Two Columns

Worksheet Description

The “Short A or Long A?” worksheet is a valuable tool for young learners to practice differentiating between words with short “A” and long “A” sounds. This worksheet is designed to help students improve their phonics skills and enhance their ability to recognize vowel sounds.

1. The worksheet includes a series of pictures, each representing a word that contains either the short “A” sound (as in “cat”) or the long “A” sound (as in “cake”).
2. Students are instructed to say the name of each picture and then write the word in the correct column, either “Short A Sound” or “Long A Sound,” based on the vowel sound they hear.
3. This activity encourages students to listen closely to the pronunciation of each word and identify whether it contains the short or long “A” sound.