then use a color key to color words with given short vowel sounds their assigned colors.
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Vowel Sounds - Short Aa Words
In this short "Aa" instructional activity, 1st graders use the number code and find the letters for each number to spell out the small words. Students spell 20 words.
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International Phonetic Alphabet
For this international phonetic alphabet worksheet, students write words that have the short e vowels sound and short u vowel sound in them. Students write as many words as they can think of.
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CVC Words: Middle a
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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CVC Words: Middle e
In this CVC words instructional activity, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short e sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students also copy the sentences on the lines provided.
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CVC Words: Middle i
In this CVC words worksheet, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short i sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students also copy the sentences on the lines provided.
Rock ’N Learn
Bud And June
In this letter u worksheet, 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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CVC Cloze: Middle e
For this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short e sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short e sound as possible.
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CVC Cloze: Middle u
In this cloze activity worksheet, 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 possible.
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CVC Spelling
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 7 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word three times each on...
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CVC Cloze: Middle a
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 e
In this CVC words review learning exercise, students examine 9 pictures and identify each of them. The words feature the short e sound. Students also complete 3 fill in the blank questions.
K12 Reader
The Coat Got Soaked on the Boat
This silly story of a family, their pet goat, a coat, and boat will capture your pupils' attention as they work on the long /o/ sound, the oa digraph, and reading comprehension.
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Short Vowels - Short Uu Words
For this short u words worksheet, 1st graders use the word bank of short u words to help them unscramble the 20 words. Students write the short u words on the lines.
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Ships with Short Vowels
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders read ten words with either short a or short o. The words are listed on colored ships which can be cut and used for a phonics sorting game.
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The Short "O" Sound: Mom, Top, Octopus
In this language arts instructional activity, students study the short sound of "O" by reading the words: mom, top and octopus. Students write each of these words 2 times, then draw an octopus and a top.
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Ned and Pete
For this long E and short E vowel sounds learning exercise, students examine 8 words in a coloring puzzle and color the short E sound words red and long E sound words blue.
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Ann and Abe
In this long A and short A vowel sounds activity, learners examine 19 words in a coloring puzzle and color the short A sound words gray and long A sound words blue.
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Short /a/ Words
In this short a words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short a words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches.
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Short /o/ Words
In this short o words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short o words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches.
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Short /u/ Words
For this short u words worksheet, students add the first letter of the short u words given to them. Students complete this for 5 words total.
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Short /e/ Words
In this short e words worksheet, learners fill in the first letter to the short e words and then write them 2 more times. Students complete this for 5 words.