CVC Words Teaching Resources
Make teaching CVC words in the primary grades easier with our extensive collection of CVC word lists, CVC word worksheets, CVC word activities, and more. Find kindergarten CVC activities for reading centers and teacher-created resources to help students with reading CVC words, plus a range of interactive and hands-on resources for your phonics instruction.
This comprehensive collection of CVC words teaching resources from Teach Starter's teacher team has curriculum-aligned options to help you cut down on the time-consuming task of lesson planning and help your elementary class meet both Common Core and state-level standards. Many of the digital and printable teaching resources in the collection are easily editable, you can differentiate instruction to meet students' individual needs.
What Are CVC Words?
Has it been awhile since you taught this section of the ELA curriculum? Our teacher team has a quick refresher course for you!
Short for consonant-vowel-consonant, CVC words are a building block of early literacy. Learners read CVC words by blending the individual phoneme sounds together.
Examples of some CVC words a student may learn in kindergarten include cat, bed, gum, and pig. As students gain literacy skills, they move on to CCVC words (consonant consonant vowel consonant) and CVCC words (consonant vowel consonant consonant).
Four-Letter CVC Words
Wait, if it's CVC, how can there be four-letter words? Ah, the English language is such a trickster!
Despite the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant, not all CVC words are three letters long. The vowel portion of a CVC word refers to the vowel sound rather than a singular letter. Keep, for example, is a four-letter CVC word. We'll keep it around even if it does break the rules!
What Is the CVC Word Rule?
The CVC word rule commonly taught to students in the primary grades can help them develop their spelling skills in later elementary school. If the last three letters of a one-syllable word follow a CVC pattern, then the last consonant should be doubled when adding the ending.
For example, big will become "bigger."
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Word Chain Mazes - Worksheets
Color a path through the maze by identifying the changing phoneme to create a continuous word chain.
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Which Phoneme Is Missing? Interactive CVC Word Chaining
Create word chains using CVC words with this engaging drag-and-drop phonics activity.
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CVC Words - Spell and Write Task Cards
Practice spelling CVC words and manipulating their phonemes to create word chains with this set of hands-on work mats.
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Spaceship Word Chains - Worksheets
Manipulate the individual phonemes in 3- and 4-letter words to create new ones with this set of word chain worksheets.
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CVC Football - Word Building Center
Build phonemic awareness and spelling skills with a football-themed word-building center.
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Spring Short and Long Vowel Sort
Practice distinguishing short and long vowels with a Spring-themed short and long vowel sorting activity.
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Valentine’s Day Printables - CVC Word Task Cards
Practice identifying, spelling, and reading CVC words with a Valentine’s Day Word Scramble activity.
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CVC Worksheets - Short A Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short a” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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CVC Phoneme Manipulation Worksheets - Short E
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short e” words with this set of differentiated CVC words worksheets.
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CVC Words Worksheets - Short U Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short u” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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CVC Worksheets - Short I Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short i” CVC words with this set of differentiated CVC worksheets for kindergarten.
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CVC Phoneme Manipulation Worksheets - Short O
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short o” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Penguin Rime Interactive - Word Family Sort
Help these chilly word family penguins escape the frigid water by sorting them onto the correct ice floes.
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Thanksgiving CVC Word Matching Activity
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words with a fun Thanksgiving-themed matching game for kindergarten students.
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CVC Word List
Introduce and explore consonant-vowel-consonant words with this extensive list of CVC words.
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Rhyming Word Memory Game - Apple Edition
Bring a bit of fall into the classroom with an apple-themed rhyming word game for Preschool and Kindergarten.
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Switching Sounds - CVC Sound Substitution Interactive Activity
Practice switching sounds to spell new words with a fun fall pumpkin patch interactive.
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Onset and Rime Roll-a-Word Activity
Build real and nonsense words by blending onsets and rimes with an onset-rime dice roll literacy game
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Blending Phoneme Puzzles - 4-Phoneme Puzzles
Master blending phonemes with 4-phoneme blending puzzles as a reading center activity.
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Blending Phonemes Sorting Center
Master phoneme blending and segmentation with this phoneme sorting center activity.
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Blending Phoneme Puzzles — 3-Phoneme Words
Master blending phonemes with phoneme blending puzzles as a reading center activity.
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Short and Long Vowels Google Interactive Activity
Read and identify short and long vowel sounds and place the pictures into the correct columns.
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Read, Find, and Color – CVC Words
Practice decoding CVC words with this set of five "search and find" worksheets.
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Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets - CVC Words
Use this worksheet pack to give students practice at segmenting words into phonemes.
- CVC Words Games
- CVC Words Worksheets
- CVC Words Board Games
- CVC Words Interactive Activities
- CVC Words Task Cards
- CVC Words Matchup Games
- CVC Words Puzzles
- CVC Words Sorting Activities
- CVC Words Flashcards
- CVC Words Posters
- CVC Words Card Games
- CVC Words Instructional Slide Decks
- CVC Words Dice Games
- CVC Words Bulletin Board Displays
- CVC Words Mini Book
- CVC Words Templates
- CVC Words Dominoes
- CVC Words Labels Signs Decorations
- CVC Words Mazes
- CVC Words Bingo
- CVC Words for Pre-K
- CVC Words for Kindergarten
- CVC Words for 1st Grade
- CVC Words for 2nd Grade
- CVC Words for 3rd Grade