Short and Long Vowels: Missing-Letter Practice
- Year groups
- Years 1–3 (Key Stages 1–2)
- Pages
- 10
- File type
- Subject
- Phonics, Language Development, English
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading
From the author
About this resource
Setting the foundation for reading is a major feat for teachers because we strive to make all of our students feel successful. There are many moving pieces to this new skill for young learners. Learning letter sounds is one of the many necessary components. Another skill that we tackle is learning short vowel and long vowel sounds. That is the objective of this product.
This is a Working with Phonics Worksheet packed with 10 pages of practice for students. From page to page, students will fill in the missing letter for a, e, i, o, and u. First, they will practice with the short vowel, then the long vowel. The corresponding image will help students identify the word.
This worksheet is most appropriate for students being introduced to or reviewing short or long vowel sounds: Nursery (Early Years) – Year 2 students.
You can implement this activity in a few ways:
1. Independent work
2. Early finishers
3. Small group
4. Literacy centres
If you want them to use these over and over again, you can laminate each page and have students use dry erase markers.
I hope you enjoy!
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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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