Long and Short U Sort

Get to know the long and short u sounds in this colorful worksheet! Students will look at 10 pictures of things like a duck, a cube, and a flute. They’ll be asked to circle the pictures of things that have a long u sound and cross out the pictures of things that have the short u sound.

Designed for first and second graders, this worksheet is a good choice for building foundational phonics skills. The ability to distinguish between long and short vowel sounds can help students with spelling and support them as they learn about different vowel teams and letter combinations.

Need more practice with long and short u sounds? Check out Dot It: Short u Word Families and Read and Draw: Long U Vowel Teams. Or try more worksheets in this series, like Long and Short a Sort and Long and Short e Sort.