Short Vowels Missing Vowel and Word Grid Worksheet
Children write the missing short vowel in bug, cat, ten and kit, then find and colour the short a words from each word wheel in a letter grid (cat, map, sat, pat, tan, bad, man, mat, pad, tad, mad, nap).
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Phonics Level 2 Worksheets: CVC, CCVC, CVCC Word Families & Blends for Early Readers (Ages 4-7)
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- Topic:
- Short vowels
- Skills:
- Short Vowel Sounds (Phonics - Letter Sounds): Identify and match short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u). CVC Short A Families (Phonics - CVC Words): CVC word families with short a: -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap.
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How to use this worksheet
Your child says each picture name and writes the vowel. Then they read a word from the wheel and look across, down or diagonally to find it.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Hide a short a word in a grid for a grown-up to find
- 2Sort the words by their last letter
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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