Kindergarten · Phonics
Short Vowel Sounds
Free printable Kindergarten phonics worksheet: Short Vowel Sounds. It practices short vowels (Common Core RF.K.3.B). For ages 5-6. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Subject
- Phonics
- Skill
- Short vowels
- Ages
- 5–6
- Standard
- RF.K.3.B
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Short Vowel Sounds” is sheet 1 of 23 in our free Kindergarten Phonics Worksheets collection, written for children aged 5–6. It focuses on short vowels, one of four sheets in the set on that skill.
It is the first sheet in the set, so it is a good place to start; “Color the Sight Words” comes next.
What this worksheet practices
RF.K.3.B · Common Core English Language Arts · Kindergarten
Reading: Foundational Skills · Phonics & word recognition
Children work on matching letters to sounds and using them to decode and spell words.
More short vowels worksheets
The other Kindergarten Phonics sheets on short vowels, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Stretch the word slowly — "c-a-a-a-t" — so the vowel is easy to hear.
- 2
Play "I spy" with rhymes after the rhyming sheet: "I spy something that rhymes with bed".
- 3
Read each traced sentence aloud together, pointing to each word.
