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title: "Short-vowel word families | Ilmiya Worksheets"
description: "Read and sort familiar short-vowel words by their shared endings."
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language: "en"
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Literacy

# Short-vowel word families

Read and sort familiar short-vowel words by their shared endings.

Beginning readers and writers5 pagesPDF · A4Worksheet · English

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## Skills & scope

Four learner pages compare -at/-ap, -en/-et, -in/-ig and -ot/-ug using words from the existing CVC bank. A separate key supports review.

-   Decoding
-   Comparing word endings
-   Word sorting

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## In the pack

-   Four learner pages
-   Separate reading and sorting key

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## Print & use

Teach the sound-spelling correspondences first. Read the word bank together, discuss meanings and have learners sort the words. Continue to model blending through every sound.

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