Activity
Scholastic

Using What's in the Truck?: A Short Vowel Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
From bats and hats to pigs and fish, your youngsters will fill a truck with items that contain all the short vowel sounds using this great printable mini-booklet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Short Vowel Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
Some vowels make the same sound, like the vowels in grow and both. Read the words on the left hand side of the page (there are six) and match them to a similarly sounding word on the right hand side. 
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of a unit covering such topics as consonants, blending, short vowels sounds, high frequency words, and number words. The unit's lessons also include teachable moments covering story structure, illustrations,...
Worksheet
Starfall

Zac the Rat

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts activity, students investigate the short vowel sound /a/. Learners rhyme and write words corresponding to a picture.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Short Vowels: Read and Color

For Students K - 2nd
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.
Worksheet
Starfall

Short A Label the Picture

For Students K - 2nd
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.
Organizer
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Words With Short Vowel Sound of Letter A

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this language arts worksheet, students learn 6 words with the sound of short vowel A. Students write these words on the lines and then draw a van and an apple.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students cut Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics instructional activity, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students match Xs and Os to short vowel words on the game board.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, students practice reading a group of words with short vowel sounds while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out x's and o's to match with the words on the game board.
Worksheet
Starfall

Short I Label the Picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this reading worksheet, students use the words from a list to label six pictures within an illustration of a circus show. All of the words contain the short vowel /i/ sound.
Activity
Lerner Publishing

Teaching Vowel Combinations

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
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.
Worksheet
Starfall

Peg the Hen

For Students K - 2nd
In this phonics activity, students investigate the sound of the short vowel /e/. Students rhyme and write words.
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Starfall

Short U - Classification (Person, Animal, Thing)

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word sort worksheet, students will sort five short /u/ words into their proper categories: person, animal, or thing. Students will use a word bank with pictures.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Family and Friends: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Family and Friends is the theme of a unit offering extra support lessons. Follow each lesson plan's teach, blend, guided practice or practice/apply routine to reinforce concepts such as clusters, responding to reading, drawing...
Worksheet
Starfall

Short I Missing Vowel - Block Print

For Students 1st
For this phonics worksheet set, pupils work with short /i/ words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
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.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
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.
Worksheet
Starfall

Zac The Rat

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this literacy activity, students complete words with the short /a/ vowel sound. They use the pictures for clues.
Worksheet
Starfall

Short O Label the Picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts instructional activity, learners 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.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mini-Book of Words With Short A

For Students K - 1st
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.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Short Vowels: Read and Color

For Students K - 1st
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.
Worksheet
Starfall

Gus the Duck

For Students K - 2nd
Learners rhyme and write short /u/ words in this language arts worksheet.