Word with short a sound

Short “a” in CVC Words (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant)

-ab /æb/

  • cab

  • dab

  • fab

  • jab

  • lab

  • nab

  • tab

-ad /æd/

  • bad

  • fad

  • had

  • lad

  • mad

  • pad

  • rad

  • sad

  • tad

-af, -augh, -alf, -aff, -affe /æf/

  • calf

  • gaffe

  • half

  • laugh

-ag /æg/

  • bag

  • gag

  • lag

  • nag

  • rag

  • sag

  • tag

  • wag

  • zag

-ack /æk/

  • back

  • hack

  • jack

  • lack

  • knack

  • pack

  • quack

  • rack

  • sack

  • tack

  • whack

*Note about “-am” /æm/ and “-an” /æn/: The short “a” sound with these combinations is slightly different than the others. The short “a” will sound more nasal, thought the IPA symbol is the same.

-am, -amb /æm/

  • bam

  • dam

  • ham

  • jam

  • lamb

  • ma’am

  • ram

  • wham

  • yam

-an /æn/

  • ban

  • can

  • fan

  • man

  • pan

  • ran

  • tan

  • van

-ap /æp/

  • cap

  • gap

  • lap

  • map

  • nap

  • pap

  • rap

  • sap

  • tap

  • yap

  • zap

-as, -ass /æs/

  • bass (the fish)

  • gas

  • lass

  • mass

  • pass

  • sass

-at /æt/

  • bat

  • cat

  • fat

  • hat

  • mat

  • gnat

  • pat

  • rat

  • sat

  • vat

-av, -ave /æv/

  • have

-ax /æks/

  • ax

  • fax

  • lax

  • max

  • tax

*Note: Anything ending with -acks will have the same sound as -ax. Ex) Tax = Tacks

-az, -azz, -as /æz/

  • has

  • jazz

  • razz

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Sounding it Out: A Comprehensive Guide to the Short A Sound WordsAlesia Netuk2023-03-14T13:02:12-05:00

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Updated: March 14th, 2023

Sounding it Out: A Comprehensive Guide to the Short A Sound Words

Sounding it Out: A Comprehensive Guide to the Short A Sound Words

Beginning readers often start learning to read with short vowels. Fewer spelling variations, common spelling patterns, and high frequency make them an ideal starting point for beginning readers. Some short vowels have multiple spelling patterns, while others only have one, such as the Short A sound. 

What is the Short A Sound?

The short A vowel sound is an open middle vowel sound. To make the /ă/ sound, the front part of the tongue is low in the mouth. The lips are unrounded1.

A curved symbol above the vowel represents a short vowel: /ă/.

The most common spelling of the /ă/ sound is as in cat.

Words that start with a short /ă/ sound: apple, alligator, astronaut, axe, acrobat, apricot, add, ask, adult, alley.

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What is a spelling pattern?

A spelling pattern is a group of letters that represents a sound. Around half of English words are spelled according to their corresponding sound patterns, meaning that their letters reflect their pronunciation.

short a sound words

What are CVC Words?

A CVC word is a closed syllable three-phoneme (sound) word that follows the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant. When the word follows this pattern, the vowel represents its short sound. The most common CVC spelling patterns with a short /a/ sound are AB, AD, AG, AM, AN, AP, AT, and AX.

Short A Sound – Blends and Digraphs

A CVCC and CCVC words are closed syllable four-phoneme (sound) words that follow specific letter sequences of consonant and vowel sounds. When the word follows these patterns, the vowel represents its short sound. The most common CVCC spelling patterns with a short /a/ sound are ACK, ACT, AFT, AMP, AND, ANG, ANK, ANT, ASK, ASM, ASP, and AST.

Other spelling patterns with a short /a/ sound are ANCE, ANCH, ASH, ACTH, and ATH.

List of Short A Words (CVC Words)

AB AD AG AM AN AP AT AX
cab bad bag dam ban cap bat lax
dab dad gag ham can gap cat Max
gab fad jag jam Dan lap fat tax
jab had lag Pam fan map gnat wax
lab lad nag ram man nap hat flax
nab mad rag Sam pan rap mat
tab pad sag tam ran sap pat
sad tag yam tan tap rat
tad wag van yap sat
vat

List of Short A Words (Blends and Digraphs)

AB AD AG AM AN AP AT AX
crab Brad brag clam bran chap brat flax
drab Chad crag cram clan clap chat
flab clad drag gram plan flap flat
grab glad flag scam scan scrap scat
scab grab shag scram span slap slat
slab snag sham than snap spat
stab stag slam strap that
swam trap
tram wrap
ACK ACT AFT AMP ANCE ANCH AND ANG ANK ANT ASH ASK ASP AST ATCH ATH
back fact daft camp dance ranch band bang bank pant bash ask gasp cast batch bath
hack pact raft damp lance blanch hand fang Hank rant cash cask hasp fast catch math
Jack tact waft lamp chance branch land gang lank chant dash mask rasp last hatch path
knack tract craft ramp France sand hang rank grant gash task clasp mast latch wrath
lack draft vamp glance bland pang sank plant hash flask grasp past match
Mack graft champ prance brand rang tank scant lash vast patch
pack shaft clamp stance gland sang yank slant mash blast scratch
quack cramp trance stand clang blank rash snatch
rack scamp strand slang clank sash thatch
sack stamp sprang crank brash
tack tramp twang drank clash
black flank flash
clack Frank slash
crack plank smash
shack prank stash
slack spank thrash
smack thank trash
snack
stack
track
whack

Other uncommon spellings1:

Other spelling of the short /a/ sound include:

a_e – like in a word have;
ai – like in a word plaid;
al – like in a word half;
au – like in a word laugh;
aa – like in a word baa;
ach – like in a word drachm;
ag – like in a word diaphragm;
ui – like in a word guimpe;
ah – like in a word dahlia;
i – like in a word meringue
ua – like in a word guarantee.

short a sound words

How to Teach Short A Words

Teach one spelling pattern at a time. Once it is mastered, you can add another CVC word family with a short A sound. It’s much easier to learn how to read short A words within one family than to learn how to spell different words.

In What Order Should I teach Short A Word Families?

There is no particular order to choose from. We recommend starting with AT word family. Once students can identify the letters and their sounds, they change the first letter of the word and create a new word. We recommend separating confused letters and word patterns to avoid confusion. For example, do not teach AD-AB, AB-AP, AD-AG, AD-AP, and AM-AN word families at the same time.

We recommend the following order: AT, AB, AP, AD, AM, AN.

Phonemic Awareness Assessment

short a sound words

The first step in creating successful lessons is determining your students’ phonics knowledge. A good phonics assessment will help you pinpoint where the decoding instruction needs to begin. Can students find a rhyming word? Can students blend and segment words with accuracy and speed? Planning activities for the phonics lessons would be more efficient when they are based on students’ needs and focus on improving and reinforcing skills.

The short A sound assessment consists of six parts: rhyming assessment, phoneme categorization assessment, oral blending assessment, oral segmentation assessment, phoneme manipulation assessment, and reading non-sense words. Assess one student at a time and note areas where the student needs more work. Provide instructional and independent materials for each child based on the results of the assessment.

Blending and Segmenting Short A Words

Blending and segmenting are fundamental skills to teach young readers. The ability to blend sounds together and break sounds apart supports both reading and writing development. Developing phonemic awareness is especially important for students identified as being at risk for reading difficulty3.

Phonemic Activities – Oral Blending and Oral Segmentation

Oral Blending. Picture cards can be added to these activities to provide an additional reference for children.
Onset/rime. Listen to these word parts: /k/ … at. Say the word as a whole. What is the word? (cat)
Phoneme by phoneme. Listen to these word parts: /k/ /a/ /t/. Say the word as a whole. What is the word? (cat)

Oral Segmentation. Onset/rime. Listen to this word: cat. Say the first sound in the word and then the rest of the word. /k/ … at
Phoneme by phoneme. Listen to this word: cat. Say the word sound by sound. /k/ /a/ /t/

Phonics Activities – Blending and Segmentation

short a sound words

Puzzles would be a great addition to your literacy center. Students compose a puzzle letter by letter, say individual sounds, and then blend sounds to read the word.

Short A mini-books are created with just a single sheet of paper. Students read the word, identify the rime, and trace it. Students explore words from different word families, learning how the word changes when the initial letter has changed. With these mini-books, phoneme manipulation activities can be easily added. Going from one word to another, ask the student what initial letter/sound has changed.

Short A clip cards are another powerful tool for literacy centers. students learn to identify the middle sound or the rime (depending on which cards they choose).

Building and Sorting Short A Words

short a sound words

Word building is an excellent exercise to increase a student’s word awareness. In this activity, students build words that vary by only one sound from the previous word. Ask students to make a word cat, then ask them to change the letter c to the letter r and read a new word.

Another way of word-building activity can be when students are asked to change the word cat to the word rat. That will require more thinking and comparison skills to analyze both words.

Short A word scrambles are another way to recall the word spelling from a student’s memory. Ask the student to work on the worksheet using the wallowing steps:

  1. First, start by looking at the vowel – A. Once the vowel is identified, write it in the middle.
  2. Next, start looking for the chunk (ending rime) – AT. Once the student spotted the letter T, write it. (students can cross out letters they found and wrote).
  3. Now, a student has a skeleton of a word, and they can finish it. Ask him what the initial letter in this word is. Once written, ask the student to read the word. Then, move to the next word.
short a sound words
short a sound words

Short A word searches are great activities and help students develop spelling, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Here are some tips on how to play and find words:

  1. Scan with a finger each row from left to right. Then, scan each column from top to bottom. Look for the vowel – A.
  2. Once spotted, start exploring the adjusted letter and search for the chunk – AT.
  3. Once the chunk is spotted, look for surrounding letters and think about what word it can be.

Orthographic Mapping

Orthographic mapping requires both phonemic awareness and phonics skills. They both work on developing automatic word recognition and identifying a word “on sight”. Some students develop those skills faster, while others need more time, explicit instructions, guidance, and repetition.

With orthographic mapping, students take a whole word, break it into sounds and connect it to the correct letter (or letter combinations). Students pay attention to the exact sequence of the letters and how they are connected to the sounds. This process helps students store the word in long-term memory and read it “by sight.” Try mapping the word cat, and provide explicit instruction and feedback for students.

Writing, Spelling & Dictation

short a sound words

Add dictation and writing practice. Dictation helps young learners develop short-term memory. It is an engaging way to accelerate their spelling skills with guidance and feedback. Dictation can be an exceptional review exercise.

Prepare a list of 4 – 5 short A words and 1-2 sentences that you will dictate. Include recent short A words and review words to the list. First, students write graphemes for each phoneme they hear. Then, write the whole word. When students finish, write the correct spelling on the board so everyone can see it. Let students check their word and correct it if needed. Dictate a sentence, and make sure the sentence is short and students are not exhausted.

Sorting words in alphabetical order improve spelling skills and word manipulation. If a student is struggling to order short A words correctly, provide him or her additional support. This poster shows how to order and write words in ABC order.

These short A worksheets are great for building strong spelling skills:

Reading Short A Words and Building Vocabulary

Understanding the short A spelling patterns is more than just reading a single word. After students master reading words with accuracy and speed, move to the short sentence and passages. Use decodable text featuring the short A sound and check comprehension.

Explicit Instructions & Multisensory Approach

Explicit Instructions and Orthographic Mapping when Teaching Short A Words

Today, you’re going to learn the word CAT. Say the word. (cat) The word CAT has an A between two consonants. When the word follows this pattern, the vowel represents the short sound /a/ Say the short A sound. (/a/) In the word cat, the letter A stands for the /a/ sound.

READ IT.

Read the word three times, and finger-tap the dot under the word as you read it.

SOUND OUT & MAP IT
In this section, students learn how to segment word phoneme by phoneme and count how many sounds the word has.

Listen to this word: cat. Say the sounds in the word CAT: /k//a//t/. Say the sounds again. (/k/ /a/ /t/) This time, place a chip in a box for each sound you hear. How many sounds are in the word CAT? (3)

WRITE IT
In this section, students write the letters for each sound, count how many letters the word has, and build spelling skills.

Now, write the letters for each sound under the boxes. What letter represents the sound /k/? (c) Writhe the letter C. What letter represents the sound /a/? (a) Write the letter A. What letter represents the sound /t/? (t) Write the letter T. How do you spell the word? C-A-T. How many letters are in the word CAT? (3)

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short a sound words

Explicit Instructions and Segmenting Words when Teaching Short A Words

Today, you’re going to learn how to read words ending AT.

Worksheet1. Segmenting words by onset/rhyme and phoneme by phoneme. Learning to count phonemes in spoken words.

Look at the first word. Finger-tap each letter to sound it out. (/k/ /a/ /t/) How many sounds do you hear? (3) Great! Now read the first sound and then the rest of the word. Slide your finger across the arrow as you read it. (/k/ … at) Great! Now read the word and slide your finger across the word as you read. (cat)

Now let’s move to the next row. Look at the word. Finger-tap each letter to sound it out. (/h/ /a/ /t/) How many sounds do you hear? (3) Great! Now read the first sound and then the rest of the word. Slide your finger across the arrow as you read it. (/h/ … at) Great! Now read the word and slide your finger across the word as you read. (hat)

Continue with the words hat, mat, and rat.

Worksheet 2. Segmenting words phoneme by phoneme. Learning to count phonemes in spoken words.

Look at the first word. Finger-tap each letter to sound it out. (/k/ /a/ /t/) How many sounds do you hear? (3) Great! Now read the word and slide your finger across the word as you read. (cat) Find and glue the picture of a cat next to the word.

Continue with the words hat, mat, and rat.

When Students Struggle

The most common struggle with reading short /a/ sound words is weak letter-sound correspondence skills when students need help matching letters with the correct sounds. This can lead to difficulty memorizing words and storing them in long-term memory. Start with short /a/ sound clip cards and let struggling students identify the middle sound or the rime. Then, move forward with blending onset and rime to sound out short /a/ words.

Elkonin boxes are great phonics intervention tools to build phonological awareness skills by segmenting words into individual sounds. Orthographic mapping is another strategy to help struggling students. Through orthographic mapping, students use the oral part of their brain to map the sounds of words they already know to the letters in a word. Give students more practice and slowly move from one word to another.

Decoding activities are great for struggling students. Decoding is when students recognize that each letter makes a specific sound, then blend them to read the word. This reading process is also known as “sounding it out.”

The multisensory approach provides visual, auditory, and kinesthetic activities, enhancing the learning process and students’ memory.

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Here, at PrimaryLearning.Org, we tend to deliver the best-differentiated learning materials to K-2 students. Our resources can be easily incorporated into multisensory lessons to meet every child’s needs, whether s/he is a visual, kinesthetic, or auditory learner.

References

    1. Phonics from A to Z by Wiley Blevins
    2. The Students’ Ability In Pronouncing Long And Short Vowels In English Vocabulary by IJEAL
    3. Why Phonological Awareness Is Important for Reading and Spelling by Reading Rockets

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We have 26 alphabets in English Grammar out of which 5 are vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and rest 21 are consonants. Pronunciation of every vowel is different from the other which gives rise to different types of sounds wherever they are used.

Today we are going to discuss about vowel ‘a’ and learn different sounds it produces whenever it is used in a word.

One of the first encounters for a student is this concept of long and short vowel sounds, such as ‘a’. Short a, written phonetically as /æ/, makes the vowel sound of a, as in cap, tap, fat and bat.

Following ESL phonics extensive list introduces students to “short a” and “long a” sound words.

act apt ask bat bad bag cat
cap cab dad dab dan fan fat
fad gap gab gal gas ham has
had hat jab jam lab lad lag
lap man mad mat map nap pan
Pam pad pal ran ram rag rat
Sam sad sag sat sap tab tan
tad tag tap van vat yam zap
Actor Album Camel Dagger Factory Hammer Atlas
Panic Rabbit Saddle Bandit Ladder January Active

Carefully go through the words given in above table and try to pronounce them. You’ll observe a pattern that we don’t have to stress on the vowel ‘a’ therefore we hear a soft ‘a’ sound.

Notice all three-letter words and vowel ‘a’ which is used between two consonants, these types of words are called CVC words.

Now Let us move to the long ‘a’ vowel words section where you would have to stress the vowel ‘a’ to pronounce the words correctly.

Long ‘A’ Vowel Sound Words

The long /a/ sound is pronounced like the word ‘Alien’. It is quite similar to sound what you hear in words like “Acorn” or “Apron.”

There are four ways of spelling Long ‘a’ sounds:

1. Using Letter A: You can spell the long /a/ sound with just the letter a.

Alien Agent Apron Acorn
Basic Data Fatal Basin

2. Using Split Digraph A _ E : These words spell the long /a/ sound using a split digraph a_e where is in the middle of the word and an e at the end of the word.

Bake Cake Shake Make Fake Snake
Fade Made Maid Laid Shade Kate
Same Fame Name Game Lame Flame
Cane Mane Main Lane Insane Plane

3. AI and AY Words: The long /a/ sound is spelled with the letters ai and ay, at the end of some words.

Aim Fail Snail Pain Chain
Stain Vain Paint Faint Waist
Claim Sail Tail Wait Strain
Day Hay Lay Pay Ray
Tray Stay Sway Play Pray

4. Using EI Words: The long /a/ sound is spelled with the letters ei usually at the middle of the word.

Reins Vein Veil Reign Neigh
Weigh Sleigh Eight Freight Weight

Notice that whenever you pronounce these words you’ll hear a sharp ‘a’ sound that is why they are called Long ‘a’ vowel words.

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