CVC Word Search

Grade level

Kindergarten

Time

About 20 minutes

Topic

Short vowels and CVC words

Answer key

Yes, page 2 of the PDF

Kids practice

Short vowel sounds, Blending CVC words, Segmenting sounds, Reading short sentences

What kids do

“Find all 8 words. They go across, down or diagonally down. Cross each one off the list!”

Printed on the sheet:

1. Pick one word you found. Write it, then say its three sounds:

Words on this sheet

catdogsunpigbedhatmopcub

Teacher tip

A good first word search. Show how to find the first letter, then check the next.

How to use it

• Model blending with your arm: touch your shoulder, elbow and wrist for each sound, then slide down.
• Push a counter into each sound box as you say each sound.
• Keep a set of letter tiles or magnetic letters on the table for building words.

Watch for

Short e and short i are the hardest to tell apart. Exaggerate the mouth shapes.

Talk about it

• If we change the first letter, what new word do we get?
• How did you figure out that word?

Take it further

Build CVC words with letter tiles at a center.

US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.