Short Vowels Activity - Back to School

The Short Vowels Activity – Back to School Edition is a fun and educational way to help students review and strengthen their short vowel skills at the start of the school year. In this engaging activity, students read simple sentences and fill in the blanks using the correct CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) word. It’s designed to reinforce early reading, phonics, and word recognition, all while getting into the back-to-school spirit.

This resource is perfect for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and ESL learners who are practicing short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u). The school-themed sentences make the activity feel familiar and fun, helping students ease into the new year with confidence.

Ways to Use:

• Literacy centers

• Independent or small group practice

• Morning work or early finisher task

• Homework or review activity

• Back-to-school assessments

Advantages:

• Builds short vowel recognition and decoding skills

• Encourages sentence-level reading and comprehension

• Supports phonics instruction in a meaningful way

• Easy to prep and use, just print and go

• Great for reinforcing routines and reviewing key skills

Pdf file includes pages.

Enjoy!