Free CVC Word Family Ladder Printables: Short Vowel Sounds
CVC Words are some of the first words you start sounding out when you are learning to read. They are easy to decode and can be a lot of fun for kids. These CVC Word Family Ladder Printables help build a great foundation for learning to read some basic phonics words.
You can work on the beginning sound, and the same ending sounds for the words.
I first started using them in the BOB Books Rhyming Words Sets. These can be so much fun to use in learning centers for kids in kindergarten and first grade.
The CVC Word Family Ladder Printables are a great addition to the CVC word printables on the site.
What are CVC words?
CVC words are words that have a consonant vowel consonant pattern. They have easy to sound out consonants with a short vowel sound in the middle. They don’t have any tricky blends or digraphs for kids to work around.
They are considered simple words that can be used with early readers to help sound out and decode words.
They have short vowel sounds that make sounding out words easy.
You are going to find words like cat. Kids can sound out the letters C A & T. And then blend the sounds together to make the word.
Some CVC words that kids learn are bug, map, sat, dog, pot, pan, etc.
CVC Word Family Ladder Printables
The CVC word family ladders have the word endings of the CVC words. Each shows a picture of a word with that ending. Then, you have several rows of that ending so kids can build the CVC words.
You will find the following CVC endings: -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -ar, at, -ed, -en, -et, -ig, -in, -ip, -it, -og, -op, -ot, -ow, -ox, -ug, -un, & -ut.
These are fun to use when working on making new words. If you know all the letter sounds, this can be tons of fun. You can teach them the two sounds together and sound out the words.
The CVC ladders help kids learn to sound out letters and then blends the letter sounds together to make words. A great skill for kindergarten ( ages 5 to 6) and first grade (ages 6 to 7).
Books to Use with the CVC Short U Book
Bug in a Jug wants a Hug has a great CVC words on the pages. You have short o and work into other vowels.
BOB Books Set 1 is great for those just starting short vowel o words. You have several books in the set that work on shorto words.
Things to use with the CVC Word Family Ladder Printable
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- printer
- white cardstock
- laminating pouches
- laminator
- lacing letters
- CVC Wall Cards
- blank writing paper
Ways To use the CVC Word Family Ladder Printables
You will see a few ways to use the CVC word family ladders. Plus a few ideas for learning centers. And these are great for kids to work on making words.
Setting up a CVC word Family Ladder Center
You can set up the CVC word ladders with lacing letter or any other small letter and then the ladders you are going to use. You might want to start out with one ladder at a time and later you can add more.
You can see we have all the letters for kids to use with the ladder. This will allow them to make real and fake words. You can ask them as they build the words if that is a real word or not.
You can also start them with only a few letters for the CVC ladders. You can give them letters that will make real words. You can also switch it up and give them letter that don’t make real words.
This is a fun way to see if they can work on a set of letters and sounds that they know. You can do this for each ladder or just at the start.
Setting up a CVC word Family Ladder Center With CVC Wall Cards
You can give them different lacing letters and the CVC word ending and the CVC Word Family Wall Cards. You can give them the wall card to matches the ending you are using the learning center.
You can also get the CVC Wall Cards and Ladders together in a bundle.
Build the CVC Words
You can use the letters you have or the words that kids pick out and build the words on the ladders. You can then sound out each of the letters and then blend the letters to make the word.
You will sound out the c o and p and then say the word cop. A great way to help kids with letter sound and how they make words.
You can start with CVC words and then later you can make CCVC words. You can challenge kids to make those words at the end of kindergarten and in first grade.
Write the CVC Words You Build
You can use the blank writing paper and have kids write out all the word that they built using the CVC ladders. This is another way to work on building words and handwriting at the same time.
What are you going to find in the free CVC Word Family Ladder Printables
- CVC Words families: -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -ar, at, -ed, -en, -et, -ig, -in, -ip, -it, -og, -op, -ot, -ow, -ox, -ug, -un, & -ut
- 2 Ladders per page
- 11 Pages of printables
What is in the CVC Word Family Wall Cards & Ladder Selling Set
The selling set has two size options and 13 additional word family endings. The set also has two options for the cards. You can get just a big picture and word ending or the multiple words on each wall card. Plus there is a new small and easy to print mini wall cards that are perfect for little hands.
What Is In The CVC Word Family Wall Cards & Ladder Selling Set:
- CVC Words families: -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -ar, at, -ax, -ed, -em, -en, -et, -ib, -id, -ig, -im, -in, -ip, -it, -ix, -ob, -od, -og, -op, -ot, -ow, -ox, -ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un, -up & -ut
- CVC Word Family Ladders
- 2 Cards per page or 4 Cards per page options
- CVC Word Family Cards Large with several words
- CVC Word Family Cards Large with single image word ending
- CVC Word Family Cards small with several words
- CVC Word Family Cards small with single image word ending
- 75 pages
- Price $4
You can also grab a copy of all the Learning to Read Wall Cards & Ladders at Teachers Pay Teachers
Check out these other CVC Word Family Activities
CVC Word Family Wall Cards has 20 CVC word family endings for kids to see the different words. You have CVC words list for each word ending in the set.
CVC Word Family Picture Bookmarks has a picture of the words with color, tracing the word and write the beginning sounds of the words.
CVC Rhyming Matching Cards have pictures of several CVC words and matching rhyming word to the picture in text. It makes a challenging but fun activity for kids learning CVC words.
BOB Books Rhyming Word Printables has a lot of CVC words for kids to learn. Plus has some similar printables that you can find in the ladders.
CVC Word Family Cards with Tile Letters works on beginning, middle and ending sounds for CVC words.
Check out all the fun CVC Word Family Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
These are great for my kindergartner!
They also make a great review for first grade as well when they start on blends and digraphs.
Looks like a great way to practice CVC words!
Great ideas for learning at home!
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