CVC short o worksheet

This free CVC short o worksheet pack gives early readers four printer-friendly pages of practice with six core short o (/ɒ/) consonant-vowel-consonant words: dog, log, mop, pot, fox, and pop.

Students move from picture-supported word cards to handwriting trace-and-write lines, picture-to-word drawing lines, and a roll-and-read game board that builds automatic decoding across -og, -op, -ot, and -ox endings.

Teaching ideas

• Round Oval Mouth Cue: Show students how the letter o looks like the open oval mouth shape used to make the short o sound in d-o-g, m-o-p, and p-o-t.
• Compare -og and -op Words: Have students group dog/log and mop/pop, then read pot and fox to practice final /t/ and /ks/ blending.
• Trace and Read Aloud: On Page 2, ask students to say each sound while tracing the word, then read their handwritten word to a partner.
• Roll-and-Read Center: Use Page 4 with a die for quick small-group fluency or take-home reading practice.

Simple Bitsboard connection

Follow up the printable pages with our interactive CVC short o phonics games or practice the same six words in the Bitsboard app with Flashcards, Photo Touch, Missing Letter, and Pop Quiz.