Language Arts: Short Vowel Sounds
Listening for and identifying short vowel sounds
Language Arts: Short Vowel Sounds
Listening for and identifying short vowel sounds
Language Arts - Grade K-1
- 1
What short vowel sound do you hear in the word cat?
Say the middle sound in cat.
The word cat has the short a sound. - 2
What short vowel sound do you hear in the word bed?
The word bed has the short e sound. - 3
What short vowel sound do you hear in the word pig?
Listen to the middle sound in pig.
The word pig has the short i sound. - 4
What short vowel sound do you hear in the word mop?
The word mop has the short o sound. - 5
What short vowel sound do you hear in the word sun?
Say sun slowly and listen to the middle sound.
The word sun has the short u sound. - 6
Circle the word with the short a sound: map or me.
The word map has the short a sound. - 7
Circle the word with the short e sound: hen or hill.
Short e sounds like the middle sound in bed.
The word hen has the short e sound. - 8
Circle the word with the short i sound: log or sit.
The word sit has the short i sound. - 9
Circle the word with the short o sound: tub or fox.
Short o sounds like the middle sound in hot.
The word fox has the short o sound. - 10
Circle the word with the short u sound: rug or rake.
The word rug has the short u sound. - 11
Write a word from this list that has the short e sound: red, top, pin.
Short e sounds like the middle sound in bed.
The word red has the short e sound. - 12
Write a word from this list that has the short o sound: cup, dog, leaf.
The word dog has the short o sound.