Short Vowels
Nonsense Words & Rule Breaker Words
Short Vowel a
Short Vowel i
Rhyme time
100

A short i CVC word starts with p and ends with g.

What is pig?

100

Which one is the RULE BREAKER word?

had     has    and    with

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What do we do if we don't know a Rule Breaker word?

has


If you don't know a Rule Breaker word, ARM SPELL the word.

h - a - s ... HAS

100

read one word

pan

100
Read one word

sit

100

Name 2 words that rhyme with cat

sat, rat, mat, fat

200

Name the five vowels.  Name their short sounds.

a e i o u

200

Read two nonsense words

hiz        lan

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!  Read two words

bad mad

200

Read two words


pig rip

200

Name 2 words that rhyme with mop

top, stop, bop, drop

300

Short a CVC word starts with b and ends with g.

What is bag?

300

What is the sentence to say to help you remember how to spell the word TWO?

If you had TWO ice cream cones, YOU would be happy.



300

Read three words

van yam dim

300

Read three words

zip lip sin 

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

Name 3 words that rhyme with bug

rug, mug, tug, hug

400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!


Think of the Short Vowel Songbook.  


Name 2 vowels and how we remember their sounds when we sing the songs.

Answers may vary.

Short a - yucky medicine, spoon

Short e - Grandma can't hear, clapper

Short i - stinky dog, nose clip

Short o - open wide, tongue depressor

Short u - forgetful, pointer finger

400

Read the nonsense and Rule Breaker words.

bap two have dif

400

Read the sentences correctly.

The tan cat ran to the fat rat.

400

Read the sentence correctly.

  Pip, the kid, has a fig, and it is big!

400

Which two words rhyme?  Repeat each word after me.

stop, start, pop

stop - pop

500

What do vowels do that are so important?

Answers may vary.

1.  They are talking vowels. 

2.  To make a word, you MUST have a vowel!

3.  The talking vowels make our chin move when we talk.

500

Read five nonsense words

dax pid dit wat yin

500

Read the sentence correctly.

Jan had a nap and has a hat.

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!  Read the sentence correctly.

Tim did a jig and the pig has two wigs.

500

Which word does NOT rhyme?  Repeat each word after me.

jump, hump, bonk

bonk

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