CVC short e o review worksheet

This free CVC short e o review worksheet provides young decoders with targeted, hands-on practice discriminating between short e (/ɛ/) and short o (/ɑ/ or /ɒ/).

Featuring high-utility pairs such as pet/pot, jet/jog, hen/hog, and ten/top, these four printable pages develop vowel recognition, orthographic awareness, and fine motor handwriting skills without visual clutter.

Teaching ideas

• Smile vs. Round Mouth Sorting: Cut apart the picture-word cards from Page 1. Have children pronounce each word into a handheld mirror and sort cards into a "Smile Mouth (/ɛ/)" pile or a "Round Mouth (/ɑ/)" pile.
• Physical Jaw Drop Check: Pair students up to test pet vs. pot. Have them observe each other's jaw movement: when pronouncing pet, the jaw stays high; when pronouncing pot, the jaw drops open noticeably.
• Two-Color Pencil Tracing: On Page 2, instruct students to trace the letter e with a green pencil and the letter o with an orange pencil to visually highlight the medial vowel differences.
• Roll and Read Center Game: Use Page 4 for partner reading. Children take turns rolling a die, reading the row corresponding to that number, and coloring in the target square.
• Take-Home Fluency Practice: Send the completed workbook home so students can celebrate their reading progress and read the word lists aloud with family members.

Simple Bitsboard connection

After completing the paper-based exercises, take learning further by practicing the same short e and short o words in Bitsboard using Photo Touch, Pop Quiz, and Letter Match.