Short A Sound Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RF.1.2.A

Core Standard
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If we pronounce a vowel other than the sound of natural letter, that particular vowel is said to be a short vowel sound. You can approach teaching this topic using a variety of different techniques. We always encourage several different things to keep consistent when exploring this topic with children. It all starts with reassuring students to be vocal and recite the words they are learning. Another concrete technique is to include visuals with the words. The visual image provides students with physical marker to lead them in the right direction with the word and therefore the vowel sound. These worksheets will enhance students listening skills and comfort level with vocabulary words that exhibit the short a vowel sound.

Short A Sound Worksheets To Print:

The First One - How many short-A sound words can you make by filling in the first letter of each word below?

Name That Picture! - If you see the sound you are looking for, point it out! Say the name of each picture out loud.

Word Boxes - Obviously, they want you to use the word bank, but if can work outside of that box go for it.

Circles Are Up - Students will find this challenging at first. Remember to write the word after you identify it.

Who is Short? - You only have to decide between a pair of words here. Locate that tone in the words that you are examining.

Circle My Pictures... - Say the name of each picture out loud. If it has that resonating tone we are looking for, circle the picture.

Guessing Game - Read each description. What is it talking about? Circle the correct answer.

Solve the Riddle - These are longer and more detailed descriptions that you will need to look over. Which word best fits it?

The Big Art Project - Can you think of four things whose name contains the short A sound? Draw a picture of each thing. Then write its name on the line.

Get Shorty! - What sound do you hear in this entire selection of words? Color in the circle next to the correct sound.

On Safari - Go on Safari and look through all of the words on this page and circle any word that matches this topic.

Who's Got It? - Can you think of three things whose name contains the short A sound? Better yet, can you draw them and write a story about them?

Read. Say. Color. - Say it out loud. Do you feel that come out right? Where do you see it?

I'm Puzzled - There are eight words in the puzzle that contain that sound. Find each word and write it on the line.

Listen for it Now! - Write the word in the correct box. It is all about sorting terms based on what you hear when you say them.

What are Short A Sounds?


Words that do not allow the vowel to sound longer are known as short vowel sound words. Similarly, words that do not let the vowel 'A' to sound longer are known as short 'A' sound words. In the English language, there are more than a million of vocabulary words that you will hear this in and it is, therefore, difficult to list them all. You will find that this does not come easy to all students them may have a great deal of difficulty when spotting these. Given below are some tips that will help them to locate these terms very easily:


How to Locate Short A Sounds?


An easy and interesting fact about these terms is that they are found in those words that do not have the alphabet A at the start or end. However, they do have a letter A in the middle of the word. For example, word "Apple" is not a short A sound word as it is starting with letter A. Second fact is that while pronouncing short A words, the frontal part of the tongue is first pushed forward and then lowered to touch bottom teeth to mouth out these terms. Words that are not pronounced in this way are not included in short A sound words list. Remember that some of these vocabulary terms will also have other vowels in them, so be careful while pronouncing them.


Examples of Some Short A Sounds Words


Some examples of short A sound words include: mat, hat, bat, cat, rat, dad, bad, dab, gap, gap, map, lap, ran, sat, tap, pan, pam, pal, lab, van, vat, sad, sag, ham, has, yam, zap, sap, man, cap, had, flap, trap, snap, calm, lamp, lamb, flat, bag, pat, fan, glad, sand, hand, face, snail, rain, Spain, Monday, pray, stray, back, stack, rack, crack, class, has, have, last, fast, cast, exam, and many other such words that are not included in this list.


Great Idea for Teaching This Skill


One great technique for teaching this that my mentor teacher taught me, some year ago, is reviewing this skill and long vowel sounds as well daily. I have students draw a picture of a word for each of the short and long vowels on their own note card and also display the vowel of interest. At the start or conclusion of each lesson I present the entire class with five challenge words. We then chorally put up our answers as to what type of tone each word exhibits. I put students into teams and keep score. At the end of each week the team with the most correct answers that week, get a ridiculously small prize. This really engages students in reviewing and eventually mastering this skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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