Long or Short Vowel a Colour Sort Worksheet
Children decide whether each word has a long a (says its name, as in rain and cake) or a short a (as in cat). Long: acorn, baby, train, play, grey, reign, plane. Short: bat, hat.
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Phonics Level 3 Long Vowels Activity Book for Kindergarten & 1st Grade
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Curriculum
- Phonics - Long Vowels > Long Vowel A
- Phonics - Letter Sounds > Short Vowel Sounds
How to use this worksheet
Read the two rule boxes together. Read each word under its picture, tick long or short vowel, then colour long a pictures red and short a pictures blue.
Materials needed
- Red and blue crayons
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Find three more short a words
- 2Make a red and blue word list on the fridge
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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