Phonics eBook Story for Short U Vowel Sound + Spelling Activities and Word Lists

This engaging story easily teaches your students that the Short U sound in words can be spelled in many ways. Break the monotony of endless disconnected lists and make learning to spell fun and meaningful. Our unique program uses stories and connected activities to help your children develop phonemic awareness and build phonics skills.

‘Stuck in the Mud' is a traditional narrative style storybook written by a teacher dedicated to bringing learning to life with stories. In this engaging story Doug and his brother are having fun building by the creek when suddenly it starts to rain. Children will love reading about their adventures in the mud and have fun learning to spell at the same time.

The story contains 114 Short U vowel sound words, with the Short U letters printed in contrasting green to clearly show 6 different ways the Short U sound can be spelled.

The storybook also includes differentiated word family lists, a reading comprehension quiz, homonyms, high frequency sight words, play based and cross curricular activities and a colouring page to support students in developing phonemic awareness and learning to decode sounds in words and letter sound correspondence

Combining systematic spelling with story based learning this unique approach provides the context for phonics to make sense and brings spelling to life.

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In this resource:

engaging 17 page full colour phonics picture book story

114 Short U spelling words to learn 6 different ways the Short U sound can be spelled: 'o', 'oe', 'oo', 'ou', 'o_e' and 'u'.

word family list

tricky words

reading comprehension

homonyms

grapheme chart

story on one page

coloring page

spelling activity ideas

cross curricula story based learning activities