Vowel Sort with Pictures Worksheet

Short and long vowel picture sort with one cut-and-paste page for each vowel: students name each picture, decide which vowel sound it has, and glue it in the right column.
Year levels
Years 1–2
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Long Vowels, Short Vowels
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E1LY12 — understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must…

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This resource is a Vowel Sort Worksheet.

There are a total of 5 worksheets - one vowel per page.

Students will say the pictures at the bottom of the page and cut them out. They will decide if the picture has a short vowel or long vowel.

They will paste the picture in the correct column.

This is a great activity for reading centres or homework.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish short and long vowel sounds in spoken words

Teaching tips

  • Each vowel page stands alone, so the sorts can follow the order you teach the vowels.

Skills covered

  • Vowel discrimination — sorting picture names by short or long vowel sound

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E1LY12 — understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

Core concepts

  • Short vowels

  • Long vowels

  • Phonics

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