Phonics Worksheets: CVC Words and Short Vowels
Short vowel phonics without pictures to guess from: 24 word family pages (-at, -en, -ig, -op, -ug and the rest) that build words from onset and rime on writing rows, a page per short vowel with the middle letter missing, a vowel sort, and rhyming pairs to match. Every page reshuffles on each click and ends with an answer key.
All five short vowels
Three ways to work across every short-vowel family at once: sort words by their vowel, fill in the missing vowel of a CVC word, or match rhyming pairs. Each page has an answer key.
Short vowels
One page per vowel, a to u. Every word on the page shares the vowel, so the job is reading the consonants and hearing the sound, which suits the week that vowel is introduced.
Word families
Twenty-four CVC families from -at to -ug. Each page builds words from a starting sound and the family's ending, sets it next to a second family for contrast, and leaves three-lined rows for writing the words, with an answer key.
FAQ
What order should the word families go in?
Most programs start with short a (-at, -an, -ap), then short i and o, then e and u, which is the order of the pages here. Within a vowel, pick the family your reader is on; each page pairs it with a second family of the same vowel.
How do these fit with the handwriting pages?
The word family pages use the same three-lined writing rows as the handwriting sheets, so writing the word is part of the exercise. Sight words, which cannot be sounded out, have their own pages under Handwriting.
Why no pictures on the phonics pages?
A picture lets a child name the object without reading. These pages work from letters only, and the missing vowel pages are built so only one vowel makes a real word in each set, so guessing does not work either.
Are there answer keys?
Every PDF ends with the page filled in green: words written out, sorted or matched.