Ultimate Short Vowels CVC Bundle

CVC words are perfect for beginning readers.  They only have short vowel sounds, and 3 letters are more simple to sound out and blend.  Successfully reading the words gives young readers the confidence and excitement that motivates them to keep attempting to read more.  This set has over 400 pages of hands on CVC games and activities.  They are designed to work well in literacy centers, small groups, and with parent volunteers.  The word family booklets can also be used during whole group instruction.  The entire set comes in full color or ink-saving black and white.

Clip Cards

My preschooler absolutely loves these clip cards.  Not only is it an engaging reading activity.  It also promotes fine motor development with the clipping.  Fine motor skills are crucial for writing.  The clip cards also make it easy to assess a child's blending ability.  You can quickly see if a child is correctly reading the word.  These are an easy center.  They fit perfectly into those darling rainbow photo storage containers.  I keep each vowel's set in their own container along with a few clips.  That way they are easy grab and go activities.  

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CVC Word Builders/Sound Boxes

These are also referred to as Elkonin Boxes.  These can be used in a variety of ways.  You can use letter manipulatives like these magnet letters to build the words.  You can laminate and use dry erase markers to have children write in the letters.  They are also an excellent way to practice phoneme segmentation and blending.  You can place a small manipulative (like mini erasers) in each box.  Then as the student says each sound, they remove one of the manipulatives.  Food is a motivator for a lot of people.  {I know it is for me} So putting a little treat like a Cheerio or Lucky Charm in each spot can give them extra motivation.  As they correctly say each sound they can take the treat and put it into their treat pile.  To differentiate this activity for those who are struggling, you can write in two of the 3 letters.  Then you can have them identify the missing sound instead of all 3. 

 Small Group Games

These have been one of the biggest hits in the set.  They have simple instructions but are tons of fun.  I have had teachers tell me that their students BEG to play them.  Each vowel has their own unique word reading game.  Each has its own silly theme and special cards, but the main objective in all of them is simply to decode and read the words.  For an example, the short a set comes with the game "Oh, Rats!"  Most of the cards simply have a short a CVC word for the player to read and keep in their pile.  If a player draws the "Oh, Rats!" card, then they have to put all of their cards back.  The player at the end of the game with the most cards wins. 

 Word Family Booklets

These age appropriate booklets allow students to brainstorm and write their word families.  Each word family has 2 picture clues to get them started.  There is also a sentence writing page in the back.  Word families help students recognize chunks in words and associate spelling patterns.  

Word Family and Word-Picture Matching Puzzles

Not Pictured.  The sets also come with word family and word matching puzzles.  They can be used in centers, small groups, or even as an early finisher activity.

Scoot Games

Not Pictured.  There is a Scoot game for each short vowel.  These bright pictures can be placed on desks and students can "scoot" from one picture to the next writing the words on their recording sheets.  You can also use this as a read and write the room and hang the pictures around the classroom.

Get the Ultimate Short Vowels CVC Bundle here

You can also buy the sets for each vowel separately.

Ultimate Short A CVC Resource 

Ultimate Short E CVC Resource

Ultimate Short I CVC Resource 

Ultimate Short O CVC Resource 

Ultimate Short U CVC Resource 

The clip cards & sound boxes fit really well in these rainbow photo storage containers.  This is a huge resource and I love how organized it keeps everything.  It makes it really easy to grab & go. I bought mine at Michaels craft store.