CVC short e i o review worksheet

This free CVC short e i o review worksheet offers emerging decoders comprehensive printable practice contrasting short e (/e/), short i (/ɪ/), and short o (/ɒ/).

Featuring matching-onset triplets like den/dig/dog alongside pen/pin/pot, these four activities extinguish beginning-letter guessing, sharpen vowel auditory discrimination, and build handwriting fluency.

Teaching ideas

• Three-Tray Vowel Sorting: Cut out the word cards on Page 1 and have children sort them into three labeled trays: "Table Tongue Short E", "Smiling Short I", and "Round Open Short O".
• Matching-Onset Triplet Exploration: Place pen, pin, and pot side-by-side. Ask learners: "How are these three words identical? What letter changes in the center? How does your mouth position change when saying each one?"
• Color-Coded Handwriting Practice: On Page 2, instruct students to trace short e words in purple, short i words in blue, and short o words in red to visually anchor orthographic mapping.
• Roll and Read Center Activity: Use Page 4 during literacy centers. Partners take turns rolling dice, reading the selected row of words aloud, and confirming correct vowel sounds.
• Home Literacy Practice: Send the completed packet home so parents can conduct 2-minute nightly speed drills.

Simple Bitsboard connection

Reinforce these exact review triplets digitally using Bitsboard. Children can practice auditory discrimination in Photo Touch, spelling in Word Builder, and fast automatic decoding in Pop Quiz.