CVC worksheets: Short A

This extensive set of 72 Short A CVC Worksheets will support every student in your class as they advance in their phonics journey, regardless of ability level. We have the worksheets and activities you need, whether you need them for word families or mixed families.

Compatible with all phonic programs, including RWI Set 1. There are no non-decodable words used.

Objectives:

• These CVC short A worksheets aim to help children to:

• Read and spell Short A CVC words through blending and segmenting sounds

• Hear initial and final consonant sounds

• Hear the medial vowel

• Develop phonemic awareness

• Develop reading comprehension

As children learn to read the phrases and sentences they will learn that:

• Words have spaces between them

• To read from left to right

• How print is organised

Activities are given for ap/at/an and mixed words and include, but are not limited to:

1. Write the word under the picture

2. Cut and stick - match words to pictures

3. Join words to pictures

4. Unscramble letters

5. Find the missing final sound

6. Find the missing initial sound

7. Find a word that rhymes

8. Change a letter to make a new word

9. Read and draw

10. Read and fil in the missing words

11. Find the words in the word grid

What can these worksheets be used for?

Use them for:

1. Classwork

2. Independent work.

3. Literacy centers,

4. Homework assignments

They offer enough similarities among the activities to allow children to work independently while providing variety. Even the slower learners will have plenty to work with here; as their confidence increases, they can work from the simpler worksheets to the more difficult ones.

Who are the Short A CVC Worksheets for?

1. The young child just starting to learn to read and spell

2. Those with a special need

3. EFL/ESL - these worksheets are not babyish.

These worksheets' straightforward layout ensures that people with dyslexia, ESL/EFL, or other learning disabilities will not feel overwhelmed.

Each child can have the ideal activity thanks to the fully differentiated worksheets.

These multisensory worksheets use the power of the hand to teach phonics, asking students to write and trace as much as possible.

By blending and segmenting words and identifying the beginning, middle, and end sounds, students will gain phonemic awareness.

What is included?

One PDF with 54 worksheets with a variety of fun activities:

Trace, cut and stick, join, colour....plenty to keep all the class engaged!