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1st grade Short Vowel Word Families Resources

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1st grade

Short Vowel Word Families

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1st grade

Short Vowel Word Families

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Sound Sorting

Sort out the short vowel sounds with this comprehensive phonics packet! Beginning readers will review vowel families and practice differentiating between "short" vowels and "long" vowels.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game

A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game

What do the letters A, E, I, O, and U have in common? They're all featured in this engaging reading lesson. Give your young learners a chance to play a version of Red Light, Green Light that doubles as a vowel review.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Short A Spelling Cat Food

Short A Spelling Cat Food

Roly is hungry! Your kid feeds him by spelling short A words.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Game

Short I Cat Food

Short I Cat Food

Kids must feed Roly by to spell words in this short I reading game.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Game

Rhyme and Writing

Rhyme and Writing

Rhythm and writing make a perfect pair in poetry. Let your young writers practice this skill with the -at word family and CVC words.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Ready, Set, Read

Ready, Set, Read

Is your budding reader up for a challenge? Help your child get familiar with the important elements of a story as well as its structure while putting his critical thinking skills to the test.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Blending 2

Teaching kids to blend, or combine, sounds in order to pronounce new words is an important element to first grade reading. Segmenting the sounds that make up a word, and then blending those sounds to pronounce them correctly, can be a tricky skill to master. This lesson helps take first graders through this process, with guided practice and helpful examples.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Guided Lesson

Reading Practice: Consonant Clusters

Reading Practice: Consonant Clusters

This workbook will introduce your child to consonant clusters: two letters with separate sounds, but which need to be read together.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Word Family Story: -at

Word Family Story: -at

Introduce your 1st grader to word families in a fun way with this word family story. She'll be amazed how many words are in the "-at" family.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Rhyming Practice

Rhyming Practice

Get in some phonics practice with this rhyming words match up! Kids will match each word to a rhyming one in the word bank.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Family Story: -an

Word Family Story: -an

Have fun with word families by using them in a story. This worksheet features four words that end with "-an."

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing Word Families: -ub Words

Writing Word Families: -ub Words

Brush up on word families with your first grader as he practices writing and building sentences with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Family Story: -ot

Word Family Story: -ot

Are word families boring for your kid? Not anymore! Check out this fun way to learn word families, the building blocks of language.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Words Ending in "-ed"

Words Ending in "-ed"

Kids read words with the suffix -ed, and practice their handwriting by writing them in the blanks to make sentences.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses

Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses

It's rhyme time! Students will color-code rhyming words and put each one in its “word family house” with this fun rhyming mini book and fill in the "stair steps" writing activity page.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Writing Word Families: -et Words

Writing Word Families: -et Words

With handwriting, phonics, and even sentence building practice, this worksheet is packed with reading and writing help.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Family Story: -ug

Word Family Story: -ug

How many words end with "-ug"? This sheet is a great way to teach word families and help your child form the building blocks of writing and reading.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Ladder Challenge

Word Ladder Challenge

Climb the word ladder in this puzzling phonics challenge! Your child will use his knowledge of word families to change "CAT" into "DOG" one letter at a time.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Find a Rhyme

Can you find a rhyme? Find out with this colorful worksheet!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Family Story: -in

Word Family Story: -in

"In" isn't just a word; it's a word family! It's also a good introduction to learning word families for your 1st grader. Check out this word family story.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Family Story: -ip

Word Family Story: -ip

Make word families fun by putting them in a story! Try it out with the "ip" word family. Practicing word families early in school will help your child later.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Rhyming At The Park

Rhyming At The Park

Your first grader will have a great time in the park as she comes up with rhyming words to complete these word families.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Short A 2

Having a strong understanding of short A words like bag, hand and bat can help first graders with reading fluency. This guided lesson helps to support first graders as they expand their comprehension of short A words. With targeted exercises and familiar examples, the lesson will take kids through the short A words they will most commonly come acrsoos in first grade texts.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Guided Lesson

Short Vowel Sounds Rhyming

Short Vowel Sounds Rhyming

Anne the ant needs some help to make it across the pond. Can your child find the rhyming short vowels and give her a hand?

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Find Words That Rhyme

Find Words That Rhyme

Test your child's mastery of the rhyme with this worksheet that challenges her to fill in the blanks in the rhyme-filled poem "Cats on a Mat."

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

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