Free printable cvc review phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
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Hear each word and tap the letters that spell it, one sound at a time. Chad's page practises all short vowels.
A free illustrated mini-book for CVC Review, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
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It was a cold day. Max had no hat. Max ran to a big box of hats.
He got a red hat. It was not big. Pop! It fell off. He got a tan hat. Pop! It fell off too.
"No hat will fit me," said Max. He sat on a log. He was sad and cold.
Viv ran up. "I can help," she said. Viv had a big red sock. She cut two gaps in it for his ears. She pulled it down on Max like a hat. It fit!
"Thank you, Viv!" said Max. He was not cold now. He was not sad.
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
cat, bed, pig, hot, bug, ham, jet, win, mop, cup
zan, ped, gib, lod, tun, bap, reb, vib, dof, rup
Short vowel words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
All 77 CVC worksheets in one file, with answer keys.
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Cut-apart word cards to sort: Real Words or Nonsense Words. Answer key on page 2.
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More picture worksheets: beginning sounds, ending sounds, rhyming and syllables — new pictures every time you print.
A new decodable story with the same cvc review sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
CVC word review is a critical step for kindergarteners, solidifying their understanding of consonant-vowel-consonant patterns after individual short vowel sounds have been introduced. This phase builds automaticity by mixing all five short vowels, which can be tricky as young learners often overgeneralize or confuse similar-sounding vowels like short ‘a’ in “cat” and short ‘u’ in “cup,” or short ‘e’ in “bed” and short ‘i’ in “pig.” Students might also struggle with auditory discrimination, mishearing "hot" as "hut" or "pen" as "pin." The challenge here is not just decoding each word in isolation but quickly differentiating between vowel sounds within a varied set, preventing common confusions and reinforcing the consistent sound-symbol correspondence for each short vowel. Mastering this review phase ensures a strong foundation for more complex phonics patterns. To make the most of these CVC review worksheets, encourage students to sound out each letter in words like "bug" or "dog" before blending. The story "Pip's Lost Bat" provides an excellent decodable passage for applying these skills in context; have students point to and read each CVC word they find. Utilize the word sort activity to help children visually and auditorily group words by their middle vowel sound, such as sorting "fan," "ham," and "bat" under the short 'a' category. Phrasing cards can build fluency by encouraging smooth reading of short CVC phrases, moving beyond word-by-word decoding. Finally, the Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) chart is invaluable for developing quick, effortless recognition of these mixed CVC words, signaling true mastery.
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