Lesson Plan
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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...
Worksheet
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Students K - 1st
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...
Worksheet
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Short Vowel U Sound

For Students Pre-K - K
In this short vowel u worksheet, students say the names of pictures with the short u sound, then color each of the 4 pictures. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Vowel Sounds: e

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
"Eh?" That is the short vowel sound the letter e makes when it is used in the middle of a word. Little ones will draw a line between the letter e and objects that make the short e sound. Then they will fill in the missing e in six...
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Phonics: Short Vowel U

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics short vowel U activity, students look over six pictures, pronounce each one, find the actual word from the word box and then write the actual word for each picture on the lines provided. Students put an X on the picture...
Worksheet
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Short Vowel U: Color the Pictures

For Students K - 2nd
In this short vowel u worksheet, students color pictures that have short u words printed inside. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Workbook
Kathryn J. Davis

Abridged Short Vowel Spelling Workbook

For Students K - 2nd
Find 50 pages of worksheets to help emerging readers practice short vowel sounds using pictures, simple sentences, and word matching. They focus on CVC and two-letter words with short vowels. 
Worksheet
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Medial Sound u

For Students K - 1st Standards
Join Ug the Bug for some vowel sound practice focused on the short /u/ sound. Scholars examine six images and label each with a CVC word that has this as its medial phoneme. Next, they complete two rhyming sentences about Ug, using a...
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this CVC pattern words worksheet, 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.
Lesson Plan
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Short Vowel Movements

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use gestures to recognize the short vowel sounds.  In this cvc lesson, students use a cue to recognize the vowel sound.  Students practice various words with the cues. 
PPT
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Vowels: The Long and Short of It

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
Worksheet
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Mixed CVC Words: Middle a, e, i, o, u

For Students K - 2nd
In this CVC words review activity, 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.
Worksheet
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Short Vowel U: Circle and Print #2

For Students K - 2nd
In this short vowel u worksheet, learners circle the word in a pair that has the short u sound, then practice printing the word on a line beneath. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Vowel Sound: u

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Which of these have /u/ as a middle sound? There are images of seven CVC words surrounding the letter u here, and scholars draw lines from the letter to words with the same middle phoneme. Be sure they know what these images are...
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Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: Short /u/ Sound Words

For Students K - 1st Standards
From hugs to the sun, you can find many great words with the short /u/ sound! Your youngsters will do just that with this worksheet, in which they identify words with the short /u/ sound from a selection of provided images, and then...
Worksheet
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My Short U Book

For Students K - 1st
Pictures help young learners remember new, unknown vocabulary. Show them this picture book and have them review the words that accompany each picture. Consider creating pictures for the five words on the last page. 
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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...
Interactive
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Short Vowel Words

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this short vowel words learning exercise, students choose the correct word to match a picture, write vowel sounds, fill in letters to words, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
Worksheet
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Short i, o, and u words

For Students K - 1st
In this learning short vowel sounds activity, students name the pictures, say the short i, short o, and short u sound words, and trace the words. Students practice printing eight picture words.
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Short Vowel Review

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this short vowel review worksheet, learners fill in the blank next to each picture the short vowel that completes each word correctly.
Lesson Plan
American English

Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate...
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Vowel Sounds: O

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
This worksheet focuses on the medial vowel sound o. Pre-readers complete two tasks to practice the short o sound. They draw a line from the letter o to pictures that contain the medial /o/ sound. They then, fill in six cvc words with the...
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Short Vowel U

For Students 1st
In this short vowels activity, 1st graders complete the sentences by writing the name of the picture word that use the short u sound. Students complete 7 sentences.
Worksheet
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Short Vowel Pictures

For Students 1st
In this short u sound activity, 1st graders study the pictures and say the name for each. Students listen for the vowel sound of the short u and color only the pictures that contain the short u sound. Students then trace the upper and...