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
PDF

Updated Jul 28, 2021

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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