Lesson 39A
Short U Review
Short U practice in CVC words
Choose a part
UFLI splits this review lesson into separate sub-lessons. Each part is its own 3-day plan — teach one part, or teach them back to back if your students need the extra practice.
There are two options for short U review: (1) Lesson 39a is a review of the short U sound in CVC words and (2) Lesson 39b is a review of the short U sound in words with consonant clusters. Select whichever lesson or combination of lessons meets the needs of your students.
Today's plan
about 20 min- Step 1Warm up our ears (blend & segment)2 min
- Steps 2 & 3Look & Say / Listen & Spell4 min
- Step 4Blending drill3 min
- Step 5New concept6 min
- Step 5Read & spell the new words5 min
Warm Up Our Ears
Say the sounds; students blend them into a word. Then say a word; students break it apart.
Blend it (teacher says sounds → you say word)
Break it (I say word → you say sounds)
Sound Drills
Full-screen cards for the class. Tap a card to check the answer, or press Hear the words to hear the example words read aloud.
👂 Listen & Spell — teacher list (14 sounds)
Say each sound; students write the spelling(s). Read straight from this list.
- /ŏ/o (as in hot)
- /ĭ/i (as in sit)
- /ă/a (as in apple)
- /m/m (as in moon)
- /s/s (as in sun)
- /t/t (as in top)
- /p/p (as in pig)
- /f/f (as in fan)
- /n/n (as in nest)
- /d/d (as in dog)
- /k/c (as in cat), k (as in kite)
- /g/g (as in goat)
- /b/b (as in bat)
- /h/h (as in hat)
Blending Drill
Change one part at a time and read the new word.
Initial
b d h m
Middle
o
Final
a i d m s t
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New Concept
Today we review short U practice in CVC words.
Highlighted words are the ones to show and practice reading — tap one to hear it.
This is the letter U. U is a vowel. You know the name of this letter already, "u". This is the long vowel sound. Today we are going to read words with the short vowel sound. The short vowel U spells /ŭ/ like in the beginning of the word . The letter U can come in the middle of a word, such as the words and . The letter U can also come at the beginning of a word, such as the words and .
u /ŭ/
The short vowel U spells /ŭ/ like in the beginning of the word . The letter U can come in the middle of a word, such as the words and . The letter U can also come at the beginning of a word, such as the words and .
How our mouth moves
To make the short U /ŭ/ sound, open your mouth just a little and drop your chin like this…(model). Be sure your voice is on. Like all vowels, /ŭ/ is a continuous sound that can be stretched out (make a continuous hand motion). Watch me /ŭ/. You try /ŭ/.
Sound wall
Refer to the /ŭ/ picture card on the vowel valley. Add grapheme card 'u' if not already displayed.
Open the digital sound wall →Read & Spell
Read — I do
Read — We do
Spell — I do
Spell — We do