Short i & Short u Phonics Reader - What’s Inside - sight words and short vowel word activities

Oct 22, 2026

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Short i & Short u Phonics Reader package for early learners, featuring practice activities focused on short vowel sounds i and u alongside sight-word review. Includes a color-based reader with “saw” and “now,” word-sorting support where learners cut, read, and paste words by vowel pattern, and a “Sight Word Rainbow Roll & Write” routine. Additional gameplay practice—dice rolling, sentence reading, and tracing—reinforces short i/u words and sight words through repeated, structured review.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time30 min

AccessFree to download

What’s Inside

Short i/Short u Reader (color)

Short i/Short u Word Sort

Sight Word Rainbow Roll & Write

Roll, Read, & Find

Words I Can Read

Short i words

Short u words

Review words

New words

Short i & Short u Phonics Reader What’s Inside: *Short i/Short u Reader (color) -featuring the sight words saw and now. *Short i/Short u Word Sort – Cut out words and paste them into the chart by vowel pattern. *Sight Word Rainbow Roll & Write – Roll the die and rainbow write the sight words. *Roll, Read, & Find – Roll the die, read the sentences, and trace the short i/u words. Great for review of short vowel words AND sight words! Read more about these activities and find more phonics activities @ THIS READING MAMA ©[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) Terms of Use: This free printable pack was created for you to use at home with your child/students or with multiple children in your classroom/tutoring setting. Please do not sell, host, reproduce, giveaway, or store on any other site (including a blog, Facebook, 4Shared, Dropbox, etc. ) . Thank you! You can read about or purchase the Short Vowel Review Unit 6 of Learn to Read. It has over 270 pages of short vowel words and sight word activities to help kids TAKE OFF with reading! Two Options to Purchase: Purchase from my Shop Purchase from my TpT Store more about Learn to Read DID YOU KNOW? Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, & Unit 5 of Learn to Read can also be found at my blog’s shop and my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. OR Get the Bundle Pack with over 100 pages GOODIES! Two Options to Purchase: Purchase from my Shop Purchase from my TpT Store ©[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) Run Away ©[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) ©[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)[ ](www.thisreadingmama.com)[Learn to Read: Short](Learn to Read: Short i & u Vowels)[ i](Learn to Read: Short i & u Vowels)[ &](Learn to Read: Short i & u Vowels)[ u](Learn to Read: Short i & u Vowels)[ Vowels](Learn to Read: Short i & u Vowels) Words I Can Read: short i words: kid wig tip pin lit fix short u words: run rug cup but bug mud gum Review Words: (from Learn To Read) with will get but this run help good away on New Words: saw now I saw a kid tip it, but not fix it! This is not good! I will run away and get help now! Run Away ©[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) I saw a kid with my gum! This is not good! I will not run away now! I saw a kid with a bug on the rug. This is not good! I will run away and get help now! I saw a kid with a wig that she lit. This is not good! I will run away and get help now! I saw a kid with mud in a cup. This is not good! I will run away and get help now! I saw a kid with a little pin. This is not good! I will run away and get help now! i & u Word Sort | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | i | | | u | | | | | [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) | | | Cut, read, and sort the words by short vowel. Glue them into the chart above. | run | him | wig | cup | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | sit | mug | but | pin | | kid | tub | fix | gum | Roll a die. | red | orange | yellow | | --- | --- | --- | | green | blue | purple | Write each word in the color that you rolled. Repeat 5 or more times. | | | --- | | | [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)

FAQs

What activities are included in the Short i/Short u Phonics Reader?

It includes a color reader, a short i/short u word sort, a Sight Word Rainbow Roll & Write activity, and a “Roll, Read, & Find” practice routine with tracing and sentence reading.

How does the word sorting activity work?

Learners cut out words and paste them into a chart based on vowel pattern (short i vs. short u).

Which words are used for the reading practice?

The text lists short i words (kid, wig, tip, pin, lit, fix) and short u words (run, rug, cup, but, bug, mud, gum), along with review words (with, will, get, but, this, run, help, good, away, on) and example new-sentence practice using “saw” and “now”.

Oct 22, 2026

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