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Vowels3 poges69,7 1-73, 75-76,78, 80-82,84-85,87, 89-92 Whiletypicol consononts ossocioted onlyonesound, vowels, e, i, o ond u ore ore with the o, with ossocioted morethononesound. Phonics worksheets thismonth for focus theshort on vowelsounds, such thesounds shortoin rot, shorte in bed,shorti in pit,shorto in hop, os of qnd short in bug.Helpyourchildrecognize short u the vowel with sounds these octivities: tr Complete worksheets. the D Tell yourchildto listen o porticulor for short vowel sound to clopwhenheor sheheors ond it. Then three words, soy onlyoneof whichhosthotsound. yourchildhosdifficulty lf the choosing rightword,identif.y onswer hove the ond yourchildsoythewordwithyou, the emphosizing vowelsound. Thenrepeot octivity the with o newsetof words. D Hove yourchildmokeo setof vowelfioshcords, printing different o vowelon eochcord. Then o series one-sylloble (such stond, soy of wordswith short vowelsounds os fop, send, Ask sif,ond run). yourchildto holdup thefloshcord thevowel for thot sound is heordin word. eoch

letters: poges 74, 79, 83, 88 70, Thismonth's worksheets complete review oll theletters theolphobet. the of of tr Complete worksheets. the tr On smooth povement sidewolk, yourchildwriteletters cholk. or hove with tr Combine hondwriting proctice o review beginning with of consonont sounds short ond vowel sounds. o wordond hove Soy yourchildwritetheconsonont heord thebeginning ot of theword.lf thewordhoso short vowel sound, yourchildolsoto writethotvowel. osk

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Comprehension! poges 86,93-94 77,

Reoding morethonsimple is decoding. goolof reoding to understond writer's The is the messoge. reoding The worksheets thismonth for explore yourchild's understondingphroses of in puzzles o fomilior ond sentencesenioyoble ond story. tr Complete worksheets. the D As you reodo newstoryto yourchild,leove o word in o sentence oskyourchildto out ond suggest oppropriote on word to complete ideo.Encouroge or herto useboththe the him wordsyou hovereodond picture to clues determine whotword is needed. puzzles tr Findcrossword mode children workthem for ond withyourchild.

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MeetSome Short e Famities

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Hearing Short u Sound the

The words duck qnd mug hqve the short u sound.

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Short VowelArt
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Who the story is qbout:

Molher Becrr

Goldilocks

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