CVC Read & Connect Worksheets | Short-Vowel Word-to-Picture Matching

CVC Read & Connect Worksheets | Short-Vowel Word-to-Picture Matching

Help beginning readers practise decoding and blending short-vowel CVC words with these simple, engaging word-to-picture matching worksheets!

Students sound out each CVC word, blend the sounds and draw a line to connect the word to its matching picture. Each page includes six words and six picture choices, allowing students to demonstrate reading comprehension without needing to write complete words.

The worksheets progress from individual short vowels to mixed short-vowel review, making them easy to use for targeted phonics instruction, independent practice and assessment follow-up.

 

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What’s Included?

✔ 15 CVC Read & Connect worksheets
✔ 90 CVC word-reading prompts
✔ 86 unique short-vowel CVC words
✔ Six words and six pictures on each worksheet
✔ Four Short A worksheets
✔ Two Short E worksheets
✔ Three Short I worksheets
✔ Two Short O worksheets
✔ Two Short U worksheets
✔ Two mixed short-vowel worksheets
✔ Black-and-white, ink-friendly format
✔ 18-page printable PDF

 

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How to use:

Students:

1. Look at each CVC word.
2. Segment and blend the sounds.
3. Read the complete word.
4. Find the corresponding picture.
5. Draw a line to connect the word and picture.

The mixed-up picture arrangement encourages students to decode each word carefully rather than relying on its position.

 

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Words Included:

SHORT A
Set 1: cab, bag, sad, hat, wax, ham
Set 2: van, bat, dad, cat, map, fan
Set 3: jam, lab, mad, wag, can, cap
Set 4: bat, pat, pan, rat, nap, yam

SHORT E
Set 1: net, vet, ten, bed, web, hen
Set 2: pen, pet, net, jet, wet, fed

SHORT I
Set 1: six, hit, pig, mix, fin, rig
Set 2: bin, sit, wig, lid, fix, fig
Set 3: big, dig, rib, rip, kit, kid

SHORT O
Set 1: box, cop, dog, dot, fox, log
Set 2: hop, hog, hot, jog, mop, mom

SHORT U
Set 1: bun, bus, bug, bud, cup, cub
Set 2: sun, sub, gum, yum, tub, tux

MIXED SHORT VOWELS
Set 1: pot, pin, top, mug, leg, bit
Set 2: mad, mud, hen, run, rod, ram

 

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Skills Practised:

✔ CVC word reading
✔ CVC word decoding
✔ CVC word blending
✔ Short-vowel recognition
✔ Beginning, medial and ending sounds
✔ Letter-sound correspondence
✔ Matching words to pictures
✔ Reading comprehension
✔ CVC word-family recognition
✔ Vocabulary development
✔ Visual discrimination
✔ Fine motor control
✔ Hand-eye coordination
✔ Independent reading

 

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Perfect for:

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Save with the CVC Mega Bundle:

This resource is also included in the CVC Mega Bundle: 16 Hands-On CVC Centres.

Purchase the bundle to receive a variety of differentiated CVC literacy centres and worksheets while saving compared with purchasing the resources individually.

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