Short Vowel Words Resources

As your child’s confidence with vowels grows, it won’t be long before they are putting together their own long and short vowel words. Knowing the difference between the two takes practice. Education.com has created numerous worksheets, as well as assembled activity and game ideas, that will help your child develop their ability to recognize different when to use short vowels.

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Short Vowel Word Families

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Word Family Words

Workbook

Word Family Words

Word families are useful building blocks to help young readers and writers form words. This workbook lets kids build words with puzzle pieces and dice for some spelling fun.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Workbook

Sound Sorting

Workbook

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

Lesson plan

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

Kindergarten Reading Essentials

Workbook

Kindergarten Reading Essentials

Get ready for reading with this essential collection of activities that build reading skills.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Workbook

Short A Spelling Cat Food

Game

Short A Spelling Cat Food

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Game

Word Family Hopper: -at

Game

Word Family Hopper: -at

Play this game to work on the word family "-at," a great way to help kids build reading skills.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Game

Short I Cat Food

Game

Short I Cat Food

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Game

Welcome to Word Families: "An" Words

Worksheet

Welcome to Word Families: "An" Words

It's all in the family! Beginning readers learn about "an" words with this fun tracing and matching activity.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Families: Meet the "At" Family

Worksheet

Word Families: Meet the "At" Family

Get to know the "at" family! Look at the pictures of words ending in "at," then fill in the missing letter to complete each word.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Colorful Word Families

Worksheet

Colorful Word Families

Your students will become experts on "op", "an", and "at" words as they match each word with the correct word family

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Families: Meet the "An" Family

Worksheet

Word Families: Meet the "An" Family

Get to know the "an" family! Look at the pictures of words ending in "an," then fill in the missing letter to complete each word.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

My Word Family Book: "At" Words

Worksheet

My Word Family Book: "At" Words

Get to know the "at" word family with this assemble-yourself mini book.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Rhyme and Writing

Lesson plan

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

Workbook

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

Guided Lesson

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

Workbook

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

"ot" Word Family

Worksheet

"ot" Word Family

You can see a lot in the "ot" word family! Make up to eight rhyming words with this word slider that your child can practice reading and saying.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Word Family Story: -at

Worksheet

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

Short Vowel Words

Workbook

Short Vowel Words

Slide into short vowel words! Focused on three-letter word families, or CVC words, this workbook will pop, tug and fan through word-building and phonics practice.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Workbook

Rhyming and Word Families

Workbook

Rhyming and Word Families

It's rhyme time! Your child will love learning about words that sound alike with this workbook, full of puzzles, pictures and mini books that will help any budding reader get a head start on sounding out words.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Workbook