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Long A and Short A Resources

Teaching your students the difference between long A and short A can be a bit tricky without visual aids and activities to drive the point home. Education.com has developed the following worksheets that highlight the differences between ways to pronounce the first letter in the alphabet. Mix things up a bit and let students teach each other with the activity ideas below.

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Long and Short Vowel Sort

Time to shop! Kids must sort short and long vowel words at the toy store.

Color by Short Vowel Sound

Help your first grader practice sounding out short vowels with a fun coloring activity.

Short A Photoshoot

Kids find everything with a short A sound without seeing the words spelled out.

Short Vowel Sounds

Review short vowels from a to u with this word match worksheet.

Short A Cloud Catcher

Kids help Tutu make rainbows by identifying short A words in this reading 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.

Short Vowel Sort

What short vowel do you hear? Kids must sort by sound in this phonics game.

Short A Cat Food

Roly loves his cat food, and your child needs to feed him by spelling short A words.

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.

Reading: Phonics to Vocabulary

This workbook focuses on the fundamentals of reading and spelling from vowel sounds to sight words.

Learning Long Vowels: A to U

Kids find the words that match the long vowel given in this phonics worksheet.

Play Letter-Sound Hopscotch!

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for first grade reading.

What's in the Picture?

Kids can practice with the short A sound in this reading comprehension game.

L-o-o-o-o-ng Vowels

Go long for this collection of vowel sheets focused on long vowel sounds. Kids will work with some common long vowel words and then practice identifying long vowels versus short vowels.

Early Reading Building Block 4: Short Vowel Sounds

Ramp up your early reader's phonics skills with these picture matching printables all about short vowel sounds.

Phonics Practice Test: Vowel Sounds

Gear up for a phonics quiz with this nifty practice test covering short and long vowel sounds.

Short A or Short O?

Kids drop items into the correct backpack, according to their vowel sound.

Long Vowels: Long A in Train

Introduce your first grader to ai words with this long vowels worksheet.

All Long Vowels Please Stand Up!

Students will learn long vowel tricks to expose impostor vowels who “say” their name in this fun game that teaches the long vowel rule.

Short "A" Sounds Color Puzzle

Help your child learn vowels and improve his reading skills with this printable worksheet that focuses short "a" sounds.

Bowling for Phonics

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Short Vowel Sounds: "A"

Practice some of the short a word families, from -ab as in cab to -at as in bat.

Long Vowel Sounds

What makes a long vowel long? Review the long vowel sounds with your beginning reader.

Long and Short Vowel Sounds

Boost reading skills with an activity in vowel sounds! Match each picture to the word with a similar vowel sound.

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