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🅰️ Long or Short? 5: Vowel Sort 5: bed/bead

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Cut and sort: short vowel or long vowel?

bed
pet
pin
cube
pine
bead
cub
feet
Short vowel
Long vowel

Add a magic e or vowel team. Read the new word!

1.bed →
2.pet →
3.pin →
Answer key: short: bed, pet, pin, cub · long: bead, feet, pine, cube
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About this grade 1 & grade 2 worksheet

Free long and short vowels printable for Grades 1–2 (Vowel Sort 5: bed/bead): sort words with short and long vowels, and see how silent e. Skill: Recognizes long and short vowel words (second-grade readiness). Level: Grade 1 & Grade 2 — also suits Year 2 (UK).

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It is designed for Grade 1 & Grade 2 (ages 6–8), but use it with any child who is ready.

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Recognizes long and short vowel words (second-grade readiness).

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More “Long or Short?” printables (recognizes long and short vowel words)

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