Free printable mixed cvc phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for Mixed CVC, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
A full-color picture book your student reads on their own. Skill: Mixed CVC. Print, cut and staple.
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Bet sat in the sun on a big rock by the pond. "Come sit with me, Tom!" said Bet.
But Tom was too little. He could not get up on the rock.
Bet got a long log. She set one end on the rock. Tom ran up the log. But the log was wet with mud. Tom fell back down.
"I can fix it," said Bet. She tapped ten pegs into the log.
Tom set his legs on the pegs. He ran up the log. He got up to the top!
Bet hugged Tom. Then they sat in the hot sun together.
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
cat, bed, pen, red, net, web
sit, hot, bug, pig, top, cup, dog, fin, run, hug, bus, rip, log, mud
Short vowel words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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Cut-apart word cards to sort: Short A/E Words or Short I/O/U 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 mixed cvc sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
Mixed CVC words are fundamental for kindergarteners, representing a crucial step where children blend three sounds to form a word, using all five short vowels. This pattern follows initial sound recognition and precedes digraphs or blends. The trickiness for young learners often lies in differentiating the subtle differences between short vowel sounds, especially /a/ versus /u/ (as in "cat" vs. "cup" or "bug"), or /e/ versus /i/ ("bed" vs. "sit" or "fin"). Children might mispronounce "hot" as "hut" or struggle to isolate the middle sound in words like "dog" or "run." Mastering this requires careful listening and precise articulation of each sound, then fluidly blending them together without adding extra sounds. Our mixed CVC worksheets are designed to reinforce these essential skills. When working with "Pip in the Mud," encourage your child to first identify and say each sound in words like "mud," "bug," and "rip" before blending them. The decodable passage provides context for reading these words in sentences, building fluency. Use the word sort activity to group words by their middle vowel sound, helping to differentiate them, perhaps sorting "bed," "red," and "web" together, then "sit," "pig," and "fin." Phrasing cards help children practice reading short CVC phrases naturally, while the RAN chart builds automaticity for quick recall of these foundational words, making reading smoother and more confident.
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