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Short U Label the Picture
For this language arts learning exercise, students examine a detailed picture of a child's room. Students use the word bank to label the picture with six nouns using the short vowel /u/ sound.
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Phonics: Vowel U
In this vowel u instructional activity, students trace several times, read, write each word once, find and circle the words bug, bus, cup, mud and gum.
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My Short Uu Shape Book
For this vowels worksheet, students examine 2 small identical pictures of Uncle Sam and the upper case letter U. There are no directions.
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Find the Rhyme
Which of these objects rhymes? There are four starter pictures here, each heading rows of three objects. Learners determine and circle the row object that rhymes with the first one. Then, they connect two of the CVC words with printing...
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Short Vowel U
In this short u sound worksheet, 1st graders use the word bank with short u words to complete the sentences. Students use the picture words to help them order the sentence.
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Short Vowel U
In this short u sound worksheet, 1st graders use the secret code box to help them spell words that contain the short u sound. Students write the word on the lines and draw pictures of it.
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Phonics Teachers Resource Book
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
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Match the Rhymes
Focus on the short u sound in this rhyme worksheet for emergent readers. Learners examine images surrounding a jug, drawing lines to connect it to those that rhyme (bug, rug, mug). Then, they practice their printing by tracing the...
Reading Resource
Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game
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.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A World of Animals: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)
Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while...
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Short U - Classification (Person, Animal, Thing)
In this word sort worksheet, students will sort five short /u/ words into their proper categories: person, animal, or thing. Students will use a word bank with pictures.
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Short U Word Search
Learners in this language arts worksheet examine a picture word bank of nine words with a short /u/. Students locate the words in the easy word search puzzle.
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We Flew With a Baboon
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...
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Peachy Teacup by the Stream
Help your kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a...
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Splendid Sounds
In this short vowel sounds learning exercise, students match pictures that have short vowel sounds in them to the letters they contain. Students match 5 pictures to 5 short vowels.
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3 Phoneme Word Puzzles Sets 1-5
For this word puzzle worksheet, students will cut apart words containing 3 phonemes and the matching picture. Then students will try to put the words back together and read the word.
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Phonics Short Vowels
In this phonics worksheet, students study each picture and then circle the pictures with names that have short U sounds. Students put an 'x' on the pictures with names that have short E words.
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Short "u" vowel
First graders successfully build words containing the short "u" vowel. They connect letter cards with an accuracy of 90%. Students build on phonics as well. They encounter within this activity sequencing.
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Food Pyramid
Here is an engaging cross-curicular lesson which incorporates elements of language arts and heatlh. Groups of learners are assigned to one vowel sound. They work together to find pictures of food out of a booklet that have the long vowel...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Surprise!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)
Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how...
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All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and...
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Family and Friends: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)
Family and Friends is the theme of a unit consisting of English language development lessons. Reinforce language proficiency, particularly in family vocabulary, basic needs, feelings, short vowel sounds, blending, reading high frequency...
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Short /u/ Words
In 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 u word search
For this short u worksheet, students search for words in a word search with u in the middle of the word. Students search for 4 words that are not given to them.