Short Vowel Words Resources

Kindergarten Reading Essentials

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

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Word Family Hopper: -at

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

Sound Sorting

First Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4

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

Math

Lesson Plan

First Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4

This study packet offers a week of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies activities.

1st grade

Social emotional

Workbook

Short A 2

Guided Lesson

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 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

Short Vowel Words

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

Rhyme and Writing

Lesson Plan

Rhyme and Writing

Rhythm, reading, and writing make a perfect pair in poetry. Let your young writers practice these skills with the -at word family and common CVC words.

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Ready, Set, Read

First Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4

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 Family Mud Hop: -an, -and

First Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4

This final installment of our First Grade Fall Review Packet offers five more days of fun and diverse learning activities to prepare children for their first grade year.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

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

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

Word Building

Rhyming and Word Families

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

Reading Practice: Consonant Clusters

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 Families: Meet the "An" Family

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 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

Word Family Story: -at

Word Families: Meet the "At" Family

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

Vowels Are Special

Lesson Plan

Vowels Are Special

In this fun alphabet-focused lesson plan, students will learn all about vowels! With a special focus on the letter A, this is a great way to help your students learn all about short vowel sounds. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the **A-E-I-O-U** lesson plan.

Preschool

Math

Lesson Plan

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

Short O 2

Guided Lesson

Short O 2

In first grade phonics, it's important to reinforce kids' understanding of short O words like dolphin, dog, sock and doll. By learning short vowels, kids can decode and decipher these sounds in words they don't already know. This guided lesson takes first graders through exercises and examples that will help them practice identifying short O sounds within a text.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Guided Lesson

Rhyming Fun

Short A Spelling Cat Food

Rhyming Fun

Read a rhyming poem, then write your own!

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Welcome to Word Families: "An" Words

Short A Spelling Cat Food

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

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Game