1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding short o words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Dot in the Fog
Dot the dog had her red ball. But the ball did run off. Dot had to find it. Big fog was all around the log. Dot ran to a fox.
“Can you help me?” Dot asked. “I can not see my red ball in this fog.”
The fox had a kind nod. “We can hop on the log,” he said. “Then we can jog.”
Dot and the fox did hop on the log. Then they ran to jog. Dot ran past a hot pot. “My ball is not here,” she said. They did jog and jog. The fox then saw a dot of red. “Look! A red dot!” he said. It was Dot’s ball! It had a lot of mud on it. Dot did a jog and then a hop. She had her red ball.
Circle or highlight all the short O words in the story above. How many did you find?
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2 Word Sort
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.
Real Words
Nonsense Words
hot
pot
dot
got
top
hop
mop
dog
log
fox
zot
bop
hod
rog
fom
gop
nob
vot
tob
jop
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards
Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.
the hot pot
a dog on a log
hop to the top
got a lot
mop the dot
the fox and the box
jog in the fog
a pop and a cop
Tom and his dog
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)
Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!
Decodable RAN Chart — Short O
fox
log
hot
fox
fox
top
hot
log
top
hot
top
hot
dog
dog
dog
log
Target words: hot, dog, top, fox, log
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📖 Decodable Readers
Printable mini-books for Short O practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.
