What Is Included
- Short-a warm-up
- Missing-sound words
- Word-family sorting
- Sentence choices
- Independent sentence
- Teacher answer key
USA Kindergarten · ELA · Free Printable
Build early decoding with short-a CVC words through sound blending, word families, sentence reading and independent writing.

Actual worksheet preview · Answer key included in the PDF
Short-a word families help beginning readers notice a stable ending while changing the first sound, connecting phoneme blending with meaningful reading.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.B
Supports associating short vowel sounds with common spellings and decoding regularly spelled one-syllable words.
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