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Pooh's Rumbling Tummy
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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Don't Punch Too Hard
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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Ouch! I have a booboo
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ spelled ou from the short vowel /u/ spelled u. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Comparing Poems
Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza...
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Connect the Rhymes
Pre-readers benefit from visual context clues like the ones in this rhyme worksheet. There are two sets of objects here, and scholars connect objects on the left with their rhyming counterparts on the right. Each word has the vowel...
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Short U Word Family
In this short U word family worksheet, 1st graders look at three pictures, then fill in the initial consonants for four words in the short U family.
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Vocabulary Building For Short "u"
In this vocabulary building for short "u" worksheet, students write the words after hearing them, unscramble the words and rewrites misspelled words.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short u Words
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
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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Vocabulary Building: Short u
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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Long "u" With Silent "e" Reading Activity
In this writing and spelling worksheet, students circle pictures of long "u" with silent "e" words that are included in 3 short paragraphs. They complete 3 examples.
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The Whining Child
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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Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
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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Finish the Word
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
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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Peg and Hen
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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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Vowels oo
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. Some contain long or short vowel "oo" sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Oo Words
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
In this short Ee vowel sound word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 short Ee words in the word search puzzle.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Ee Words
In this letter and number recognition worksheet, students use a secret code box to help them spell 20 short Ee words.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Ii Words
In this short i word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 word that have short I in them in the word search puzzle.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this short sound of u worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of u. They unscramble the words. Students write each word in a sentence.
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...
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Juggling Bugs
Learners examine the letter 'u'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /u/ sound in them. They listen to...