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Short Vowel Phonics Practice

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Short Vowel Phonics Practice

Child reading with phonics sounds around them

🎯 I Can Statements

I can hear and say the short "a" sound in words like "cat" and "hat."

I can read and write simple CVC words with "o" in the middle, like "dog" and "top."

I can listen to and say words that start with the same sound, like "blue bunny."

🔤 Part 1: Short Vowel "a" Practice

1. Circle the pictures that have the short "a" sound like in "cat":

hat

dog

bag

top

2. Fill in the missing letter "a" to complete these words:

c___t (cat)

m___p (map)

b___t (bat)

3. Which word has the short "a" sound?

hop

hat

log

🐕 Part 2: CVC Words with "o"

4. Read these "o" words and draw a line to match them with their sounds:

dog = d-o-g

top = t-o-p

pot = p-o-t

5. Write the missing letters to spell these "o" words:

___o___ (dog)

___o___ (hop)

6. Circle all the words that have "o" in the middle:

log

cat

pot

bag

🎵 Part 3: Alliteration Fun

7. Circle the word pairs that start with the same sound (alliteration):

blue bunny

big cat

silly snake

8. Complete this alliteration: "big ________"

cat

ball

dog

9. Challenge: Write your own alliteration with words that start with "s":

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