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Phonics CVC Words

Practice early reading skills with our printable CVC words worksheets and phonics activities. These resources help young learners recognize and read consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, a foundational phonics pattern used to teach beginning readers how to blend sounds and decode simple words. This page includes a variety of printable activities that help students practice reading short vowel CVC words.

Phonics Worksheets: CVC Words

Let's Make Words

Let's Make CVC Words
Look at the picture. Color the letters that make up the CVC word. The write the word on the line.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aLet's Make CVC Words
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Missing Letters

Missing Letters 1 (CVC Words)  FREE 
Write the missing letter for each CVC word. Then write the full word in the space provided. Word list: rug, rat, fan, jet, pen hat.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aMissing Letters 1 (CVC Words)
Missing Letters 2 (CVC Words)
Write the letter missing from each CVC word. CVC Word list: pig, map, log, pet, bat, can.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aMissing Letters 2 (CVC Words)
Missing Letters 3 (CVC Words)
Write a letter in each square to make basic CVC words. CVC Words: big, cop, bag, mug, hot, bug.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aMissing Letters 3 (CVC Words)
Missing Letters (Short A Words)
Write the missing letter to complete each /short a/ word. Then write the entire word. CVC words on this activity include rug, rat, jet, fan, hat, pen.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aMissing Letters (Short A Words)
Missing Letters (Short O Words)
Write the missing letters to make a short o CVC word. List includes pot, cop, pop, mop, hog, hot.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aMissing Letters (Short O Words)

Word Ladders

Word Ladder: Rug to Hat
Write the missing letters for each picture shown. As you go down the ladder, each CVC word changes by only one letter. Words include: run, bug, bag, bat, rat, hat.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aWord Ladder: Rug to Hat
Word Ladder: Jet to Can
The following CVC words are used on this word ladder worksheet: jet, pet, pen, pan, can, fan.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aWord Ladder: Jet to Can
Word Ladder: Log to Man
Students build the following CVC words on this worksheet: log, hog, hot, hat, mat, man.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aWord Ladder: Log to Man
Word Ladder Activity: Wig to Mug
CVC words for this activity include wig, pig, big, bag, bug, and mug.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aWord Ladder Activity: Wig to Mug
Word Ladder Activity: Pot to Map
Build the following simple CVC words to complete this puzzle: pot, cot, cop, pop, mop, map.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aWord Ladder Activity: Pot to Map

Build Words
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Build Words: Rat and Bag
Cut out the letter cards and glue them onto the worksheet to build the CVC words rat and bag.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aBuild Words: Rat and Bag
Build Words: Pet and Pen
On this CVC worksheet, students use letter tiles to build the words pet and pen.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aBuild Words: Pet and Pen
Build Words: Hog and Man
Make the CVC words hog and man on this cut-and-paste activity sheet.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aBuild Words: Hog and Man
Build Words: Jet and Fan
Try to build the CVC words jet and fan using square letter tiles. Glue the tiles in the correct positions.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aBuild Words: Jet and Fan
Build Words: Bug and Can
Make the CVC words bug and can on this cut-and-glue phonics printable.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aBuild Words: Bug and Can
Build Words: Bat and Hat
Students create a pair of CVC rhyming words with this printable learning center activity.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aBuild Words: Bat and Hat

Build Sentences

Let's Make Sentences (Cards)
Cut out the cards and use them to make sentences. Most cards have CVC words, such as sit, run, pig, Sam, Ben, jog, hop, bag, can, and map.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
aLet's Make Sentences (Cards)

Games

Game: Word-Picture Cards (CVC)
Play a phonics matching game with these CVC word-picture cards.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aGame: Word-Picture Cards (CVC)
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Dolch Sight Words

Your students can use these printable word wall cards, flashcards, and games to review Dolch sight words.

Phonics Worksheets

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