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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
All in a Word Family
Lesson Plan
All in a Word Family
Practice making new words with your students as they learn about words in the -and word family.
Kindergarten
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
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
Returning Rhyme II: Practicing "-At", "-An", "-Ap" and "-Ad" Words
Worksheet
Returning Rhyme II: Practicing "-At", "-An", "-Ap" and "-Ad" Words
Give your beginning readers practice in reading and writing easy words that end in "-an," "-at," "-ap" and "-ad" sounds with this fun worksheet!
Kindergarten
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
My Word Family Book: "An" Words
Worksheet
My Word Family Book: "An" Words
Get to know the "an" word family with this assemble-yourself mini book.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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
Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses
Lesson Plan
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
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
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
Word Families: Meet the "At" Family
Worksheet
Word Families: Meet the "At" Family
Get to know the "at" family! Look at the pictures and fill in the missing letter to complete each word.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Word Building
Workbook
Word Building
This phonics and spelling series gives your child tools to build words and read them out loud. He'll use letter and digraph cards to practice constructing words, spelling, and completing word ladders.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Word Family Mud Hop: -an, -and
Game
Word Family Mud Hop: -an, -and
Get some practice with word families "-an" and "-and," by playing this quiz-style game with your child.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Game
Short Vowel Word Families
Lesson Plan
Short Vowel Word Families
Use this lesson plan to introduce or review the concept of short vowel word families and rhyming words to your kindergarten ELs. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the All in a Word Family lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan

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-at Word Family -an Word Family -and Word Family More Short Vowel Word Families Long Vowel Word Families Alphabetical Order Onsets and Rimes Double Letters Vowel Digraphs Ending Consonant Clusters Irregularly Spelled Words Syllable Rules Multiple Syllable Words Inflectional Endings Singular and Plural Possessives

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