CVCC Words Tracing Flashcards: Short Vowels (A E I O U), CVCC Words List

Roughly ninety CVCC words spanning all five short vowels are laid out eight per page as tracing flashcards, from back/pack to bust/dust.
Grades
Kindergarten–Grade 1
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Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
Spelling, Phonics, Reading, Language Development, ELA
Topic
CVCC, Phonics
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Flashcards
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Twenty-four pages of four-letter word cards for reading and tracing. The source calls the set CVCC, but the words include blends, digraphs, doubled consonants, r-controlled vowels and other vowel sounds. Select suitable groups for the patterns being taught.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students will read and trace CVCC words grouped by consonant-blend ending, such as -ack, -ang, -ock, and -unk.

  • Students will recognize the same ending blend across multiple words sharing a short vowel sound.

Teaching tips

  • Print on cardstock and cut apart to use as individual tracing or flashcard drill cards rather than a single worksheet.

  • Group instruction by vowel sound using the file's own order (a, e, i, o, u pages) to build one short-vowel pattern before introducing the next.

Skills covered

  • CVCC decoding — students read and trace consonant-blend-ending words such as bank, tent, fish, pond, and dust.

  • Ending-blend pattern recognition — students notice that paired words on each page share the same consonant-blend ending (e.g., -ack in back/pack/rack/sack).

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • CVCC words

  • Short vowels

  • Consonant blends

  • Phonics patterns

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