2nd Grade Common Core: RF.2.3a
Common Core Identifier: RF.2.3a / Grade: 2
Curriculum: Reading Foundational Skills: Phonics and Word recognition
Detail: Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
230 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned worksheets found:
Students listen to the words read by the teacher. They circle the correct words on the page. There is also a section where students write two words.
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Students will hear their teacher read a word for each group of words and they have to circle which word they hear. Students will differentiate the long a sound between words spelled with a silent-e, an "ay", and "ai" in them.
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Students will use a pencil to trace along the dotted lines, writing the short i word, and then writing the word again on the primary-ruled lines.
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This phonics printable has twelve pictures. Color the pictures that are words with a short o sound with a red crayon and words that make a long o sound with a blue crayon.
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This printable cut-and-glue activity has 17 pennants of words with a short o sound (ex. clock, sock, dots, stop, and drop).
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Print out this activity to have your students color, cut out, and assemble 12 pennants featuring long u words.
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This phonics pennant activity needs crayons, scissors, glue, and string to complete. There are 13 pennants featuring short a words that students can make to string up around the classroom.
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For each row of jumbled letters, find the long o word that is shown in the illustration.
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Have your students cut out and color these fifteen pennants, which feature words with a short i vowel sound.
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This coloring phonics worksheet will have your students using a red crayon to color in the pictures that have a short a sound and a blue crayon to color in pictures with a long a sound.
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Find and write the missing letters for each word in the boxes. Then rewrite the word on the lines below.
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Scissors and a glue stick are needed to do this cut-and-glue activity. Match the picture to the correct long i word.
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Cut out the nine word squares on the bottom and glue them in the boxes to form the words "crane" and "game".
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This printable has twenty-eight word cards to be sorted into groups of words with a short o sound and words with a long o vowel sound.
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Students will draw a line to connect the picture on the left to the correct long u word on the right.
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Each of the six words on this worksheet is missing two letters. Find which letters are missing and write it in the boxes. Then rewrite the long a word on the lines.
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This card activity will have students sort the picture cards into two groups of words with a short i vowel sound and words without.
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Use this printable worksheet filled with primary-ruled lines for students to think up as many words with short u sounds as they can.
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Print and cut out cards in this scavenger hunt activity. Hide the cards featuring words with a short a sound around your classroom and have your students find them.
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Use these printable short e phonics cards as a memory match game. Have students take turns flipping cards over trying to make matches between the pictures and words.
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Circle the short o words in the box. Then write those words in alphabetical order on the lines below.
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This printable contains 28 word cards to sort into two groups, one with a long a sound, and one without. Print this out on card stock paper so they can be used over and over.
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Students can use letter stampers to make each word in the space provided.
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This phonics card game has 30 print-and-cut cards to use for play and practice. Fifteen of them are long a word cards and the other fifteen are corresponding picture cards.
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This cut and glue activity has your students forming the words "mug" and "sun" with the cut up letter squares.
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Sort the word cards into two groups: long a and short a words.
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Similar to the picture sorting cards above, this group of cards are made up of only words and they need to be sorted into groups of words that have a long u sound and words that don't.
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Use a red crayon to color the pictures with a short i sound and a blue crayon to color the pictures with a long i sound in their name.
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This printable file has 40 cards (half words and half pictures) for students to match together.
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This phonics worksheet has 4 simple horizontal word hunts with both long e words and short e words to be found.
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Use scissors to cut out the twenty-five word squares on this printable and rearrange them to form sentences using at least one short o word in each one.
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This phonics worksheet has twelve pictures. Color only the pictures that have the long e sound in their name.
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Fill in the missing letters in these basic Halloween words: bat (b_t), moon (m_ _n), web (w_b), owl (o_l), and with (wit_ _).
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Students will color each of the four pictures, trace the words along the dotted lines, and then write them again on the primary-ruled lines.
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Color the pictures on the left, trace the long i words along the dotted lines in the middle section, and rewrite the words on the primary-ruled lines in the right section.
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Of the twelve pictures on this phonics worksheet, color only the pictures that have a short e sound in their name.
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Your students will trace the words: run, drum, truck, and brush and then rewrite them on primary-ruled lines.
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Match the pictures on this worksheet to the correct long e words by drawing lines.
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Print out this word slider on card stock paper and cut out the picture and word strips along the dotted lines. Weave the word strip through the belly of the penguin and slide up and down to reveal long u words.
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Cut apart these picture cards to sort them into two groups. Words that have the long o vowel sound and those that don't.
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Teachers: Hide the fifteen phonics cards around your classroom and let the students search for them. As they find the cards, they can record the words on their answer sheet.
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Cut out the word squares and rearrange them on the table to make sentences. Try to use a short u word in each sentence.
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This printable activity has thirty cards to be cut out and sorted into groups of words with a short e sound and words without.
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This cut-and-glue phonics flip book features the words: cone, soap, nose, and goat.
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Say the name of each item shown. Color the circle with the correct consonant blend. Then fill in the missing letters to complete each word.
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Cut out the picture boxes and use glue to place them in the proper columns, sorting them into short i and long i words.
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Cut apart the word cards. Then arrange them on the table to make complete sentences. Copy each sentence onto the paper. Remember to begin each sentence with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark.
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Using dabbers, markers, or crayons, color the words with a short e sound blue and words with a long e sound red.
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Cut out the short i word boxes on the bottom of the page and glue them below the matching picture.
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Use this primary-ruled worksheet to have your students think up and write down as many short a words as they can.
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This illustrated horizontal word hunt features both words with long u sounds and short u sounds.
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Give your students a copy of the scavenger hunt worksheet. They will search the classroom to find all of the phonics word cards and write them on their sheet.
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Cut out the words and rearrange them to form sentences. Try to use at least one Christmas word for each sentence. Use the lined paper to write down the sentences you make.
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Print out this activity so your students can create little phonics flip books featuring words with a long u sound.
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This printable phonics activity has 18 pennants that each feature a different long o word to be colored, cut out, and strung up around the classroom.
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On this worksheet, each picture has a row of jumbled letters. Find the long i word in each group and circle it.
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This is a fun activity for students to do to practice learning about words with a long a sound. Students will use letter stampers to form the words in the spaces provided.
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Phonics word wheel. Spin the wheel and read the words aloud. Nice, mice, ice, bike, hi, mile, kind, find.
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This cut-and-glue pennant activity has 22 pennants of words with a short u sound for students to color, cut out, and string up around the classroom.
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Color the pictures and cut out the boxes along the dotted lines and use glue or a stapler to attach them to the bigger part of the flip book.
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Hide these fifteen scavenger hunt cards around the classroom and set your students to find them. They can write their answers on the answer key until they find all fifteen of the long u words.
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This is fun phonics activity for students to practice reading and writing words that have a short i vowel sound.
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Find the short e word in each row of jumbled letters and circle it.
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This printable file has 36 cut-apart flashcards featuring short o words for students to study from.
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With this cut-and-glue activity, students will need scissors and glue sticks. Students will create a small flip book featuring words with a short e sound.
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Use letter stampers to make the Halloween words. Boo, owl, moon, trick, and witch.
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This worksheet is filled with primary-ruled lines so that your students can try to think up and write as many long a words as they can.
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Use this worksheet filled with primary-ruled lines for students to write down as many long i words they can think of.
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Use a red crayon to color the pictures that have the short e sound in their name and a blue crayon to color the pictures with a long e sound in the name.
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Color in the circles to form the word in the picture. Then write the word on the lines.
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This fun phonics game has students searching the classroom for the fifteen hidden cards. They will write the long e word found on each card on their answer page.
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Use a red crayon to color pictures that have a short u sound and a blue crayon to color pictures that have a long u sound.
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Cut apart these twenty-eight word cards and sort them into two groups: words with a long o vowel sound and words without it.
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Your students can cut, color, and assemble this Christmas-themed mini-book as a fun way to practice Christmas vocabulary.
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This printable file has thirty-six flashcards of short u words that can be cut apart and used for review.
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Have your students color the picture, then trace the word, and then rewrite the long e word on the ruled lines.
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Scissors and a glue stick will be needed to complete this phonics worksheet featuring the words: "soap" and "goat".
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Use these phonics cards to help students learn about the long i sound. This fun memory match game helps children learn and remember long words such as mice, time, and hive.
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Figure out what the missing letters are for each of these words and then write the words on the ruled lines.
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This phonics printable has 22 pennants with short e words that can be cut out, colored, and strung up on string around the classroom.
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Use scissors to cut out the letter boxes and form the words "drill" and "fish" in the spaces below the illustrations.
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Students will use scissors to cut out the six word boxes on the bottom of this worksheet and use a glue stick to attach them to the correct picture.
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Students can practice writing Christmas words by tracing the words along the dotted lines and then rewrite the word on the primary-ruled lines.
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This pig-shaped word slider has four different word strips that can be used to practice words that have a long o vowel sound.
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Cut out the short o words and then glue them to the correct picture.
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The letter squares on this page can be cut out to form the words "tube" and "bugle".
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For each of these four words, trace along the dotted lines and then write the word on the ruled lines.
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Cut out the 30 cards in this printable file and sort them into groups of words with long i words and words without.
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This is a phonics printable activity in which students will sort out word cards in groups of words with a short a sound and words without.
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Scissors and a glue stick are needed for this phonics worksheet. Cut apart the pictures and glue them in the correct columns, sorting by short and long a sounds.
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Use this primary-ruled worksheet to have your students think up and write as many short i words as they can.
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Teachers: read from the answer key words that have long o and short o vowel sounds. Your students will circle the word they hear on their worksheets.
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This printable worksheet has eight sets of primary-ruled lines for students to try to think up and write as many words with a short o vowel sound as they can.
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Use crayons to color in the pictures that have a long u sound in their words.
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This printable phonics activity has 25 word boxes to cut out. Then arrange the words to form sentences, trying to use at least one short a word in each sentence. On the lines provided, write down the sentences you make.
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This printable worksheet has eight sets of primary-ruled lines for your students to write down as many long o words as they can.
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This phonics worksheet has twelve pictures. Students will color just the pictures that have a short i vowel sound.
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Having your students play with this scavenger hunt activity is a great and fun way for them to practice reading their words that have a long a or short a vowel sound in them.
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Complete the four sentences with Christmas words from the word bank.
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After cutting out the letter squares, form the correct words and glue them in the appropriate boxes.
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This fun cut-and-glue activity has students gluing the letter squares in boxes to form the words "gate" and "cane".
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Use Scissors and glue to create this phonics flip book of words with a short u vowel sound.
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The picture cards on this file are printable and are to be sorted into two groups: words that contain a long u vowel sound and those that don't.
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This phonics worksheet has rows of jumbled letters to find the long a word featured for each illustration.
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Cut out the words and rearrange them on a table to make sentences. Try to use a short i word in each sentence.
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Circle the short u words from the word bank and then write them in ABC order on the lines.
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Words on these 36 flashcards include me, she, we, jeep, feet, deep, tree, seed, bead, meet, deal, clean, beach, and many more.
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Print and cut out these phonics picture cards to sort them into two groups: words that have a long e sound and words that do not.
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This printable has fifteen picture cards and fifteen matching word cards featuring words with a short o sound. Use these cards for a memory match game or some other learning activity.
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For this phonics worksheet, students will color the pictures of long e words, cut out the pages of the flip book along the dotted lines, and then glue or staple them together.
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Sort through the rows of jumbled up letters to find the word from the picture.
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This printable scavenger hunt activity is a fun way for your class to practice with their short u words.
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Your class will have fun playing this phonics-themed scavenger hunt activity. Hide the fifteen cards around the classroom so they can find them and write the short e words on their answer page.
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Cut apart the letter squares and glue them to form the words "rose" and "cone".
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These short i phonics cards can be used for a fun memory match game to reinforce this short-vowel sound. They can also be used for other games and activities, such as practicing alphabetical order.
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This pennant activity has 17 pennants that can be cut out, colored, and strung about the classroom as a fun way to learn about words with the long i vowel sound.
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Brainstorm and write as many long e words as possible. Includes primary-ruled lines for students to write on.
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Print out this scavenger hunt activity so your students can have fun while learning the differences between words with short e vowel sounds and words with long e vowel sounds.
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Cut and assemble this short i phonics flip book featuring the words: fish, crib, chick, and pig.
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Have your students us an ink dabber, marker, or crayon to color the words that have the short a vowel sound on this printable worksheet.
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Hide these fifteen scavenger hunt cards around the classroom and have your students search for them. On their answer sheets they will write the word and if it is short u sound or long u sound.
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This printable file has thirty-six long o flashcards that can be cut apart and used for reviewing.
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Students will cut out the six Christmas words on the bottom of the page and match the pictures to the correct vowel sound. After they will write that word on the primary-ruled lines next to it.
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Cut out the letter squares at the bottom of the page to form the words "cube" and "mule".
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Find and write the missing letters for each of the six long o words and then write the word on the lines.
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Learn about man's best friend in this short reading comp. Answer questions about mammals and some of dogs' physical traits.
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Cut apart these cards and sort into groups of words with the long i sounds, and words without the long-I sound.
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This printable card activity has twenty-eight picture cards to sort into two groups of words with a short a sound and words without a short a sound.
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Read a word from each group to your students to see if they can circle the correct word. This phonics worksheet will have students differentiating between words with long and short a sounds.
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Read a selection of words to your students and have them circle the words that they hear.
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Find and circle the word shown in the pictures for each row of jumbled up letters.
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Figure out what the missing letters are for each word and write them in the boxes.
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This phonics card game has 36 cards to be cut out (18 word cards and 18 picture cards) highlighting words with the short a sound in them. Use the cards for memory games, review activities, and more.
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For each of the pictures, match them to their long o word in the right column by drawing lines.
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Write in the missing letters in each of the boxes and then rewrite the short i word on the lines.
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This fun activity has students using bingo dabbers, crayons, or markers to color in the word circles. Use red to color in words with a long a sound and blue to color in words with a short a sound.
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Say the name of each picture then circle the sound that it begins with. Write the missing letters to complete each word.
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Cut out and attach the long i word sheets to the main section to create a phonics flip book.
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Use this printable worksheet for your students to practice forming words with a long a sound. This worksheet features the words "skate" and "cape".
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Cut out the words on the bottom of this worksheet and match the short u words to the correct pictures.
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Students will have fun with this phonics activity forming the words with letter stampers.
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Can you tell which of these pictures are long a words? Find them and color only those with a long a sound in them.
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Students will sort each word card into a group based on the vowel sound. Print the cards onto card stock paper for best results.
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Use this printable graphic organizer to help students think up words with a short u sound.
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Use an ink dabber (bingo dabber) or crayon to color the long e words.
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Print out this phonics activity so your students can cut and color these 22 word pennants featuring long e words. Afterwards, they can be strung up around the classroom.
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The objective for this activity is for students to sort the pictures into two groups: words that have the short o vowel sound and those that don't.
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Have your students use scissors and glue to adhere the correct long e word to the matching picture.
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This file has over 40 long-a flashcards. All words have -ay, -a-e, or ai. Words include bake, face, train, day, and say.
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Students will use scissors to cut apart the 25 word cards in this printable and move them around to make sentences, using at least one long a word in each one. Then they will write the sentences they make on the lined paper provided on the following pages.
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Find pairs of contractions and pairs of goofy monsters in this memory match card game.
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Students will use scissors to cut out the letter squares and a glue stick to adhere the letters to form the words "tub" and "under".
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Cut out the short a words on the bottom of the worksheet and glue them to the matching picture.
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There are twenty-five word cards to cut out on the first page and they can be used to rearrange to form sentences. Try using at least one long u word in each sentence.
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Use scissors to cut apart these 36 cards that feature words with a short i vowel sound such as: kid, sit, him, rip, chin, fit, win, did, and stick.
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There are twenty-eight word cards that can be printed and cut apart and used to sort into groups of words with a short u vowel sound and words without.
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Have your students trace along the dotted lines to write the short e word and then rewrite that word on the primary-ruled lines next to it.
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This printable phonics activity will provide a fun way for your students to learn about words with a short o vowel sound.
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Cut out the six short e words on the bottom of the page along the dotted lines and glue them in the boxes below the matching pictures.
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Print out this phonics worksheet so your students can draw lines to match each picture to the correct long a word.
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Teachers will read out a series of long i words found on this worksheet and students will have to circle the words that they hear.
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This phonics worksheet has students using scissors and glue to sort the pictures of short e words in the left column and pictures of long e words in the right column.
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On this worksheet, students will color the pictures that have the short u sound in their name.
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Cut out the thirty cards in this printable along the dotted lines and sort the word cards into two groups: those that have a long e sound and those that don't.
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Sort the eight picture cards into two columns on this phonics worksheet: words that have a short u sound and words with a long u sound.
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Flip the cards upside-down and students will take turns flipping pairs of cards. For example, they can make a match by flipping a picture of a goat and the card that reads "goat".
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Students will enjoy this scavenger hunt activity while they search for the hidden phonics cards. On their answer sheet, students will determine if it is a word with a short i sound or long i sound.
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This is fun classroom game to practice words with a long a vowel sound. Hide the fifteen cards around your classroom for your students to find.
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Students will use a pencil to draw lines matching the pictures to the words.
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Can you make the words using the letter squares on this worksheet? Cut out the letters and rearrange them to form the words.
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Print out the pennants on card stock paper. Have each student make one of the 13 pennants. They will color the picture, write the word, and cut it out. Fold the pennant along the line and glue it around a piece of string or rope.
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Cut out the letter squares to form the words "up" and "jump" in the spaces provided.
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These cards are meant to be printed out and cut apart to use to practice reading and recognizing words with a long u vowel sound.
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Use the word bank at the top of this printable worksheet to find the correct word for each of the six pictures and write it on the ruled lines.
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Sort each of these twenty-eight cards into two groups. Words with a long i vowel sound and words with a short i sound.
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Use these picture sorting cards to sort them into 2 groups: words that have a short u vowel sound and words that don't.
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These 48 flashcards include many three-letter words such as pen, egg, hen, let, net, get, pet, and set. There are also longer words, like bench, check, chess, and dress.
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This printable phonics file has 30 cards to be cut out and used for reviewing words that have the long e vowel sound.
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Print these phonics cards on thick paper or card stock, then cut along the dotted lines to form individual cards. Then the words can be sorted into groups of short o words and those that don't.
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This printable phonics worksheet requires students to find the missing letters and write them in the boxes, then write the word on the lines.
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This file contains picture and word cards. You can use them to play a memory match game, for sorting activities, or any number of early literacy activities.
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Teachers will read a series of long a words and students will circle the word they hear from the selection on each line.
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I see the bee. Do you see a bee? The bee is in a tree. The bee is on a seed.
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Your students will write in the missing letters for each short u word and then write the whole word on the lines.
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Color only the pictures that have a short a sound in their name on this printable phonics worksheet.
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This file has twenty-four flashcards that can be printed out and cut out to use for practice. Print on card stock paper to get more use out of them.
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This printable has 41 cut-apart word flashcards for students to use to practice reading words with a long i vowel sound.
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Students can use letter stampers to form the short u words in the spaces provided.
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Your students will draw lines to match each picture to the correct short e word.
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This worksheet has pictures of snowflakes, toast, toes, a goat, a nose, and soap. Students will match the cut-out words to the correct picture.
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Use a pencil to write the missing letters for each of the short e words and write the word on the ruled lines.
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Neatly trace these Halloween words. Then write them on the primary-ruled lines.
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Have your students use a highlighter, bingo dabber, or crayon to color in the circles with words that have a long a sound in them.
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This fun phonics activity requires students to use letter stampers to form the long i words on this worksheet.
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Read out a word for each group of words and have your students circle which one they hear. The last two questions, students will write down the word they hear.
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For each row of mixed up letters, find the short u word from the picture and circle it.
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Use the decoders at the top of the page to solve this cryptogram to learn about the state bird, flower, and the highest point in Wyoming.
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On this phonics worksheet, students have to listen to their teacher as 10 words are read and they have to circle or write down what they hear.
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Use scissors to cut out the twenty-five words. Rearrange them to make sentences using at least one long o word in each one.
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This printable card activity can be used in many different ways. This file features 30 cards (15-word cards and 15 color picture cards). The ALT version contains a black-and-white version of the cards.
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Use scissors to cut out the long u word rectangles and a glue stick to attach them to the right picture.
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For each illustration, find the long e word in the row of mixed up letters and circle it.
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This phonics worksheet is a fun way for students to practice words that have a long o vowel sound.
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These word and pictures cards can be used for a variety of different learning centers and class activities. Match the Easter words with the pictures. (If you prefer a full color version of this file, please click the "alt" button below.)
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Students will use crayons to color only the long i pictures on this worksheet.
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Build the words sheep and tree by cutting out the squares in gluing them into the correct boxes.
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This fun phonics activity has students sorting out the picture cards into groups of words with a short e vowel sound and and those that don't.
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The lower portion of this worksheet has eight letter squares to be cut out and sorted into the words: "stick" and "pig".
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This worksheet can be printed and cut apart to make a flip book featuring words with a long a sound.
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Use the pictures to find which Christmas word to write on the lines.
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Cut out the boxes along the dotted lines and sort the pictures by the sound each word makes.
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Use scissors to cut along the dotted lines and use glue or a stapler to affix them together to form a phonics flip book.
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Form the words "glue" and "music" from the cut out letter squares on this worksheet.
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Color only those pictures that have a long o sound in their name on this printable worksheet.
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Cut out the twenty five word boxes and rearrange them to make sentences, using at least one long i word in each sentence. Then write the sentences you form on the ruled lines of the next pages.
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Use scissors to cut out the 30 cards along the dotted lines and sort the picture cards into two groups of words with a long a sound and words without.
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For each of the four illustrations, find the long a or short a word within the group of scrambled up letters and circle it.
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Print this worksheet out as a fun activity for students to use letter stampers in the boxes to form the short i words.
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This scavenger hunt activity is a fun way for students to learn and practice words that have long and short o vowel sounds.
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Students can use this web-shaped graphic organizer to help think up more words that have the short o vowel sound.
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Find each long u word in the rows of jumbled up letters.
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Using a pencil to draw lines, match the picture on the left side of the worksheet to the corresponding short a word on the right side.
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This fun phonics activity has students using letter stampers to form the long o word in the boxes provided.
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There are illustrations of words with short i words on this worksheet, each with a row of jumbled letters. Find the word in each row and circle it.
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Color the short a words to reveal a mystery picture. What picture do you see? A bat!
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