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Teaching Vowel Combinations
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.
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Initial Sound Recognition Activity for "o" as a Short Vowel
In this initial sound recognition worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the short "o" vowel sound. They place an X on the pictures that do not. They examine a total of 11 pictures on the page.
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Short Vowel A
In this identifying words with the short a vowel sound worksheet, students observe picture words and circle the pictures that have the short a sound. Students circle 6 words.
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Short Vowel E
In this identifying words with the short e sound worksheet, learners read sentences, circle, and print the words with the short vowel e. Students write 12 answers.
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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel worksheet, 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.
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Short A Label the Picture
In this labeling worksheet, learners will use six short /a/ words from a word bank to label the proper object on a picture of Appleland.
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Short "i" Words
In this spelling activity, 1st graders write each of the short "i" words two times each and rewrite the words adding an "s" at the end of each word. There are five words to write.
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A Hip Hopper
In this phonics and vowel sounds learning exercise, students examine 25 CVC words and identify those that begin with the initial consonant /h/.
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Phonics: Short E
In this short E worksheet, students say what each of the nine pictures are, trace and write in the e in each of the nine words and then read out loud each one.
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Long e Vs. Short i
For this long e and short i practice worksheet, learners study 28 examples of word pairs that feature the long e and short i sounds.
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The Short "u" Sound Words and Drawing
In this short "u" sound word worksheet, 1st graders write 3 words that contain the short "u" sound. They print two rows of the words rug, bug, and under before drawing a picture of a bug and a picture of the sun in boxes at the bottom of...
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short e Sound Worksheet
In this literacy learning exercise, students read a list of short -e words before reading a short paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words bed, get, pet, let, and left, and answer three short answer questions about the...
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short a Sound
In this easy reading worksheet, students read a list of short a words and a story that includes the words. They circle the words cat, mad, hat, and sad before answering three questions about the story.
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short i Sound
In this short -i reading activity, students read a list of short -i words before reading a paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words sit, will, with, him, and hill in the paragraph. They answer three questions based on the...
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Words With Short Vowel Sound of Letter A
In 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.
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Short Vowel Reading
In this short vowel worksheet, 1st graders read words with short vowel sounds. Students complete 9 fill in the blank sentences choosing the correct word from the word bank beside each number.
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The Kid Will Win a Ship
Which word included the short /i/ sound: pirate or ship? Work on the short /i/ sound with your class by using the short poem provided here. Class members read the poem and answer three reading comprehension questions.
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Short A Sentences
Emergent readers use picture clues to identify the missing word in six fill-in-the-blank sentences. This reinforces the strategy of using the pictures in stories to help define unknown vocabulary. If you have time, consider having...
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Odd One Out
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice, tracing...
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International Phonetic Alphabet - Vowels 1
In this phonics practice activity, students identify as many words as possible with the short i sound, the ee sound, and y sound. Answers should be recorded in the appropriate columns on the graphic organizer.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Aa Words
For this short a word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 word that have short a in them in the word search puzzle.
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Short Vowel I Activity #2
In this short i instructional activity, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Peg the Hen
In this phonics activity, students investigate the sound of the short vowel /e/. Students rhyme and write words.
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Short Vowels
For this short vowels worksheet, 1st graders listen for the short vowel sounds by saying the picture word slowly and listening for the sounds. Students circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound....