Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Short Vowel u (-ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un, -us, -up, -ut words)



Short Vowel u

Short Vowel "u" Lesson Series: In the "Phonics Short Vowel u Lesson Series (8 Lessons)" we will be studying three letter rhyming words, with the pattern, "Consonant-Vowel-Consonant." These can be classified into the following word families:
-ub word family
-ud word family
-ug word family
-um word family
-un word family
-up word family
-us word family
-ut word family


Phonetic Skills (Spatial): Kids sometimes can pronounce the sound of the individual letters, but usually, have a hard time, in connecting the three sounds to form a word. Use CVC words with short u such as up, us, cub, tub, bud, dug, shrug, snug, hut, cut, nut, and sun to teach blending of sounds with help of flashcards. In all the phonics videos, we have included the spatial movement of letters to form a word. This helps in visual stimulation and proper understanding of blending of sounds. The lessons also include three letters blending, as well as sentence writing.

Short Vowels:
These are the first set of sounds introduced to students in phonics classes. These are generally introduced before the long vowel sounds are taught.
Rule: Usually when a vowel (a,e, i,o, or u) is present in the beginning (VC words) or between two consonants (CVC words) in a word that contains only one vowel, this vowel often makes the short vowel sound. Example: up, us, fuss, mug, mum, nun, run, pup, sub, fun, hug, etc. Exceptions are always there. The above rule is applicable to the three letter rhyming words formed by the short vowels and represented as word families.

Short Vowel u Pronunciation: The jaw and lips are in a relaxed position. the tongue slightly touches the bottom of the teeth while forming this sound.

Three Steps to teach Short Vowel u Word Families:
1. Play the activity demonstrated below for each word family.
2. Show the video corresponding to the word family, (Link is given below).
3. Download and print free worksheets in which kids can color the picture and write the thee letter rhyming CVC words.

Lesson 1 (-ub word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as cub, rub, hub, sub, tub, and shrub.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word ub, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  ub (First, form the word family word)
cub (place the flashcard "c" before this word family "ub" to form the word "cub")
rub (Substitute "c" with a "r" to form rub)
hub (Substitute "r" with a "h" to form hub)
rub (Substitute "h" with a "r" to form rub)
sub (Substitute "r" with a "s" to form sub)
Sentences:
The cub wants to play with his mum.
The cub hugs his mum.
The sub moves underwater.
The sub has a hot tub.
I see a big fin near the sub.
Will the sub hit the fin?
Sight Words:
the, wants, to, with, his, moves, under, has, a, see, I, near, will. 

Lesson 2 (-ud word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as bud, mud, cud, suds, dud, and thud.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word ud, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  ud (First, form the word family word)
cud (place the flashcard "c" before this word family "ud" to form the word "cud")
bud (Substitute "c" with a "b" to form bud)
dud (Substitute "b" with a "d" to form dud)
mud (Substitute "d" with a "m" to form mud)
sud (Substitute "m" with a "s" to form sud)
Sentences:
A bud fell in the mud.
Tom saw the bud.
The bud had mud on it.
A cow ate the bud.
Sight Words:
a, fell, down, in, the, saw, had, on, it.

Lesson 3 (-ug word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as bug, dug, hug, jug, mug, rug, and tug.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word ug, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  ug (First, form the word family word)
bug (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "ug" to form the word "bug")
dug (Substitute "b" with a "d" to form dug)
hug (Substitute "d" with a "h" to form hug)
rug (Substitute "h" with a "r" to form rug)
mug (Substitute "r" with a "m" to form mug)
jug (Substitute "m" with a "j" to form jug)
tug (Substitute "j" with a "t" to form tug)
Sentences:
I sat on the rug
A jug and a mug are on the rug.
A red bug sat on the rug.
We played tug of war!
It was a fun day!
Sight Words:
my, put, a, on, the, and, were, gave, me, in, came, we, of, it, was. 

Lesson 4 (-um word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as gum, hum, mum, rum, sum, and yum.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word um, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  um (First, form the word family word)
gum (place the flashcard "g" before this word family "um" to form the word "gum")
sum (Substitute "g" with a "s" to form sum)
hum (Substitute "s" with a "h" to form hum)
rum (Substitute "h" with a "r" to form rum)
mum (Substitute "r" with a "m" to form mum)
yum (Substitute "m" with a "y" to form yum)
Sentences:
My mum tells me not to chew gum.
My mum makes yum food for me.
The bees hum near my yum food.
I love my mum.
Sight Words:
my, tells, me, not to, makes, for, I, made, by, the, near.

Lesson 5 (-un word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as bun, fun, gun, nun, and run. and sun.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word un, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  un (First, form the word family word)
bun (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "un" to form the word "bun")
fun (Substitute "b" with a "f" to form fun)
gun (Substitute "f" with a "g" to form gun)
run (Substitute "g" with a "r" to form run)
nun (Substitute "r" with a "n" to form nun)
sun (Substitute "n" with a "s" to form sun)
Sentences:
The sun is hot.
It was fun playing in the park.
A nun was also there in the park.
The nun gave us a bun.
A bug sat on my bun.
That man has a gun!
The nun called a cop.
The man could not run away.
Sight Words:
the, is, it, was, in, a, also, there, gave, us, to, on, my, that, has, called, could, not, away.

Lesson 6 (-up word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as up, cup, pup, yup, sup. and tup.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word up, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  up (First, form the word family word)
cup (place the flashcard "c" before this word family "up" to form the word "cup")
yup (Substitute "c" with a "y" to form yup)
pup (Substitute "y" with a "p" to form pup)
sup (Substitute "p" with a "s" to form sup)
tup (Substitute "s" with a "t" to form tup)
Sentences:
The sun is up.
I have a blue cup.
My pup can sit up.
Sight Words:
the, is, up, please, give, my, in, can, have, me.

Lesson 7 (-us word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as us, bus, jus, plus, and thus.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word us, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  us (First, form the word family word)
bus (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "us" to form the word "bus")
jus (Substitute "b" with a "j" to form jus)
Sentences:
From where will the bus pick us up?
The bus will pick us up from the stop.
Sight Words:
from, where, will, the, us up.

Lesson 8 (-ut word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as but, cut, gut, hut, and nut.
Activity: Present kids with flashcards and ask them to make the word ut, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  ut (First, form the word family word)
but (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "ut" to form the word "but")
cut (Substitute "b" with a "c" to form cut)
hut (Substitute "c" with a "h" to form hut)
gut (Substitute "h" with a "g" to form gut)
nut (Substitute "g" with a "n" to form nut)
Sentences:
Tom and Jim lived in a hut.
They liked to eat nuts.
The nut gave them a bad gut.
They shut the hut's door to take some rest.
They were tired, but could not sleep.
They decided, not to eat the rot nuts ever!
Sight Words:
and, in, a, they, liked, to, gave, them, the, take, some, were, could, not, decided, ever.


Phonics FlipBook fun activity
We have made a phonics flipbook which has got worksheets for all the 31-word families. Please download it by clicking on the image below. Print the word family for which you want to create the flipbook.



Educational videos and Free downloadable worksheets.

Video Lessons (Short Vowel u) 8 Lessons

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