Short and Long Vowels: Missing-Letter Practice
- Pages
- 10
- File type
- Subject
- Phonics, Language Development, English
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading
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About this resource
Ten worksheets focus on the short and long sounds of the five vowels. Using the picture cues, pupils complete words by writing the missing letter for the named sound on each page. Select a page to match your current phonics lesson, or compare the short- and long-vowel pages for the same letter.
Curriculum reference — England: The vowel contrast supports early phonics; remove unsupported K–2 stage from the title. Selected skills only; reference stage is not an overall reading age, complete curriculum coverage, or an automatic recommendation for every learner.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify the letter that produces a named short or long vowel sound within a word
- Distinguish between the short and long sound of each of the five vowels
- Complete a partially spelled word by supplying the correct missing vowel
Teaching tips
- Name each picture before pupils fill the blank, using the picture and partial spelling together.
Skills covered
- Short vowel decoding — pupils identify the missing letter that completes short-vowel words such as "c_p" (short a) and "c_p" (short u).
- Long vowel decoding — pupils identify the missing letter or vowel team that completes long-vowel words such as "tr_e" (long e) and "c_ke" (long a).
- Sound-to-spelling association — pupils connect a named vowel sound (e.g. "the long o sound") to its written representation across multiple example words per page.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
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
Core concepts
- Short vowel sounds
- Long vowel sounds
- Phonics
- Letter-sound correspondence
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