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Reading Stories
CVC Words with Short
A
Vowel Sound
Pre-reading
Activities
Name the picture by putting a
on the blank. Then read the
words naming each picture.
b__
a m__n
a f__n
a
g
c__p
a v__n
a b__t
a
c__t
a m__p
a c__n
a
m__
a h__m
a j__
a
t m
DURING
READING
Read the story:
Dan and Bam
Dan and Bam
Dan has a cat.
Dan calls his cat Bam.
Bam likes to nap on a mat
Bam taps Dan to get a jam.
Dan and Bam likes jam.
QUESTIONS
1. Who has a cat?
2. What is the name of the cat?
3. What does Bam like to do?
4. Why did Bam tap Dan?
5. Did Dan like jam too?
Read the following words.
Dan cat mat
Bam jam
What short vowel sound do you
hear?
Read the following words.
Dan cat
Bam jam
mat
These are examples of words
with short a middle vowel
sound. The sound of short a
is /ah/.
bag man fan
cap van bat
cat map can
ha mat jam
m
rat cab dad
sad tag rag
Short /a/
-ab Family -ad
cab dab bad
Gab jab cad
lab nab fad
tab dad
had
sad
-am -an
dam Ban
ham can
jam Dan
lam fan
Pam man
Ram wan
Sam van
-ap -ar
cap gap -ar
lap bar
rap jar
map car
sap far
nap gar
yap tar
Teacher Leany L.
-at -ax
-at -ax
bat fax
pat lax
cat Max
mat Tax
fat
hat
-as/-ass -ack
has Cass hack Jack
gas lass lack pack
rack sack
mass
tack
a fat man a lass with a hat
pass the glass ham in the
pan
a cap with a tag a lad on the mat
a bag on my back nag the bad lad
Sad Sam sat.
Sam had a rag.
Can a rag sag?
Al had a hat.
Hal had a cap.
Mac had a map.
Pam had a pal.
Pam can tag Sam.
Nat had a tan cat.
The bag had a tan tag.
DIFFERENTIATED
ACTIVITIES
Game 1 – Intervention
Group
Game 2 – Enhancement
Group
Game 1
READ MY LIPS
Prepare set of pictures and strips
of paper with short a middle
vowel sound words .
PRINT THE MATERIALS
MECHANICS:
Group into 2.
The teacher will pick a word then
say it without sound, the pupils will
look for the picture of it and the
first one to get it will have to spell it
correctly for them to get a point.
Game 2
SHORT A BINGO
MECHANICS:
Have the pupils write 9 cvc short a
vowel on the grid. They may copy
on the list on the next slide
Give a pattern to determine the
winning cards.
dad jar war lab bad
tab fan fat pad jam
had gap sat cat hat
sad yap tax rap bat
ham nap has tap lad
bar far gas cab man
Game 3
SENTENCE
BUILDERS
MECHANICS:
Each group will be given set of
words that they will arrange to form
a sentence. Give 5 sets.
PAIRED READING
You can pair one independent
reader to a instructional or
struggling reader.
Read the poem and answer
the questions.
My Pat, the Cat
by Mark Fil L. Tagsip
REFLECTIO
N
Reflect on your experiences
today on reading.
Today I read about ____________.
The best part of my experience
today is ______________.
