Free printable cvc review phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for CVC Review, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
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Pip the pig had a red bat. The sun was hot, and he had to go. But his red bat was not on his bed. It was not on the red rug. Where was his bat?
Pip had a sad sob. Then he got a big tip. His dog, Gus!
Gus sat on a big log. "Gus," said Pip. "Can I sit on the log?"
Gus did not get up. Gus had a big nod.
Pip ran to Gus. "My bat!" said Pip. Gus sat on his red bat. Pip had a tug. Gus got up, and Pip got his bat.
"Gus," said Pip. "Let's go hit a tin can!"
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.
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4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's cvc review words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Real Words or Nonsense Words. Answer key on page 2.
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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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