Progressive Phonics
Short Vowel “A” Activity Worksheets
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 letters s, r,...
Kiz Club
Phonics Floor Game: Short Vowels
Turn your phonics instruction into a game! First, hop on to word family foot prints to match the short vowel sound cards. Then, take the game to the next level; write a word on the foot print that has the same word family sound.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Vowel Picture Sort
Sound sorting can be a fun way to get little ones phonologically prepared for a life of reading. In this activity, learners sort picture cards based on the long or short vowel sound they make when said aloud.
Curated OER
Word Washer Vowels
Here is a perfect activity for all your kinesthetic learners. They practice long and short vowel discrimination as they hang out the paper articles of clothing on a clothes line. They each take turns pulling word clothes out of a pretend...
Curated OER
Vocabulary Building: Short Vowels III
In this recognizing words pronounced with short vowels worksheet, students write the words from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words January, September, February, happen, every, and study. Students...
Curated OER
Short Vowel Activities
In this short vowel worksheet, students place an X through bubbles with short vowel words printed on them. A website reference for additional resources is given.
Lerner Publishing
Teaching Vowel Combinations
Need some fun activities to augment your lessons on vowel patterns and phonemic awareness? Peruse a series of worksheets designed to help little ones with their early reading skills.
Curated OER
Short Vowel A Activity
In this short vowel a worksheet, students first read a set of short vowel a words that do not rhyme, then read and circle short vowel a words that appear in a word box, printing them on lines beside the word box.
Curated OER
Short Vowel A-Read and Print
For this short vowel a worksheet, learners first read a set of short a words that do not rhyme, then read words in a word box, circling short a words and print each one. Worksheet contains a web site reference for additional activities.
Curated OER
Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
Curated OER
Short Vowel Words
In this short vowel words worksheet, students choose the correct word to match a picture, write vowel sounds, fill in letters to words, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
Curated OER
Short Vowel U: Color the Pictures
In this short vowel u instructional activity, students color pictures that have short u words printed inside. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Curated OER
Short Vowel U: Circle and Print
In this short vowel u worksheet, students circle the word in a pair that has the short u sound, then print the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Curated OER
Short Vowels
In this phonics practice worksheet, learners examine 5 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
Curated OER
Short Vowel Words
In this phonics practice worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
Curated OER
Short Vowel Words 2
For this phonics practice worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
Curated OER
"Name Those Vowels"
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...
Curated OER
CVC Word Cards
Learners explore short vowel sounds as they cut out these seventy word cards. The cards may be used in a variety of classroom activities. Make games out of word recognition such as grouping together the rhyming words, trying to toss the...
Starfall
Zac the Rat
In this language arts activity, students investigate the short vowel sound /a/. Learners rhyme and write words corresponding to a picture.
Curated OER
Spelling Success; Vowel Sounds
There is a big difference between the words bit and bite. Learners begin to understand how to differentiate between short and long vowel sounds as they are given a word with a short vowel sound, and then are asked to add a letter to make...
Curated OER
Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel worksheet, students read words inside of pictures that have a short vowel sound, then use a color key to color correctly. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
Curated OER
Phonics Scramble Games: Correct the Spelling of the Short Vowel Words
Students practice their spelling skills in this activity, which provides four pictures and labels for them to unscramble. The words are fan, bag, cat, and bat.
Curated OER
Short Vowel i-Match Pictures and Words
In this short vowel i worksheet, students name pictures, coloring those that have the short i sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Curated OER
CVC Activity
Identify sounds and letters in words. Eight pictures are provided with letters for learners to circle and write out. These basic cvc words will help children as they begin reading and writing.