Short Vowel CVC Mini Books | Decoding, Encoding & Sentence Reading

Short Vowel CVC Mini Books | Decoding, Encoding & Sentence Reading

Help students practise decoding, encoding and reading short-vowel CVC words with these printable CVC mini books!

Each mini book focuses on one short vowel and moves students through several levels of phonics practice. Students will read and identify CVC words, segment and spell words, trace words and read simple decodable sentences.

The books can be used during literacy centres, small-group phonics instruction, guided reading or independent word-work practice.

 

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What’s Included:

✔ 5 short-vowel CVC mini books
✔ Short A mini book
✔ Short E mini book
✔ Short I mini book
✔ Short O mini book
✔ Short U mini book
✔ 38-page printable PDF
✔ Read, find and circle activities
✔ Read, find and colour activities
✔ Canadian and American spelling options: “colour” and “color”
✔ CVC word encoding activities
✔ CVC word tracing activities
✔ Decodable sentence-and-picture matching activities
✔ 15 sentence-and-picture matches
✔ Two identical mini-book pages per printable sheet

 

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Each mini book includes:

✔ A student cover page
✔ A read-and-find activity
✔ Six CVC words to segment and encode
✔ Six CVC words to trace
✔ Three simple sentences to read and match to pictures

Choose the circle, colour or color version of the read-and-find page when assembling each book.

 

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Skills Practised:

✔ Short-vowel recognition
✔ CVC word decoding
✔ Phoneme segmentation
✔ CVC word encoding
✔ Blending sounds to read words
✔ Letter-sound correspondence
✔ Beginning, medial and ending sounds
✔ Reading decodable sentences
✔ Matching sentences to pictures
✔ Reading comprehension
✔ Vocabulary development
✔ Letter formation
✔ Independent phonics practice

 

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Perfect for:

The short-vowel skills in these mini books align with the UFLI Foundations Scope & Sequence: Lessons 35–41.

The heart words used in the sentence-reading activities align with those introduced in UFLI Foundations Lessons 1–34, making the sentences accessible to students working through this portion of the scope and sequence.

UFLI Foundations is not required to use this resource.

 

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Save with the CVC Mega Bundle:

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

Build a complete collection of engaging CVC activities while saving more than purchasing each resource separately.

Please do not purchase this resource separately if you already own the CVC Mega Bundle.

View the CVC Mega Bundle here.

 

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Please contact me before purchasing if you have any questions about this resource.