Word Families Picture Sort: Short a

Map your course to success in phonics with this word family worksheet! This worksheet focuses on word families -am, -ab, and -ap, each using the short a sound. Learners will cut out each word, then sort it into its correct word family.

Created for first graders, this hands-on worksheet provides practice decoding CVC and CCVC words. Recognizing different short a word families will help students focus on ending sounds, promoting phonological awareness. This also lays the foundation for understanding rhyming words, as the words in each word family will rhyme with one another.

Practice more word families with Word Families: -ail and -ain Crossword, or reinforce short a skills with Word Families Sort: Short a.