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LESSON PLAN
for Lesson 21
Short Vowel /u/

Materials
Lesson plan and
teaching materials

To view the teaching materials, click on "Lesson plan and teaching materials." Then scroll to the end of the lesson to find the following materials:

  • Uu sound/symbol card
  • Uu picture cards
  • Letter cards
  • Teacher decodable word cards
  • Student decodable word cards
  • High-frequency word cards
  • Bingo cards
  • Phonemic awareness worksheet
  • Phonics worksheet
  • Practice sheet
  • Workmat

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The Ugly Umbrella

The Mutt and the Bug
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Background

The letter u makes several sounds. The most common representation of the short /u/ vowel sound is in words where the vowel is in a closed pattern, as in cut, hug, bus, duck, and truck. It also appears in the initial position in words like up. There are other ways to represent the short /u/ vowel sound, such as the o in son, ou in double, and oo in flood.