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Long Vowels
Keep things short and sweet for your young learners with a simple long vowel worksheet. Presented with four long vowel words with the vowels missing, children must correctly identify and write in the letters that complete each word.
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Comparing Poems
Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza...
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Short Vowel Sounds
Students write down all short vowel sounds. They read their spelling words and attach them to each short vowel sound. They practice writing each spelling word under each short vowel sound that they have listed on their paper. They...
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Long Vowel or Short Vowel
In this long and short vowel sounds learning exercise, students examine 16 words and identify their vowel sounds as long o, short o, long u, or short u.
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Short Vowel Review
First graders practice short vowel sounds. In this literacy lesson, the teacher demonstrates the short vowel sounds, then guides students through practicing the sounds and making words. Students complete a worksheet for independent...
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Match the Rhymes
Focus on the short u sound in this rhyme worksheet for emergent readers. Learners examine images surrounding a jug, drawing lines to connect it to those that rhyme (bug, rug, mug). Then, they practice their printing by tracing the...
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Connect the Rhymes
Pre-readers benefit from visual context clues like the ones in this rhyme worksheet. There are two sets of objects here, and scholars connect objects on the left with their rhyming counterparts on the right. Each word has the vowel...
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Vowel Sounds
This plan aims to increase the reading proficiency of your fourth grade class. While no materials are provided, a list of activities to practice are included. Various activities include creating songs for short vowel sounds, using cue...
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Spelling Review
Kindergarteners can review short "o" spelling words in this colorful PowerPoint. Words include: "log", "jog", "stop", "pop", and "drop." Three additional challenge words are listed, also with short vowel sounds, including: "stamp",...
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A World of Animals: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)
Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while creating...
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Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
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Short Vowel "o"
In this short vowel "o" worksheet, students practice their phonics skills as they examine 6 pictures and matching words that feature the letter. Students bracket the short "o" sound in 5 words. An example is included.
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Splendid Sounds
For this short vowel sounds learning exercise, students match pictures that have short vowel sounds in them to the letters they contain. Students match 5 pictures to 5 short vowels.
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Short a - Short e – Short i – Short o – Short u
For this vowels reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the short a, short e, short i, short o, and short u sounds as they read several words.
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Words with Short A, I, O, and E #4
In this short vowel sounds learning exercise, students match words to pictures, complete sentences, write words that represent pictures, and more. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Rhyming Words: Fox and Socks
What rhymes with the word fox? Actually there are quite a few words that contain the short o vowel sound and rhyme with fox. Pre-readers find, color, and circle the objects in the picture that rhyme with the sly looking fox. They also...
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Blast-Off to Blending
Practice working with different phonemes in consonants and vowels. Sounds are written on squares that get put on a rocket to "blast off" and meet other sounds. The teacher first models blending, then reads the new words. Young readers...
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Vowel Sounds - Short Uu Words
In this short u words activity, 1st graders use the alphabet and number code to find the words that contain short u sounds. Students write the 20 words on the lines and may use the word bank for help.
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Word with the Short I Sound Word Search Puzzle
For this short i sound worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 words that have the short i sound in the word search puzzle.
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Long and Short Vowel O
In this long and short vowel O learning exercise, students analyze the words inside pencil shapes and color the short vowels blue and the long vowels orange.
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Short Vowel Words
In this short vowel words worksheet, students choose the correct word to match a picture, write vowel sounds, fill in letters to words, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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"Name Those Vowels"
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Oo Words
In this short Oo vowel sound word search worksheet, learners locate and circle the 20 short Oo words in the word search puzzle.
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Vowel Sound -- Short Ee
For this short Ee vowel sound word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 short Ee words in the word search puzzle.