Description
These CVC Missing Middle Sounds Task Cards and phonics worksheets are a great way to help students isolate and identify the medial vowel sound in CVC words. By focusing on the middle sound, students strengthen their phonemic awareness and encoding skills as they build CVC words using magnetic letters or write the missing sound with a dry erase marker.
This hands-on word work activity is ideal for literacy centers, morning tubs, small groups, or independent practice. It’s also perfect for Science of Reading-aligned phonics instruction that targets segmenting and phoneme-grapheme mapping.
What’s Included in the CVC Missing Middle Sound Task Cards:
- 155 Missing Middle Sound Word Building Task Cards
- 25 Missing Middle Sound Worksheets
Each task card features a CVC word with the middle vowel sound missing, represented by a blank box. Students add the correct vowel to build and read the complete word.
CVC Word Families Covered:
- -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -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, -us, -ut, -ux
Perfect For:
- Morning Work
- Independent Practice
- Small Group Instruction
- Literacy Centers
- Distance Learning Packets
Skills Covered:
- Identifying middle sounds in CVC words
- Phoneme isolation and segmentation
- Phoneme-grapheme correspondence
- Spelling and encoding CVC words
Why Teachers Love the CVC Missing Middle Sounds Task Cards:
- Simple, hands-on format that builds foundational skills
- Aligned with the Science of Reading
- Quick to prep and easy to use
- Great for targeted practice and differentiation
Give your students engaging practice with CVC word building and help them master those tricky middle vowel sounds with this comprehensive set of phonics task cards and worksheets!
