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Vocabulary Building: Short a
In this short a worksheet, learners write 6 short a words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short a Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short a words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short a Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 long a words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building: Short a
In this short a instructional activity, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Short Sound of A Word Shapes
In this word shapes worksheet, 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.
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Letter Aa
For this recognizing the letter Aa worksheet, students pronounce picture words with beginning short a sounds, trace, and print upper case A and lower case a letters. Students complete three Aa activities.
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What Begins With A? Short Vowel Sounds
In this letter/sound recognition worksheet, students draw lines from pictures of 3 astronauts to the items that begin with the short a sound. They choose from 5 pictures that include an ant, an apple, and a ring.
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Vocabulary Building Activity (Short A Words)
In this short A word vocabulary building worksheet, students study the 6 words in a word bank. Students unscramble the words, then use each in a sentence.
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Short A Word Search
For this literacy worksheet,learners look for the words in the word search that focus upon three letter words. The words come with a picture for vocabulary help.
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The Amazing Silent E—Changing Short /a/ Words
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the amazing power of the silent E to change short vowel /a/ words to long sounds. Students change two words and then write sentences for each.
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short a Sound
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.
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound
Young scholars read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill...
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Learning Short a and Long a sounds
Students recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 2: Short A
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of ten words. All contain the short A sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Short Vowel "A"
In this short vowel A worksheet, students say the names of six labeled pictures. Students place brackets around the letter that makes the short A sound. Example: b(a)t.
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Short Vowel A: Secret Code
In this short vowels activity, students use the secret code box to help them spell some short "Aa" words. Students then draw a picture of the word.
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Vowel Sounds - Short Aa Words
In this short "Aa" worksheet, 1st graders use the number code and find the letters for each number to spell out the small words. Students spell 20 words.
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Short Sound of A Maze
For this short A worksheet, students help the cat get through the maze by following the path of words that have the short A sound. Students also alphabetize the words from the maze that have the short A sound.
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Awesome A
In this short a worksheet, 1st graders read a story using the high frequency words come, here, is, an, are, and some as well as words with the short a sound. Students create a student made book of the story and the pictures that accompany.
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Words With Short Vowel Sound of Letter A
For this language arts worksheet, learners learn 6 words with the sound of short vowel A. Students write these words on the lines and then draw a van and an apple.
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Ships with Short Vowels
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders read ten words with either short a or short o. The words are listed on colored ships which can be cut and used for a phonics sorting game.
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"The Scary Letter...aaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Students study the /a/ using the hand gesture and 'aaa' sound as if they were seeing a ghost. Next, they recite a tongue twister and make words using letter boxes using different numbers of phonemes. Next, they read "Pat's Jam" out loud...
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I Love to Eat Apples!
Students study the a=/a/ correspondence by first examining how they hold their mouths when biting into an apple. They practice the sound while reciting a tongue twister and making a gesture each time they hear the /a/. While looking at...
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And a Baby Cries
Students model the sound a baby makes when it cries, saying "aaaaa". They say the word "rat" stretching out the vowel sound and look at a tongue twister for the /a/ sound; repeating it together as a class. They then practice making the...