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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics activity, 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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Zac The Rat
In this literacy activity, students complete words with the short /a/ vowel sound. They use the pictures for clues.
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Short O Label the Picture
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine a detailed picture depicting a group of animals on a camping trip. Students label six short/o/ nouns in the picture using the word bank.
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Mini-Book of Words With Short A
In this phonics and spelling worksheet, students make a cut out and construct a mini-book of short a words. They work with words such as cap, can, map, and mat.
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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel worksheet, students read words found inside a picture of a cow, then use a color key to color words with given short vowel sounds their assigned colors.
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Vowels: The Long and Short! E
In this long and short vowel E instructional activity, students read the labels under 8 pictures of words with vowel E. Students write the name of each picture under the Long or Short vowel heading.
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The Big Hit
For this literacy activity, students look at pictures, trace, and write letters to make CVC words with a short /i/sound.
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Short U Label the Picture
In this language arts learning exercise, students examine a detailed picture of a child's room. Students use the word bank to label the picture with six nouns using the short vowel /u/ sound.
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The "M" Sound
In this phonics worksheet, learners will copy 5 short vowel words that end with "M". Then students will draw a picture of a plum and some jam.
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The "S" Sound
In this phonics activity, students will copy 6 short vowel words that end with "S". Then students will draw a picture of a bus and a dress.
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Short I Word Search
For 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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Short U Word Search
Learners in this language arts instructional activity examine a picture word bank of nine words with a short /u/. Students locate the words in the easy word search puzzle.
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Short I - Classification (Person, Animal, Thing)
For this grammar worksheet, students write six short /i/ sound nouns from a list of illustrated words into their correct category. The three categories include person, animal, and thing. Nouns include fish, kid, and pig.
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Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice identifying the...
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Vowels: The Long and Short: U
In this long and short vowels worksheet, students analyze the 8 labeled pictures of common objects. Students write the words under the correct heading: short vowel words, long vowel words. All words have long or short U.
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Discriminating Phonemes 2
Some sounds sound very similar! Help your class learn how to distinguish between various sounds by following the steps outlined in this plan. The plan includes a warm-up, a teacher-led portion, and details for guided and independent...
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Mox's Shop
In this short vowel /o/worksheet, learners complete four picture clues with a word that rhymes with fog.
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Mox’s Shop
In this grammar worksheet, students trace and write short /o/ words next to a picture.
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The "N" Sound
For this phonics worksheet, students will 6 short vowel words that end with "N". Then students will draw a picture of a pen and a man.
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Peg the Hen
In this language arts instructional activity, students look at pictures and write words that rhyme with "hen". All examples are written in DeNelian font.
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Short E Word Search
In this literacy worksheet, learners find the words that are in the word search puzzle. The emphasis is upon vocabulary and spelling.
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Phonograms
In this phonics worksheet, students read four sentences and listen and look for the sound of the given letter. Students circle the singular phonogram in the sentence and draw a picture about each sentence.
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Vowels: Long and Short i
In this vowel worksheet, students sort a set of pictures in list whose name have either the short or long i sound. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.