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Spill the Beans
Students play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.
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Egg-stra!! Egg-stra!!
Young scholars recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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The Scary, Creaky Door
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...
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Here Kitty, Kitty
Learners recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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The Big Pig
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Home Spelling Practice Unit 1
For this reading and writing short vowel words in cursive worksheet, students read a list of words and write them on the lines provided. Students write 20 word answers.
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Consonant Blends Blended with Short Vowels
Here is a simple, yet effective lesson on consonant blends. Young readers watch as the teacher demonstrates voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds, and voiced vowel sounds. They practice rhyming consonant blends and trigraphs.
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CVC Words
Use this colorful and easy-to-understand presentation to help kindergartners review words with the short a sound. With words such as van, man, can, and fan, learners practice reading skills. While short, this resource could be augmented...
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Name That Picture
Second graders look at a small outline picture in this name-the-picture worksheet before choosing the CVC word that names it. They complete 16 examples by circling the correct word. 
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Practice Book O
Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...
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Match the Rhymes
Focus on the short u sound in this rhyme worksheet for emergent readers. Learners examine images surrounding a jug, drawing lines to connect it to those that rhyme (bug, rug, mug). Then, they practice their printing by tracing the...
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All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and...
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Rainbow Spelling: A Kinesthetic Approach to Encoding
Have your young learners interact with phonemes through this tactile plan! Each learner will have a colored mat where they connect different phonemes to create words. The best part is that they can self-correct easily as they spell! 
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CVC Words
The -ap word family includes many members. This colorful PowerPoint shows five words ending in -ap; each slide also includes a great image to match the word. After viewing this slide show, ask your class to share more examples of -ap words.
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Short Vowels 1
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students study each picture and circle the images with names that have short A words. Students put an 'x' on the images with names that have short I words.
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Short Vowels - Short Uu Words
For this short u words worksheet, 1st graders use the word bank of short u words to help them unscramble the 20 words. Students write the short u words on the lines.
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Suppressing Short O
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' and the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing the letter 'o', and listen to stories, identifying words with the short /o/...
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Vocabulary Reading Test
In this vocabulary with short vowel words activity, learners write the word that the teacher says, then writes a sentence for one of the words.
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Short /a/ Words
In this short a words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short a words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches. 
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short a Sound
In this easy reading activity, 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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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Students recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
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Peachy Teacup by the Stream
Help your kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a...
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Ride a Broom to the Moon
Your class can practice words that contain the long oo sound. Cool! Learners read a short poem that includes many examples of the oo digraph and then respond to three reading comprehension questions.
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Zac The Rat
For this literacy activity, students complete words with the short /a/ vowel sound. They use the pictures for clues.