- Short Vowels Skill Explainer
Decodable — The Hot Pot
![Short o decodable the hot pot reading universe](https://files.readinguniverse.org/pdf/short-o-decodable-the-hot-pot-reading-universe.pdf-25045.jpg)
Use this decodable text to give students practice in reading closed-syllable words with short 'o'. For example, the letter 'o' in pot represents the short 'o' sound because the vowel is closed in by the consonant 't'.