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Short and Long Vowel A Worksheet

Four sentences with an underlined word ask students to label the vowel sound as long or short A, followed by ten words to circle by the same rule.
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Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–2, Elementary
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Updated Jul 28, 2021

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Phonics
Topic
Vowels, vowels worksheet
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This Short and Long Vowel A Worksheet is a great way for students to practice identifying long and short /a/ sounds. This worksheet is perfect for small groups, centers, or homework.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify whether an underlined word in a sentence has a long or short A vowel sound

  • Apply long-A/short-A discrimination to a list of standalone words

Teaching tips

  • Read each sentence aloud and isolate the underlined word's sound before students mark their answer, since the task depends on hearing the vowel sound rather than only seeing the spelling.

  • Use the second section's word list (day, wait, can, map, fade) as a quick oral drill before students complete the written circling task. Revisit the short sounds with these short-vowel sentence worksheets.

Skills covered

  • Long/short vowel discrimination — students identify the A sound in four sentence-embedded words and ten standalone words.

  • Phonics application — students transfer the same vowel-sound rule from sentence context to isolated words.

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