Iris and Walter Name SORT Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC Generalization Short vowels are often spelled a: sad, e: desk, i: rib, o: job, u: drum. Sort the list words by the short vowel. a o sad 2. sack 3. tag rock 7. job 8. chop 1. 6. e desk 5. mess drum 10. dust 9. i list © Pearson Education lettuce 15. engine 2. rock 3. list 4. desk 5. job 6. sad 7. chop 8. sack 9. tag 10. rib 11. mess 12. Challenge Words e 13. 1. drum u 4. 11. Spelling Words 14. rib 12. dust Challenge Words o 13. pocket pocket 14. lettuce 15. engine Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with short vowels and these consonant/vowel patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. To practice at home, have your child look at the word, pronounce it, and then write it. Spelling Practice Book Unit 1 Week 1 Day 1 1 Iris and Walter Name PRACTICE PRACTICE Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC Write a list word to finish the rhyme. 1. gum on a 2. Zack in a drum sack 4. lock on a 5. Tess is a rock Spelling Words 3. bag with a tag 6. fist with a mess list drum chop rock sack list tag desk rib job mess sad dust Write a list word to finish the sentence. job was to set the table. job sad desk . 8. My teacher sits at a chop rib 9. Will you chop this apple? desk 10. Get a rag and dust the bench. when her dog got lost. 11. Sara was sad . 12. Andy fell and hurt his rib Home Activity Your child wrote words with short vowels and these consonant/vowel patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. Give clues about a word. Say, for example, “You play it in a band. It has a short u.” Have your child guess and spell the word (drum). 2 Unit 1 Week 1 Day 2 Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education 7. Tom’s dust Iris and Walter Name PROOFREAD PROOFREAD Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC Read the report Jenny wrote. Circle two spelling mistakes. Write the words correctly. Then write Jenny’s last sentence correctly. Spelling Words drum chop rock sack The artist took som clay out of a sak. It lo