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Zac the Rat
In this language arts activity, students investigate the short vowel sound /a/. Learners rhyme and write words corresponding to a picture.
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Short "a" Vowel Cards
For this recognizing short "a" vowel sounds worksheet, students cut out the penguin with short "a" word cards, practice reading the words, and match the short "a" rhyming words. Students complete fifteen word card activities.
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Phonics Test #30 - (End of the Year Review)
For this recognizing vowel sounds worksheet, students read the first word on each line, determine its underlined vowel sound, and identify the other word that has the same sound. Students circle 65 words.
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Phonics Short Vowels
In this phonics activity, students study each picture and then circle the pictures with names that have short U sounds. Students put an 'x' on the pictures with names that have short E words.
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Short
In this short a word families activity, students answer 6 fill in the blank questions where they look at a picture and finish each word with the word families an, at, or ag.
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Short Vowel Activity
In this short vowel learning exercise, students place an X through bubbles that contain words with short vowel sounds and circle bubbles whose vowels have long sounds.
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Bubble Pop-Short Vowels
In this short vowel instructional activity, students place an X over bubbles that have words with short vowel sounds printed on them. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice reading words with short vowels and cvc pattern while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with words on their game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Long and Short Vowel O
In this long and short vowel O activity, students analyze the words inside pencil shapes and color the short vowels blue and the long vowels orange.
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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.
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Initial Sound Recognition Activity for "o" as a Short Vowel
In this initial sound recognition worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the short "o" vowel sound. They place an X on the pictures that do not. They examine a total of 11 pictures on the page.
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Short Vowel A
For this identifying words with the short a vowel sound worksheet, students observe picture words and circle the pictures that have the short a sound. Students circle 6 words.
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Short Vowel E
For this identifying words with the short e sound worksheet, students read sentences, circle, and print the words with the short vowel e. Students write 12 answers.
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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel learning exercise, 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.
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Short A Label the Picture
For this labeling worksheet, learners will use six short /a/ words from a word bank to label the proper object on a picture of Appleland.
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Short "i" Words
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders write each of the short "i" words two times each and rewrite the words adding an "s" at the end of each word. There are five words to write.
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A Hip Hopper
In this phonics and vowel sounds learning exercise, students examine 25 CVC words and identify those that begin with the initial consonant /h/.
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Phonics: Short E
In this short E worksheet, students say what each of the nine pictures are, trace and write in the e in each of the nine words and then read out loud each one.
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Long e Vs. Short i
In this long e and short i practice activity, students study 28 examples of word pairs that feature the long e and short i sounds.
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The Short "u" Sound Words and Drawing
In this short "u" sound word worksheet, 1st graders write 3 words that contain the short "u" sound. They print two rows of the words rug, bug, and under before drawing a picture of a bug and a picture of the sun in boxes at the bottom of...
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short e Sound Worksheet
In this literacy worksheet, students read a list of short -e words before reading a short paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words bed, get, pet, let, and left, and answer three short answer questions about the story.
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short i Sound
For this short -i reading worksheet, students read a list of short -i words before reading a paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words sit, will, with, him, and hill in the paragraph. They answer three questions based on...
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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.