Say aaaaa, because today your class will be practicing the short a vowel sound. They complete two activities. First the draw a line from the letter a to the objects that contain the medial /a/ sound. Then, they fill in the missing a to...

Emergent readers use picture clues to identify the missing word in six fill-in-the-blank sentences. This reinforces the strategy of using the pictures in stories to help define unknown vocabulary. If you have time, consider having...

In this labeling worksheet, learners will use six short /a/ words from a word bank to label the proper object on a picture of Appleland.

In this writing worksheet, students write the words of 6 pictures. All of the words have a short A vowel sound. Students also draw a picture using 2 of the words.

These questions are designed to accompany Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," and could be used to guide and focus readers or as an assessment of reading skill and knowledge of the elements of a story. Page one focuses on questions of...

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...

Practice the short /a/ sound with your class. To get it down, they read a short poem that supplies many examples of words that include the short /a/ sound. Once they are finished reading, learners answer three reading comprehension...

In this easy reading worksheet, students read a list of short a words and a story that includes the words. They circle the words cat, mad, hat, and sad before answering three questions about the story.

Kindergartners will cut, paste, and label the words that contain a short or long e sound. They can build their phonemic awareness as they say each word to determine which e goes where.

In this vowels sounds worksheet, students recognize the sounds that vowels make as they read lists of 11 short a sound words, 11 long a sounds, and 11 short e sounds.

In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 6 words. All words contain the short sound of vowel A. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.

In this short a sound activity, 1st graders say the word for each picture and circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students then write the word in the provided space. Students read a list of...

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.

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...

24 activities make up this phonics activity book that focuses on the short vowel /a/.  Early readers take part in tracing, filling in the blanks, coloring, finding differences in pictures, and completing mazes while using...

In this short a words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short a words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches. 

If the cat in the hat had a fan and a can, what would they all have in common? The short a sound! Youngsters cut and paste images of words with the short a sound, and then practice writing the words beneath each picture.

In this vowels reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the short a, short e, short i, short o, and short u sounds as they read several words.

Study the letter a and the sounds it makes. With this worksheet, youngsters focus on the short vowel a sound like in bad, fat, and ran. Then, they read the words in the blue box, identifying which ones use the short vowel a sound. 

Early readers put their short vowel know how to the test. They read a series of simple cvc words, circle all the words that contain the medial short vowel sound indicated, then write those words in the space provided. Phonics, reading,...

In this short vowels practice worksheet, students listen for the short a, short e, short i, and short o sounds in 22 groups of words as they read them.

For this short A puzzle game worksheet, learners match 24 short A words with the pictures on puzzle pieces that the teacher has printed, cut and laminated. 

In this word shapes activity, students write the 14 short a words from a word bank in the correct word shapes. They work with words such as grapple, cap, math, pattern, and granite.

In this short a rhyming practice worksheet, students study the 28 examples of words that feature the short a sound and that rhyme.