These Short a CVC Word Family Phonics Mat are a fun and interactive way for students to practice short a word families. Students can use Google Slides or PowerPoint to access the work mats. You also gain access to the paper/printable version of these phonics mats!

Digital Version

There are a total of 12 work slides, with 5 tasks for students to complete per slide. Tasks included in each Short a CVC Word Family Phonics Mat:

• Students will point and read each word three times. The touch dots are included to help with one to one correspondence.

• Students will drag and drop to match the picture with the word.

• Students will look at the picture, say the word, and type the word in the text box. To make this a more meaningful practice, students should say each sound of the word to emphasize the beginning, middle, and ending sounds and their letter associations.

• Students will read the short story passage.

• Students will drag and drop a star on each word that matches the focused word family spelling pattern.

Paper/Printable Version

There are a total of 36 pages. Students will cut out pictures and glue to match them with the words. There are 3 options for how students write in the cvc word. The first set of twelve pages have a blank line for students to write the whole short a cvc word. The next set of twelve pages have the short a cvc filled in and students must trace the focused word family spelling pattern. The last set of twelve pages have students trace the whole short a cvc word. Students read the short story passages and circle, or highlight, the short a cvc words.

Word families included in this set: -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -at

The digital version of these phonics mats are also available on Boom if that is the platform you prefer. You can check out a payable preview here!

***Note: When you download this file, it will open in Google Drive. Please Make a Copy for yourself. Once you have made a copy for yourself, you will want to make another copy to send to parents and/or upload to Google Classroom.