About the Short Vowels worksheets
This free phonics pack has 15 printable A4 pages: a, e, i, o, u — hear it, find it, write it. You can edit the words on every page, print it or save it as a PDF, and there's a matching PowerPoint lesson to teach it with. It's made for English teachers in Korea and works for kindergarten and elementary classes, hagwons and tutoring.
What's inside
- Short Vowel Sounds: Say each word. Listen for the vowel sound in the middle.
- Short A: Every word has a short a. Write the missing a.
- Short E: Every word has a short e. Write the missing e.
- Short I: Every word has a short i. Write the missing i.
- Short O: Every word has a short o. Write the missing o.
- Short U: Every word has a short u. Write the missing u.
- Short Vowels Mix 1: Write a, e, i, o or u to finish each word.
- Short Vowels Mix 2
- Which Vowel? 1: Say the word. Circle the vowel you hear.
- Which Vowel? 2
- Color the Vowels: Find every vowel: a, e, i, o, u. Color it or circle it.
- Sort by Vowel: a, i, o: Read each word. Write it under its vowel sound.
- Sort by Vowel: e and u
Words in this pack
cat, hat, bed, hen, pig, pin, dog, fox, bus, cup, bag, man, pan, map, van, bat, ram, pen, net, web, jet, leg, ten, red, fin, lip, zip, bib, kid, six
How to use it in class
Introduce the sound with the picture pages and have students say every word out loud before they write. Then move on to the circling, matching and writing pages. Short daily practice works better than one long session, so two or three pages a class is plenty.