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Interactive
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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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Worksheet
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Short /u/ Words

For Students K - 2nd
In this short u words worksheet, students add the first letter of the short u words given to them. Students complete this for 5 words total.
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Worksheet
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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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Worksheet
Starfall

Short U Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
Learners in this language arts 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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Worksheet
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Short /o/ Words

For Students K - 1st
In this short o words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short o words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches. 
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Spelling List 22: Sight Words, Short /u/ words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, short u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words.
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Worksheet
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Spelling List 2: Sight Words, Short i/o/u Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, short u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
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Worksheet
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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.
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Worksheet
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Short O Words and Short A Words

For Students K - 1st
For this vowel sounds worksheet, students say the names of 9 pictures. Students put an X on things that have short A names and circle the pictures that show short O words.
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Worksheet
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Bud and June

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this identifying words with short and long "u" sounds learning exercise, students observe pictures, write their names, and count the short and long "u" words. Students write 10 answers.
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Lesson Plan
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.
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Lesson Plan
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Bee a Good Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
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PPT
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The Sneaky e

For Teachers 1st
Young readers are exposed to the vowel-consonant-e rule in reading. They see how, by adding an e to the end of a word, a vowel sound changes from a short sound to a long sound. This clear presentation should be helpful to your young...
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Lesson Plan
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Olly Olly Oxenfree

For Teachers K - 1st
Students review short vowel sounds. They complete a variety of activities as they discover how to say the short /o/ sound, write the letter 'o', and pronounce words with the short /o/ sound. They read stories with short /o/ words in them.
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Worksheet
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Vowels: The Long and Short! E

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long and short vowel E worksheet, 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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Lesson Plan
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Isabelle the Icky Iguana

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the sound and spelling of the short vowel /i/. They identify the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words. The tongue twister "Isabelle iguana is in her igloo," and "Tin Man Fix It," along with Elkonin letter boxes...
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Lesson Plan
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Bo Knows "O"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...
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Lesson Plan
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Oh! Let's Go Home

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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Worksheet
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Letter Pronunciation- "o" Sound

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this letter "o" worksheet, students read four words that all contain letter O. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.
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Lesson Plan
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Boom Chicka Boom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, students identify the phoneme and letter combination through listening and matching...
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Worksheet
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short A

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this short a vocabulary building worksheet, students write the short a spelling words, unscramble the words, find the words written incorrectly and rewrite with the correct spelling.
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Worksheet
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short i Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building instructional activity, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short i words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as drink, thick, and...
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Worksheet
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short o Words

For Students 2nd
For this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short o words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as cross, doll, strong, and common.
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Worksheet
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short u Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short u words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as luck, drum, bunch, and hundred.