Free Transportation Easy Reader Book: Short Vowels Words
This Transportation Easy Reader Book works on short vowel words to help kids sound out CVC words with a few simple sight words.
Easy reader books are one of my favorite ways for kids to learn. You can learn in many different ways with them. And this is a great set with an easy reader book, pocket chart cards, and blending cards.
Plus is a great free easy reader book to use with kids learning to read.
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This is part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the easy reader book section on the subscriber freebie page.
This is a great addition to the transportation printables on the site.
What is a Short Vowel Word?
A short vowel word is a word that vowel has a short sound as you hear in cab, bus, and jet.
This book has simple sentences to work on short vowel CVC words with a transportation theme.

Things to use with the Transportation Easy Reader Book: Short Vowels Words Printable
- printer
- copy paper
- white cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- crayons
- colored pencils
- clothespins
- stapler
- scissors
How to Make the Easy Reader Books
I always get asked how I make the easy reader books. Here are the simple steps that I use to make the books. I use scissors and a stapler.
Cut Down the Center of the Easy Reader Book
You line up the pages and cut the line in the center of the page. Make sure you hold the pages tight while you cut.

Alternate the Pages of the Easy Reader Book
The odd pages are on the top and the even of the bottom. You alternate the top and bottom of the page to make the easy reader book.

Staple the Left side of the Easy Reader Book
Then you staple the pages on the easy reader book. You can put in three or four staples on the book.
You make sure the pages are all straight and then staple the book on the left hand side. You can put three or four staples in to keep the book together.

Ways to Use the Transportation Easy Reader Book: Short Vowels Words Printable
There are several parts to the short vowel easy reader book set. You can see some of the ways to use them below.
Short Vowel Sound it out or Blend Cards
You can start with the blending cards in the set. You can use clothespins as you sound up the letters and then you can say the word. You can print these on cardstock
to help them last longer.

Reading the Transportation Easy Reader Book
You can read the easy reader book and see the sight words and the short vowel words.

Pocket Chart Cards with the Book
You can use the pocket chart cards with the book. They can build the sentences that is in the book as they read the book.

Build Sentences with Pocket Chart Cards
You can also just build all the sentences in the easy reader book. This is a great way to see the sight words and the words they are reading.

CVC Word Family Sound It Out Printable
These cards encourage kids to sound out the words and then blend all the letters together to say the word. These cards can also be made into slider cards as well.

What you will find in the CVC Word Family Sound It Out
- 38 different CVC Word Family endings: -ad, -ab, -ag, – am, -an, -ap, -ar, -at, ax, -eb, -ed, -eg, -em, -en, -et, -ib, -id, -ig, -im, -in, -ip, -it, -ix, -ob, -od, -og, -om, -op, -ot, -ox, -ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un, -up, -ut, -ux.
- 82 CVC words
- 43 Pages
- Price $4
What you will find in the Free Transportation Easy Reader Book: Short Vowels Words Printable
- 7 page Transportation themed easy reader boook
- Sight words: I, see, & a
- Short vowel words: bus, car, jet, van, cab, sub
- Sound it out cards or blending cards
- Pocket chart sentence cards
- 9 pages of printables
Check out these other transportation easy reader books
Transportation Easy Reader Book For Kids has different types of transportation with the sight word like.
Transportation Blends & Digraphs Easy Reader Book has several blends for kids to work on those beginning sounds.
Transportation ABC Easy Reader Book has tracing tracing of uppercase letters.
Transportation Easy Reader Book: On Our Drive is a great easy reader book for learning landscapes.
Check out all the fun Transportation Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
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