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  • Short Vowels Skill Explainer

Decodable — Pals on the Bus

Mixed short vowels decodable pals on the bus reading universe

Use this decodable text to give students practice reading closed-syllable words containing each of the short vowel sounds, such as pal, let, big, hot, and gum, where the vowel represents the short sound because it is closed in by a consonant.

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