Short u word families worksheets
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Words in the same family share their ending: bug and rug are -ug words; jump and bump are -ump words.
Two grades, one set of words: both print from the same 33. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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Kindergarten
The short-u families on this sheet are -ug (bug, rug), -ump (jump, bump), and -uck (duck, truck). Kindergartners sort by the rhyming ending; the -ump column gently introduces endings with two consonants.
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1st grade Core grade
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Short u rounds out the vowel set. First graders sort -ug, -ump, and -uck words, handle a two-consonant ending as a single chunk, and see the ck rule one more time, which by now feels like an old friend.
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