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My Short U Book
Pictures help young learners remember new, unknown vocabulary. Show them this picture book and have them review the words that accompany each picture. Consider creating pictures for the five words on the last page.
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CVC Cloze: Middle u
In this cloze activity learning exercise, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short u sound. Students list as many other CVC short u sound words as possible.
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Short Vowel Pictures
For this short u sound worksheet, 1st graders study the pictures and say the name for each. Students listen for the vowel sound of the short u and color only the pictures that contain the short u sound. Students then trace the upper and...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds: Springtime Bouquet
In this vowel worksheet, students fill in the beginning and ending letters of 7 consonant-vowel-consonant words to complete the word. All words have the short vowel sound "u" in the middle.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this short sound of u worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of u. They unscramble the words. Students write each word in a sentence.
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Short Vowel U
In this short u sound learning exercise, 1st graders use the word bank with short u words to complete the sentences. Students use the picture words to help them order the sentence.
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Vowel Sounds - Short Uu Words
In this vowel sounds learning exercise, 1st graders find all the short vowel u sound words in the word puzzle. Students find 20 short u words.
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Short Vowel U
In this short u sound worksheet, 1st graders use the secret code box to help them spell words that contain the short u sound. Students write the word on the lines and draw pictures of it.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Phonics in Context
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches students the letter-sound relationship for the short /u/ sound using the book "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
Starfall
Starfall: Pick a Pumpkin
Create a pumpkin. Select the pumpkin's eyes, nose, and mouth as you read along with the short U story.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Cvc Pop
An interactive game where students can practice identifying words with short vowel sounds following the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Students listen to a word and then click on all of the matching words as they float by on bubbles.