Does your child need extra practice sounding out and spellingcvc words?
Use theshort vowel worksheetsto sound out and then spell CVC and CVCe.
These are great for reading and spelling practice forfirst grade and 2nd grade.
Simply print pdf file withfree short and long vowel assessmentand you are ready to play and learn!
Thislong and short vowelsactivity is perfect for grade 1 and grade 2 students!
They also help them work on when to add the silent e!
Have you ever been there?
You were certain your child knew something.
Never would have even thought about teaching that concept because there was no need.
Well, that happened to us this week.
My first grader is a good reader for his age.
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When we see words like this, it lets us know that thevowel is short.
Once are kiddos master those, it is time to move untolong vowels.
Long vowels are the vowels that say their name.
A long a will make the same sound as you say this is the letter A.
There are so many rules about making a vowel long, but today we will only focus on one.
When you take a CVC word and put a e on it, an amazing thing happens.
And no more soaking in atub, you just have atubeof toothpaste.
Short and long vowel worksheets
This is truly a no prep activity.
On the directions page, Ive listed the name of each picture to help you out.
Next, they can color in the picture.
Now comes the fun part….the sounding out.
The children sound out the word and color in the letters they hear.
What makes this challenging is that there are short and long vowel words included.
I love this because the student must understand the silent e rule to correctly complete this.
Finally, they can get in some extrahandwriting practiceby writing out the word!
Even though my son has struggled with this concept, he is a little boy that loves to color.
This was right up his ally and he had a blast.
He even colored the squares, all while working on spelling CVCe words!!
CVC word printables
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