Read these short (a) words in each of the columns. If you need to decode (sound out) these words, remember to “slide” the beginning (consonant, consonant blend, digraph) sound into the vowel sound, then “hook on” the ending (consonant, consonant blend, or digraph) sound
| at | brat | bad | brad | bag | brag |
| bat | chat | cad | clad | gag | crag |
| cat | flat | dad | glad | hag | drag |
| fat | scat | fad | shad | jag | flag |
| hat | slat | had | lag | snag | |
| mat | spat | lad | nag | stag | |
| pat | that | mad | rag | swag | |
| rat | pad | sag | |||
| sat | sad | tag | |||
| tat | wag | ||||
| vat |
| am | clam | an | bran | cap | chap |
| cam | cram | ban | clan | gap | clap |
| dam | dram | can | flan | lap | flap |
| ham | gram | Dan | plan | map | scrap |
| jam | pram | fan | scan | nap | slap |
| Pam | scam | man | span | rap | snap |
| ram | scram | pan | Stan | sap | strap |
| Sam | sham | ran | than | tap | trap |
| tam | slam | tan | yap | ||
| yam | swam | van | zap | ||
| tram |
| cab | crab | ax | flax | and | bland |
| gab | grab | lax | band | brand | |
| jab | slab | sax | hand | grand | |
| lab | stab | tax | land | stand | |
| tab | wax | sand | strand |
| bass | brass | cast | blast | back | black |
| lass | class | fast | hack | clack | |
| mass | crass | last | Jack | crack | |
| pass | glass | mast | lack | flack | |
| sass | grass | past | pack | quack | |
| vast | rack | shack | |||
| sack | slack | ||||
| Al | tack | smack | |||
| gal | snack | ||||
| Hal | stack | ||||
| pal | track | ||||
| Val | whack |
| camp | champ | ash | brash | bank | blank |
| damp | cramp | bash | clash | dank | clank |
| lamp | scamp | cash | crash | hank | drank |
| ramp | stamp | dash | flash | lank | flank |
| tamp | tramp | gash | slash | rank | frank |
| vamp | hash | smash | sank | plank | |
| lash | splash | tank | prank | ||
| mash | stash | yank | shrank | ||
| rash | trash | spank | |||
| sash | thrash | stank | |||
| swank | |||||
| thank |
| ask | flask | daft | craft | asp | clasp |
| bask | haft | draft | gasp | grasp | |
| cask | raft | graft | hasp | ||
| mask | shaft | rasp | |||
| task |
| bath | bang | clang | can't | chant | |
| lath | gang | slang | pant | grant | |
| math | hang | sprang | rant | plant | |
| path | rang | twang | scant | ||
| rath | sang | slant |
| ranch | blanch | dance | chance | catch | klatch |
| branch | lance | France | hatch | scratch | |
| stanch | glance | latch | snatch | ||
| prance | match | thatch | |||
| stance | patch | ||||
| trance |
| advance | cancan | grandstand | ransack |
| backhand | capstan | handcraft | rattrap |
| backlash | catnap | handstand | sandbank |
| backpack | claptrap | hangman | sandblast |
| backtrack | crabgrass | hatband | sandman |
| bandstand | crankshaft | hatrack | scratchpad |
| Batman | fastback | madcap | snapback |
| blackjack | fatback | madman | taxman |
| blackstrap | flapjack | ragtag | transplant |
| cabstand | gangplank | ||