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Word Family Words
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
Kindergarten Reading Essentials
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
Sound Sorting
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
Word Family Hopper: -at
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
A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game
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
First Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4
First Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 4
Workbook
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 Vowel Words
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
First Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4
First Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4
Workbook
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
Short A 2
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
Ready, Set, Read
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
Short I Cat Food
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
Rhyming and Word Families
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 Building
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
Reading Practice: Consonant Clusters
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
Word Family Story: -an
Word Family Story: -an
Worksheet
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
Rhyme and Writing
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
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Vowels Are Special
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
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Word Family Mud Hop: -an, -and
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
Word Family Story: -at
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
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
Word Families: Meet the "An" Family
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
Short O 2
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
Short A Spelling Cat Food
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
Short I 2
Short I 2
Guided Lesson
Short I 2
Understanding how to pronounce the short I sound, such as in pill and film, is important for first graders encountering words they don't know. This guided lesson teaches kids all about the Short I sound, and provides lots of examples of short I words. Targeted practice like this helps to reinforce kids' understanding of short vowel sounds and boosts phonemic awareness, upon which lifelong reading skills are based.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Guided Lesson
Welcome to Word Families: "An" Words
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
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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.