Free Printable CVC Worksheets

CVC Missing Letters Worksheets

Free printable CVC missing letters worksheets for kindergarten. Identify the missing sound in short vowel words and reread each word.

Missing-letter practice asks a learner to coordinate meaning, sound, and print. Each page leaves one part of a short-vowel CVC word open so children can listen for the missing phoneme, choose its letter, and reread the completed word.

Browse the worksheets 48 matching one-page PDFs · Free to print
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How to use this activity

Use the surrounding letters and the word meaning as clues, not as a guessing shortcut.

Missing-letter practice asks a learner to coordinate meaning, sound, and print. Each page leaves one part of a short-vowel CVC word open so children can listen for the missing phoneme, choose its letter, and reread the completed word.

  1. 1

    Say the picture or word naturally.

  2. 2

    Name the sound that is missing from the word.

  3. 3

    Write the letter, then blend the whole word.

Skills in this set
  • Phoneme segmentation
  • Phoneme-grapheme mapping
  • Short vowel selection
  • CVC spelling
Short A practice

Short A CVC words

20 words · 20 PDFs
Short E practice

Short E CVC words

6 words · 6 PDFs
Short I practice

Short I CVC words

6 words · 6 PDFs
Short O practice

Short O CVC words

8 words · 8 PDFs
Short U practice

Short U CVC words

8 words · 8 PDFs
Teacher routine

Keep missing letters focused and repeatable.

Ask “What sound do you hear here?” before naming a letter. Let the learner stretch the word, write the missing grapheme, and read the finished word from left to right.

Ready for print

One activity for every CVC word

  • 48 real word cards
  • 48 matching missing letters PDFs
  • Real previews and word-detail links
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