CVC stories phonics worksheets
Aligned with Common Core RF.K.4
Printable kindergarten phonics reading worksheets with short CVC stories: a how to read a short story chart and short a, e, i, o and u stories, each with a painted storybook picture and only words a kindergartner can sound out or knows by sight, plus read and circle question pages for each vowel.
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How to Read a Short Story Chart
Five steps for reading a short story, shown with "The hen ran to the log."
Short A Stories
Three short a stories, "Max and the Van," "Pat the Rat" and "Jax the Yak," full of words like cat, rat, van and hat, each with a painted storybook picture.
Short A Read and Circle
A short a story ("Max and the Van," "Pat the Rat" and "Jax the Yak") with a small copy of its picture, then questions to answer by circling a word or picture. Fewer, Standard or More give 2, 3 or 4 questions. Includes an answer key.
Short E Stories
Three short e stories, "Peg the Hen," "Ben Is Wet" and "Jen and the Net," full of words like hen, egg, wet and net, each with a painted storybook picture.
Short E Read and Circle
A short e story ("Peg the Hen," "Ben Is Wet" and "Jen and the Net") with a small copy of its picture, then questions to answer by circling a word or picture. Fewer, Standard or More give 2, 3 or 4 questions. Includes an answer key.
Short I Stories
Three short i stories, "Kip the Pig," "Bix and the Wig" and "Liz and the Figs," full of words like pig, dig, wig and six, each with a painted storybook picture.
Short I Read and Circle
A short i story ("Kip the Pig," "Bix and the Wig" and "Liz and the Figs") with a small copy of its picture, then questions to answer by circling a word or picture. Fewer, Standard or More give 2, 3 or 4 questions. Includes an answer key.
Short O Stories
Three short o stories, "Tod the Fox," "Dot and the Mop" and "Rob and the Pot," full of words like fox, box, mop and hot, each with a painted storybook picture.
Short O Read and Circle
A short o story ("Tod the Fox," "Dot and the Mop" and "Rob and the Pot") with a small copy of its picture, then questions to answer by circling a word or picture. Fewer, Standard or More give 2, 3 or 4 questions. Includes an answer key.
Short U Stories
Three short u stories, "The Hen and the Bug," "Gus and the Bun" and "Fun on the Bus," full of words like bug, mud, sun and bus, each with a painted storybook picture.
Short U Read and Circle
A short u story ("The Hen and the Bug," "Gus and the Bun" and "Fun on the Bus") with a small copy of its picture, then questions to answer by circling a word or picture. Fewer, Standard or More give 2, 3 or 4 questions. Includes an answer key.
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What it is
CVC stories are short stories made almost entirely of consonant-vowel-consonant words, like hen, sat and mud, plus a few first sight words, like the, a and to. Every word is one a kindergartner can sound out with the phonics they already know, so they read the whole story on their own. Each story has its own watercolor picture that shows exactly what the words say, and each short vowel, a, e, i, o and u, has its own page of three stories.
What comes next
When the stories feel easy, try first-grade word families and fluency passages.
How to teach it
- Look at the picture together first and name who is in it.
- Let your child point to each word and sound out the short words.
- Read the story more than once. The second and third reads are where it gets smooth.
- After reading, ask what happened, like "Where did the bug go?"
- Use Fewer for a three-sentence story and More for six sentences.
Common mistakes
- Guessing from the picture instead of reading. Read the words first, then check the picture.
- Skipping little words like a and the. Point to every word.
- Stopping after one read. Coloring a star for each read makes rereading fun.