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Free four-in-a-row games for short u

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Today I’m sharing my final set of short vowel four-in-a-row games. They’re a fun (and quick!) way to review single-syllable short vowel words.

To play, print a board game of your choice. Then grab two do-a-dot markers. Other options include covering the words with small round manipulatives or coloring with regular markers or crayons.

Take turns reading the words and dotting with a do-a-dot marker.

The first to get four in a row, wins!

There are 15 games in the download:

  • ub words
  • ub words with blends and digraphs
  • uck words
  • uck words with blends and digraphs
  • ug words
  • ug words with blends and digraphs
  • un words
  • un words with blends and digraphs
  • ump words
  • ump words with blends and digraphs
  • um words
  • um words with blends and digraphs
  • ub, uck, ug words
  • un, ump, um words
  • All short u word families (mixed)

Other short vowel 4-in-a-row games:

  • Short a
  • Short e
  • Short i
  • Short o

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Filed Under: CVC Words, Reading, Digraphs & Blends Tagged With: short u, four in a row, first grade, kindergarten

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7 Comments

  1. e

    February 3, 2022 at 12:20 am

    I love your 4 in row games for short vowel words. Do you have more? My students would love to have more. Thank you.

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    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      February 3, 2022 at 7:06 pm

      We’re getting ready to release full sets for all phonics patterns! You can look for them coming to our shop in March.

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  2. Tara @moderncrumb

    June 25, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    My son is going in to 1st grade and he loves these connect 4 games! Thanks for creating these and offering them for free 🙂

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    • Bénee

      June 27, 2022 at 6:04 am

      I cannot see the link to download. Please help

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  3. Heather

    May 1, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    Do you have a four in a row for /oi/ and /oy/? I’m sure I saw them and now I can’t find them! We leave love your resources. Thanks for sharing them!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      June 2, 2018 at 2:53 pm

      I don’t think I have those yet – sorry!

      Reply to this comment

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