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Kindergarten Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: Short U

252 printable Kindergarten phonics worksheets on Short U. 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 U Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 1)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short U Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 2)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short U Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 3)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short U Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 4)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short U Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 5)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short U Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 6)
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Teaching Short U

What it is

Short u is the /u/ sound heard in cup, sun, and bug, usually the last short vowel taught.

When a child is ready

Teach it when the other four short vowels are read accurately in simple words.

If they struggle

Short u is often confused with short o. Contrast pairs such as cot/cut and hog/hug, and let the child feel the difference: the jaw drops more for /o/ than for /u/.

Similar: Short a · Short E · Short I · Short O