CVC Word and Picture Matching Worksheet 34: Short u
Free printable CVC phonics worksheet
Short u word and picture matching worksheet combines sum, bun, run and sun. Children connect printed short-u words to an addition example, a bread bun, running and the sun. Bun, run and sun share un, while sum has a different final consonant.
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Match short u CVC words to pictures
The addition picture represents sum, not the number three as a printed choice. Run describes the moving figures, bun names the bread and sun names the sky object. Establish these labels orally before asking for a match.
The short u word and picture matching worksheet task includes sum and sun, which share su and differ only at the end. This close pair makes listening and reading through to m or n particularly useful.
What is included?
- Four printed word choices: sum, bun, run, sun.
- Four pictures down the left side, ordered sun, sum, bun, run.
- A matching activity on page 1 and a separate answer key with the correct connections on page 2.
- The four-page PDF also contains a thank-you page and terms of use.
Teaching this worksheet
Point to the addition example and call it a sum. Read s-u-m, then compare s-u-n and find the sun picture at the top of the left column. Ask which final letter changes.
During short u word and picture matching worksheet, read bun and identify the bread. Contrast run with its new first consonant and connect it to the action scene.
Use page 2 for checking after pupils attempt all four. If sum and sun are swapped, return to their endings rather than reteaching the shared beginning. Have the learner reread both whole words after correcting.
Picture-word activities
- Build sum and sun with tiles and exchange m for n at the end.
- Read bun and run without pictures, comparing b and r.
- Describe the pictured addition as a sum before locating its written label.
Support and next steps
Explain sum as the addition example if the child calls out its answer instead. For run, supply the action label rather than the names of the people shown.
After short u word and picture matching worksheet, dictate sum and sun on blank paper. Ask pupils to identify the last sound separately before writing and then check whether their endings match what they said.
Choose short u word and picture matching worksheet when short u and the consonants represented are secure. The need to combine accurate decoding with the meaning of words is discussed in the Department for Education reading framework.
Worksheet 34 answers
The answer page shows the correct connections. Reading the activity pictures from top to bottom:
- sun matches word 4 in the right-hand column.
- sum matches word 1 in the right-hand column.
- bun matches word 2 in the right-hand column.
- run matches word 3 in the right-hand column.
Resource licence
Free for personal, homeschool or single-classroom use under the terms included in the PDF. Resale, redistribution and uploading the file to another website are not permitted.
Questions about this worksheet
Does the maths picture ask pupils to write three?
No. Its matching label is sum, naming the addition example.
How do sum and sun differ?
Only their final letters change: m in sum and n in sun.
What is the bread called?
Bun is the intended word for the bread picture.
Where is the short u word and picture matching worksheet answer page?
The connection key is PDF page 2, following the pupil activity.
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