Short Switch-Up

Worksheet Description

The “Phoneme Substitution” worksheet is a dynamic tool designed to help students refine their phonemic awareness skills. Phonemic awareness is crucial for mastering reading and spelling, and this worksheet provides engaging exercises for phoneme substitution.

This worksheet focuses on substituting short vowel sounds in words with different short vowel sounds. Students are tasked with the following:

• Substitute the /ŏ/ sound for the short vowel sound in each word. Write the new word on the line.
• Substitute the /ě/ sound for the short vowel sound in each word. Write the new word on the line.
• Substitute the /ĭ/ sound for the short vowel sound in each word. Write the new word on the line.

These exercises encourage students to listen carefully to the sounds within words and manipulate them to create new words, enhancing their phonemic awareness skills.