Short-Vowel Garden: Picture Sorting
Say the picture words and sort them by short-vowel sound using the garden references and vowel mat. The cut-apart page has two copies of fifteen pictures.

- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 2–3 (Key Stages 1–2)
- Pages
- 8
- File type
- Subject
- Phonics, Numbers, Language Development, Maths, English
- Resource types
- Activities
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading
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About this resource
This Short Vowel Garden Activity is a great way for students to learn and practice identifying short vowels. By matching the short vowel flower cards with the correct vowel flower pot, students will be engaged and having fun while they learn.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify the short-vowel sound in a spoken picture word.
Teaching tips
- Name the pictures together first so pupils use the intended words during sorting.
Skills covered
- Sound classification — name each picture and match its short vowel with the sorting mat.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading — respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes
Core concepts
- Short vowels
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