CVC Short Vowel Word Family Free Printable Word Lists

CVC Short Vowel Word Family Free Printable Word Lists

CVC words, or consonant vowel consonant words, are normally the first words children learn to write and read. These short vowel words include 3 sounds, a beginning sound, a middle vowel sound, and an ending sound. Kindergarten and first grade teachers use CVC words often in reading and writing instruction. However, sometimes coming up with CVC words on the spot, or simple short vowel words on the spot can be tricky. That’s why I’ve compiled these handy lists of CVC and short vowel words by vowel sound.

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How to Use the Lists

These lists can be used any time you need some easy to read or easy to build short vowel words. Print them out and keep them as a reference for small group. You can also use these lists to help build spelling lists, work on segmenting or building CVC words, or to practice mapping words based on sounds if you follow the science of reading in your classroom. You can also find these words in handy ready to print student friendly lists here.

Short Vowel CVC Word Family Lists

Below are consonant vowel consonant word lists. They’re grouped by vowel for easy use. First I’ve included CVC words with a single consonant, vowel, and then consonant. Although they’re not CVC words, I’ve also included some words that are short vowel words that still fall within the word families. Sometimes students are ready to add a digraph or blend to a CVC word, and it’s helpful to have some more complex words handy. I’ve also included names in the list which can be handy if you’re working on writing decodable passages or sentences.

Short a CVC Word Lists

at words

bat, cat, sat, hat, rat, mat, fat, pat, vat

flat, splat, that, brat, chat, gnat

ap words

cap, map, nap, lap, gap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap

clap, flap, slap, snap, trap, wrap, strap

an words

ban, can, man, fan, pan, ran, van, tan, Dan

clan, plan, scan, span, than, bran

ad words

bad, dad, lad, had, mad, fad, pad, sad, rad, tad

clad, grad, glad

am words

bam, jam, ham, Pam, Sam, dam, jam, ram, yam

clam, cram, slam, gram, scam, scram, tram, wham, swam

ag words

bag, gag, lag, nap, rag, sag, tag, wag, zag

drag, flag, snag, swag

ax words

wax, tax, fax, lax, max

flax

ack words

back, hack, sack, lack, Jack, pack, rack, tack, Zack

black, crack, quack, snack, stack, track, smack, slack

ank words

bank, tank, rank, sank, yank, dank, Hank

plank, blank, prank, clank, thank, crank, flank, drank

and words

band, hand, land, sand

brand, bland, gland, grand, stand, strand

misc. short a CVC words

yak, gas, gal, pal

Short e CVC Word Lists

en words

hen, men, den, pen, ten, Ben, Jen

when, then

et words

bet, set, met, net, vet, let, jet, get, pet, yet, wet

fret, whet

ed words

bed, med, led, fed, Ned, red, wed

shed, bled, fled, sled, sped, shred, sled, pled, Fred

eg words

beg, peg, leg, keg, Meg

ell words

bell, sell, yell, cell, dell, fell, jell, tell, well, Nell

smell, spell, swell, quell, shell

eck words

deck, neck, peck, Beck

check, speck, wreck, fleck

end words

bend, tend, mend, fend, send

blend, spend

ent words

bent, sent, cent, dent, tent, gent, vent, lent, went, rent

spent, scent

misc. short e words

yes, web, Deb, gem, hem, pep, yep, step, stem

Short i CVC Word Lists

it words

bit, fit, sit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit, wit

skit, spit, split, quit, slit knit

ip words,

dip, hip, lip, nip, kip, rip, sip, tip, zip

clip, drip, flip, ship, skip, trip, whip, chip, grip, strip, snip

in words

bin, kin, fin, din, sin, pin, tin, win

shin, chin, grin, spin, skin, thin, twin

ig words

big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig, gig

twig, sprig

id words

mid, bid, lid, kid, hid, did, rid

grid, skid, slid, squid

ib words

bib, fib, rib, nib

crib

im words

him, dim, sim, rim, Jim, Kim, Tim

whim, swim, brim, grim, slim

ill words

bill, dill, fill, gill, will, hill, mill, pill, sill

Jill, chill, drill, frill, skill, spill, still, grill, quill, krill, trill, thrill, shrill

ick words

nick, lick, sick, pick, tick, Rick, wick, kick

quick, thick, slick, stick, brick, chick, trick

ing words

ding, king, sing, ring, wing, ping, zing

bring, sling, sting, cling, fling, thing, swing

ink words

link, pink, wink, rink, sink, kink

blink, stink, brink, think, clink, drink, slink, shrink

misc. short i words

this, mix, six, fix

Short o CVC Word Lists

ot words

bot, cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot

blot, clot, knot, plot, shot, slot, spot, snot, trot

op words

bop, cop, hop, lop, mop, pop, sop, top

chop, clop, crop, drop, flop, stop, shop, plop, slop, prop, glop

ob words

lob, cob, Bob, rob, mob, sob, job, gob

blob, glob, knob, slob, snob, throb

og words

bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log

clog, frog, smog, blog, slog

ox words

box, lox, fox, pox

od words

rod, sod, pod, cod, nod, mod, bod, God

prod

ock words

lock, mock, dock, rock, jock, sock, hock, tock

block, knock, stock, clock, crock, flock, shock, frock, smock

misc. short o words

mom, Tom, prom, doll, con, Ron

Short u CVC Word Lists

ut words

but, cut, nut, hut, rut, gut, jut

shut

ug words

bug, rug, dug, jug, hug, tug, lug, mug, pug

slug, plug, chug, snug, shrug

ub words

tub, rub, cub, hub, sub, nub, dub, pub

club, grub, stub, shrub

un words

bun, fun, sun, run, gun, nun, pun

stun, spun, shun

ud words

mud, bud, cud, dud

thud, stud, spud

um words

bum, gum, hum, mum, sum

chum, drum, glum, plum, scum, slum

uck words

duck, luck, suck, tuck, buck, puck, muck, yuck

truck, chuck, cluck, pluck, stuck, struck, shuck

ump words

bump, dump, hump, jump, lump, pump

chump, frump, grump, plump, slump, stump, thump, trump

misc. short u words

pup, cup, bus

thus, flux

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