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Bright Mice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
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Short Vowels Sorting

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, learners investigate the sounds of short E, short O and short U vowels. Students read and compare 24 words and sort them into the correct place on the chart.
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Short Vowels: Short e

For Students 1st
In this short vowel e worksheet, 1st graders complete each sentence by writing the name of the picture word on the blank line. Students find 7 words.
Organizer
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Long e Vs. Short i

For Students 1st - 2nd
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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Between the Lions: Exploring Short-Vowel Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the short sounds of a, e, i, o, and u previously discussed in class. They read and be able to identify words that have short-vowel sounds and become familiar with the basic navigational features of a website.
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Little Rabbit's Tale: 19

For Students 1st - 3rd
This set of daily spelling activities is intended for use with the story, Little Rabbit's Tale. Learners use the high frequency and spelling words found in the story to complete 4 different activities. They write the long e...
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Blake's Brave Race

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students distinguish the difference between the short and long vowel sounds. They practice correspondences that are spelled and pronounced differently working with a_e=/A/ vowel sounds. Elkonin Letter boxes and class set of books are...
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Short vowel e

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short vowel e activity, students read the words containing the short vowel e sound and write the words on the line. Students print 10 short vowel e words.
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 questions...
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Maze Madness- Silent E

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this silent E words learning exercise, students help a child find his way to the playground by tracing a path in a maze. If the word in the maze has a long A, students turn right; for a short vowel sound, students make a left turn.
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Does It Have Long U or Short U?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this long U worksheet, students say the name of 12 pictures. Students circle the symbol for long or short U to match the sound that the vowel in the word makes.
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Short Vowel e

For Students 1st
In this short e sound worksheet, 1st graders use the word bank to complete the sentences and the picture word to help with the order of the sentence.
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Phonics Short Vowels

For Students K - 1st
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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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short e

For Students 3rd
In this short e vocabulary learning exercise, 3rd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their knowledge of the vowel short e.
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Home Spelling Practice: Short I, Long I

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have short or long vowel I. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities as well.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short U, Long U

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of short or long vowel U. Students write the words one time. There are additional suggestions on the page for at-home activities.
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Word with the Short I Sound Word Search Puzzle

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short i sound activity, students locate and circle the 20 words that have the short i sound in the word search puzzle.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short O, Long O

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of either short O or long O. Students write the words one time each. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.
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Learning Short a and Long a sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Short A and Short O

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a and short o worksheet, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.
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Words with Short A, Short I, and Short O #3

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this short a, short i, and short o worksheet, students match words to pictures, complete the sentences, label pictures, and more with the short vowels. Students complete 4 activities.
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Short I Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search puzzle, students search for nine one and two-syllable, short /i/ words. The puzzle, a seven-by-seven matrix, contains words like pin, fin, wig, kitten, six, zipper, dish, and lip. Pictures are placed above the words...
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Long E Reading Worksheets

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long e reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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Starfall

Short U Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
Learners in this language arts worksheet examine a picture word bank of nine words with a short /u/. Students locate the words in the easy word search puzzle.