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PSPKK123 April 15, 2015  •  73 Comments

CVC word lists

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Do you ever find yourself stuck when you’re trying to think of short vowel words for your beginning reader?  I’m sharing a free printable CVC word list!

Looking for CVC words? Print this free CVC word list for easy reference!

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Lately my Four’s reading ability has taken a big leap.  No more slooow sounding out of CVC words… he’s got them down!  At bedtime when we’re waiting for my husband to finish our youngest son’s Bible story, he likes to bring me his magnetic drawing board and have me write words for him to read.

  • hen
  • cat
  • pit

My brain starts to freeze after just a few words.  There are a gazillion CVC words; why can’t I think of them?

That’s where this freebie comes in.  Print the list and keep it on hand when you’re designing activities for your early reader.

Or just browse this blog post for what you need!

Oh, and by the way.  CVC stands for consonant-vowel-consonant.  HAT would be a CVC word.  But I’m also including short vowel words with beginning blends and digraphs (FLAT or CHIP) as well as short vowel words with double consonants at the end (HILL) or the -ck ending (PACK).

CVC Words (and more) for Short a

ab: cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab, blab, crab, grab, scab, stab, slab

at: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat, brat, chat, flat, gnat, spat

ad: bad, dad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad, glad

an: ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, clan, plan, scan, than

ag: bag, gag, hag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag, brag, drag, flag, snag, stag

ap: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap, chap, clap, flap, slap, snap, trap

am: bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam, clam, cram, scam, slam, spam, swam, tram, wham

ack: back, hack, jack, lack, pack, rack, sack, tack, black, crack, shack, snack, stack, quack, track

ash: bash, cash, dash, gash, hash, lash, mash, rash, sash, clash, crash, flash, slash, smash

Other: gal, pal, gas, yak, wax, tax, bath, math

CVC Words (and more) for Short e

ed: bed, fed, led, red, wed, bled, bred, fled, pled, sled, shed

eg: beg, keg, leg, peg

et: bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet, fret

en: den, hen, men, pen, ten, then, when

eck: beck, deck, neck, peck, check, fleck, speck, wreck

ell: bell, cell, dell, jell, sell, tell, well, yell, dwell, shell, smell, spell, swell

Other: yes, web, gem, hem, pep, step

CVC Words (and more) for Short i

it: bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit, wit, knit, quit, slit, spit

id: bid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid, skid, slid

ig: big, dig, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig, twig

im: dim, him, rim, brim, grim, skim, slim, swim, trim, whim

ip: dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip, chip, clip, drip, flip, grip, ship, skip, slip, snip, trip, whip

ick: kick, lick, nick, pick, sick, tick, wick, brick, chick, click, flick, quick, slick, stick, thick, trick

ish: fish, dish, wish, swish

in: bin, din, fin, pin, sin, tin, win, chin, grin, shin, skin, spin, thin, twin

Other: him, this, mix, six, fix, crib

CVC Words (and more) for Short o

ot: cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, blot, knot, plot, shot, slot, spot

ob: cob, gob, job, lob, mob, rob, sob, blob, glob, knob, slob, snob

og: bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, blog, clog, frog

op: cop, hop, mop, pop, top, chop, crop, drop, flop, glop, plop, shop, slop, stop

ock: dock, lock, rock, sock, tock, block, clock,  flock, rock, shock smock, stock

Other: box, fox, pox, rod, sod, mom

CVC Words (and more) for Short u

ut: but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut, shut

ub: cub, hub, nub, rub, sub, tub, grub, snub, stub

ug: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug, drug, plug, slug, snug

um: bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, chum, drum, glum, plum, scum, slum

un: bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, spun, stun

ud: bud, cud, dud, mud, spud, stud, thud

uck: buck, duck, luck, muck, puck, suck, tuck, yuck, chuck, cluck, pluck, stuck, truck

ush: gush, hush, lush, mush, rush, blush, brush, crush, flush, slush

Other: pup, cup, bus

 

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73 Comments

  1. Wafa

    April 20, 2015 at 6:41 am

    I will soon be starting Kinder. This will be such a great help for me. Seems like God just whispers in your ears and you put it up for me.. Much thx

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 20, 2015 at 5:00 pm

      I’m so glad you’re finding the things you need here! I’m also thankful for the time and energy God gives me to create things for this site. It’s joy for me!

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      • Waiswa Simon

        September 20, 2017 at 8:58 am

        I’m blessed too

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      • Antriksh

        November 29, 2019 at 12:58 pm

        I was relaxed, stop searching any more when hit your link for building basic reading and listening skills for school kids.

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  2. Tessa

    April 26, 2015 at 9:16 am

    This is awesome and you are a saint for making this! You just made my life so much easier!! I need these for all my vowel combinations!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 29, 2015 at 1:43 pm

      You’re welcome, Tessa – this list will save me a lot of time too!

      Reply to this comment
  3. Shelly

    January 25, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    This will be so useful.

    Reply to this comment
  4. Caroline

    March 6, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    Thank you, I have been looking for a list done by vowel in this manner!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      March 9, 2016 at 6:42 am

      I’m glad you can use it, Caroline!

      Reply to this comment
  5. Amy

    March 13, 2016 at 7:40 am

    A god send for homeschooling and conventional educating parents desiring to prepare their children for their next educational challenge in life. Thank you!

    P.S. The link for the .pdf list appears to not be functioning, at least via Chrome browser anyway.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      March 13, 2016 at 8:02 am

      You’re welcome, Amy! The link is working. You just may have to change the way you access it. Did you try everything listed here? https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/

      Reply to this comment
  6. shell

    June 6, 2016 at 6:39 am

    It’s great help and omre easier …handy also…

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  7. Gina

    October 3, 2016 at 9:23 am

    Thanks so much for all that you publish on this site. I ‘m currently doing Reading Mama’s Reading the Alphabet as well and your little readers have been so amazing. My daughter loves them and is so proud when she reads them.
    I wanted to ask if there was an order to teaching cvc site words and if so do you happen to have that list?
    Thanks in advance,
    Gina

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      October 3, 2016 at 7:18 pm

      Hi Gina! First let me distinguish between CVC and sight words. “Sight words” usually refers to words that we see a lot when reading and may or may not be easy to read phonetically. For example, the words the, my, at, and, what, etc. are all sight words.

      In contrast, CVC words are easy to sound out and may or may not be words we read often. You might call them phonetic words.

      I wouldn’t say there’s a specific order you need to follow, but for most kids this is an order that is from easy to hard:

      short a words, short o words, short i words, short e words, short u words

      The particular word families you choose to do within each short vowel really doesn’t matter. I hope that helps!

      Reply to this comment
  8. mary jade fuentes

    October 16, 2016 at 2:49 am

    hi this is JADE this site is a big help in y teaching career it’s a big help for the kids…more power to all writers on this site..God bless u all!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      October 21, 2016 at 11:16 am

      Thank you, Jade!

      Reply to this comment
  9. Jodi Stewart

    December 20, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    Hi Anna! Thanks so much for this list.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      December 20, 2016 at 8:59 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jodi!

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      • Puneet

        January 8, 2017 at 8:13 pm

        How can get more advanced cvc words

        Reply to this comment
        • Anna Geiger

          January 8, 2017 at 8:15 pm

          There aren’t more advanced CVC words. CVC words are just 3 letters with a short vowel in the middle.

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          • Kan

            October 3, 2017 at 11:27 am

            probably means CVCC or CCVC or CCVCC

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  10. tiffany pearson

    January 8, 2017 at 2:25 pm

    Hi Anna I homeschooling my son thats in kindergarten, I’m looking for a list of all the phonic wordhe need to know before going into first grade.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 8, 2017 at 3:08 pm

      Hi Tiffany! I think the best thing is to start simple and keep taking him as far as he’s ready to go. Different kids are ready for different words in first grade. If he’s reading to read CVC words, start with these, and eventually add words with blends and digraphs (chip, snap, etc.) and then start with simple long vowel words, like silent e words (sake, bike, etc.). Does that help?

      Reply to this comment
  11. Hope

    April 16, 2017 at 7:23 pm

    Great Resources.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 18, 2017 at 3:17 pm

      Thanks, Hope!

      Reply to this comment
  12. Cheryl

    June 24, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    You are Amazing! Thank you for your kindness and caring for all children. I appreciate the freebies. Can’t wait to use the CVC word Family sheet.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 25, 2017 at 5:54 pm

      You’re very welcome, Cheryl! I hope you like it!

      Reply to this comment
  13. Kan

    August 5, 2017 at 4:02 am

    Love the list, thank you.

    When will version2 come out?

    After knowing the children can read the words, I hope they will understand what the words mean. If a picture is made available next to the word, the children will be able to better understand what they are reading. Almost like their “first readable dictionary”.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      August 6, 2017 at 6:35 am

      I don’t have plans to make a version 2.

      Reply to this comment
  14. Jess

    December 4, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    This is so great thank you!!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      December 6, 2017 at 7:23 am

      You’re very welcome, Jess!

      Reply to this comment
  15. Khaing nyein

    December 17, 2017 at 5:31 am

    Thanks you so much ❤

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      December 18, 2017 at 6:35 pm

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply to this comment
  16. Art

    June 9, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    Thanks a lot for the kids!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      June 23, 2018 at 7:33 am

      You’re welcome!

      Reply to this comment
  17. Elena

    June 11, 2018 at 2:55 am

    Thank you for sharing this VERY useful resource!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      June 23, 2018 at 7:34 am

      You’re very welcome, Elena! I’m so glad you can use this!

      Reply to this comment
  18. moonika ratanparaj

    August 30, 2018 at 5:34 am

    Thank you I was looking these kinds of word list for my Kindergarten and std 1-2 students
    Thank you

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      August 30, 2018 at 4:19 pm

      You’re welcome, Moonika!

      Reply to this comment
  19. Leticia M

    October 21, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    Thank you,
    I will use this wonderful resource for my classroom.

    Sincerely,
    Leticia

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      October 24, 2018 at 4:48 pm

      You’re very welcome, Leticia!

      Reply to this comment
  20. jaooann

    January 30, 2019 at 5:57 am

    Helpful

    Reply to this comment
  21. Stephanie

    March 8, 2019 at 7:49 am

    Thanks for these lists. I am eager to use many of these lists, but want to point out that -am and -an do not make the short a sound. They are welded sounds, and presenting them as short a words can definitely cause phonemic confusion and is inaccurate when decoding text.

    Reply to this comment
  22. Heather Medellin

    May 9, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    I keep trying to get the list and it doesn’t send to me. It’s weird!

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      May 10, 2019 at 1:35 pm

      Hi Heather!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. I am also having trouble with this one, so I am sending it on to Anna to look into. Thanks for letting us know!

      Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      May 10, 2019 at 5:24 pm

      Hi Heather!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. There was a problem with this, and now Anna has fixed it. Thanks for letting us know about it! Please give it another try and let us know if you still have trouble.

      Reply to this comment
  23. Norhayatee

    June 11, 2019 at 3:28 am

    I just received your file. it is all very helpful.THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR WORK

    Reply to this comment
  24. Hend Ahmed

    July 15, 2019 at 7:04 am

    Thanks Alot sweetie
    Very helpful⚘❤

    Reply to this comment
  25. Allison Longueil

    February 3, 2020 at 10:48 am

    The link for the word lists (as well as the games) isn’t working…is there another way to access these?

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      February 3, 2020 at 3:59 pm

      Hi Allison! This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Please be sure your adblocker is turned off, and you might want to try using Google Chrome. This website works best with Google Chrome. Thanks for giving it another try!

      Reply to this comment
  26. Karen

    February 23, 2020 at 9:26 am

    Hi Anna, just wanted to say thanks so much for all your resources, they have been a great blessing to me for homeschooling.

    Unfortunately I’ve not been able to download this file – I’m using Google Chrome, the adblocker is turned off, and my hubby is an IT guy, so we’ve covered everything we can at this end…?

    Thanks for your help 🙂

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      February 23, 2020 at 12:33 pm

      What happens when you click on the green button, Karen? If you could send me screenshots, that would be helpful: anna(at)themeasuredmom(dot)com

      Reply to this comment
  27. Gilbert

    April 20, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    This is Gilbert.X from Puducherry, South part of India.

    Hi Anna, just wanted to say thanks so much for all your resources, they have been a great blessing to me and for our School (Sharon Kids Primary School).
    Email:sharonkidspdy@yahoo.com
    Mob:+919894405004

    Reply to this comment
  28. Mariyah

    September 2, 2020 at 3:02 am

    These words are amazing. Helped me save so much of my time.

    Reply to this comment

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