Hands on vowel activities

Learning short vowel sounds can be a bit tricky for our young readers. Help your students discriminate between the sounds with these short vowel sticks. Begin by saying a sound and have the students hold up the correct stick. Increase the difficulty by providing a CVC word (e.g. "sun") and having them hold up the correct stick. This activity can be easily differentiated to meet the needs of your students. Great for small group instruction! There are two activities in this packet…

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