CVC Words: Sounding Out

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will master reading CVC words — words that have a Consonant, then a Vowel, then a Consonant (like cat, dog, sun).

🌟 Let's Start

You have been reading CVC words already! Now let us understand the pattern. In the word cat: c (consonant) + a (vowel) + t (consonant) = CVC. Most of the words you have learned follow this pattern. Let us get really good at reading them.

📚 New Concept

A CVC word follows the pattern: Consonant - Vowel - Consonant.

CVC words with each vowel:

Short a: bat, bag, cab, can, cap, cat, dad, fan, gap, had, ham, hat, jam, lap, mad, man, map, mat, nap, pad, pan, pat, ran, rat, sad, sat, tap, van

Short e: bed, beg, bet, den, fed, gem, get, hen, jet, leg, let, men, met, net, peg, pen, pet, red, set, ten, vet, web, wet

Short i: big, bin, bit, did, dig, dim, dip, fig, fin, fit, hid, him, hip, hit, kid, kit, lid, lip, lit, mix, nit, pig, pin, rip, sit, six, tip, wig, win, zip

Short o: bog, box, cob, cod, cog, cop, cot, dog, dot, fog, fox, got, hog, hop, hot, job, jog, log, lot, mob, mop, nod, not, pod, pop, pot, rob, rod, rot, sob, top

Short u: bud, bug, bun, bus, but, cub, cup, cut, dug, fun, gum, gun, gut, hub, hug, hum, hut, jug, mud, mug, mum, nut, pug, pun, pub, rug, run, rub, rut, sub, sum, sun, tub, tug

🎮 Let's Practice

1. Read these CVC words: fig, pot, bun.
2. What is the vowel in each word: mug, pet, cab?
3. Read this sentence: "The pup dug in the mud."

Click to see answers

1. fig (f-i-g), pot (p-o-t), bun (b-u-n).
2. mug has u, pet has e, cab has a.
3. "The pup dug in the mud." — Great reading!

💡 Remember

CVC words are the building blocks of reading: consonant + vowel + consonant. Practise reading them quickly and you will become a fluent reader!