Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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 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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Super Teacher Worksheets

Long and Short Vowel Sounds

For Students K - 2nd
Long and short vowels have never been quite so colorful! Learners use an intricate key to color a grid of words based on the vowel sound they hear. Red is the long a sound, light blue is the short u sound, etc. By the time they've...
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...
Worksheet
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...
Activity
Scholastic

Using What's in the Truck?: A Short Vowel Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
From bats and hats to pigs and fish, your youngsters will fill a truck with items that contain all the short vowel sounds using this great printable mini-booklet.
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...
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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...
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. 
PPT
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Vowels

For Teachers K - 3rd
Once viewed in slideshow mode, this presentation shows nine interactive slides about short vowel sounds. Within these slides, there are seven questions asking viewers if they hear a short vowel sound in a list of words. A check mark pops...
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...
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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...
Lesson Plan
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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness activity, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students...
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.
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.
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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...
Worksheet
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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.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of a unit covering such topics as consonants, blending, short vowels sounds, high frequency words, and number words. The unit's lessons also include teachable moments covering story structure, illustrations,...
Worksheet
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Short vowel sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short vowel sound worksheet, students fill in the correct short vowel sound that is missing in different words. Students fill in 10 short vowel sounds.
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.
Worksheet
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet: Short Vowel Sounds

For Students 5th - 6th
In this vocabulary building - short vowel sounds worksheet, students match words and definition, solve definition clues and complete fill in the blank sentences for 24 short vowel words.
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...