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Kindergarten Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: Short a

252 printable Kindergarten phonics worksheets on Short a. 7 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read. The first three are free to download; All Access opens all 252.

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Includes 7 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read, Sentence Scramble, Word Ladder, Word Search.

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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short A Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 1)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short A Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 2)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short A Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 3)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short A Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 4)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short A Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 5)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short A Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 6)
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Teaching Short a

What it is

Short a is the /a/ sound heard in cat, map, and hand. It is usually the first vowel sound taught because so many early words use it.

When a child is ready

Begin once the child can say the sound for most consonants and can hear the first sound in a spoken word.

If they struggle

If the child says /e/ or /u/ instead, anchor the sound to one keyword and picture (a for apple), say it with an open mouth, and read only short-a words for a few days before mixing vowels.

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