Preview: Short Vowels
3 pages📝 Short Vowel Sounds
Short vowels say their sound, not their name: a = ă (apple), e = ĕ (egg), i = ĭ (igloo), o = ŏ (octopus), u = ŭ (umbrella)
Fill in the Missing Vowel
🎵 h___t 🚿 t___b 🧦 r___g 🍰 c___p
Color by Vowel Sound
a = red | e = blue | i = green | o = orange | u = purple
📌 Also try: CVC Words Blending — put short vowel sounds together to read words
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About This Short Vowels Phonics Worksheet
This free printable short vowels phonics worksheet helps Kindergarten and Grade 1 students distinguish between the five short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u). Students fill in missing vowels in CVC words, then color-code words by their vowel sound. Aligned to CCSS RF.K.3b: associate the short sounds with common spellings.
Skills Covered
letter sounds · blending · decoding · phonemic awareness · word recognition