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Free Short O Word Family Sort Worksheet

Strengthen rime awareness and orthographic categorization with this free printable Short O word family sorting worksheet. Students read mixed decodable CVC words from the word bank and sort them under the correct -og and -op family houses. Ideal for kindergarten and first grade phonics centers, small group intervention, or homework. No login required.

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Short O Word Family Sort

Phonics Categorization Practice (-og and -op)

Name:
Date:
Read each word. Write it under the correct word family.
WORD BANKRead each word, write it in its family house, then check the box.
mop
hop
dog
fog
top
log
-og
-og Word Family
1.
2.
3.
4.
-op
-op Word Family
1.
2.
3.
4.

Why Use Word Family Sorting in Phonics?

Word family sorting develops phonological and orthographic awareness by encouraging learners to recognize predictable spelling patterns (rimes). Rather than sounding out every word as three isolated letters, students learn to break words into an onset (initial consonant) and a rime (vowel plus ending consonant).

In this activity, all words feature the short o sound (/ŏ/). By categorizing words into the-at (cat, bat, hat, mat) and -an (pan, fan, van) families, students notice how varying the onset creates new rhyming words while the spelling of the rime remains consistent.

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Answer Key

Short O Word Family Sort

-og-og Family Words
  1. dog
  2. fog
  3. log
-op-op Family Words
  1. hop
  2. mop
  3. top

Answers are auto-derived from canonical word family data.

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