Short E Words

FREE Short E Words printables! We are offering free letter sound ‘e’ charts, posters, lists, worksheets and more for students to practice their reading, writing and spelling. For more elementary reading printables, try out our R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook today!

What is a Short e Word?

The short e sound is part of five short vowel sounds: a, e, i, o, and u. Short e says /e/, as in pet. Many words have a short “e” sound, including words with closed syllables, digraphs, blends, and blends with digraphs. All of our posters and charts include practical examples to help kids identify the short sound with ease.

Short e Words Poster

Here is a short e words chart for students to associate words to real life objects that have the short e sound in them.

Short e List

Here is a table showing the different letters and combinations that can make the short e sounds. This colorful chart helps students recognize what letters make what sounds when reading.

Words with Short e Chart

Short e word chart with colorful pictures and each word’s spelling pattern including closed, digraphs, blends, and blends and digraphs. This chart also shows the different short e vowel sounds and how they are represent short e in a variety of ways.

Examples of Short E Words

Hey teachers, if you want to use these flashcards with multiple grade levels of students try laminating each printable before cutting. This will make them crease and water resistance, and you can easily wipe off any grime. For more FREE letter sound worksheets take a look at the Vowel Sounds Worksheets!

As educators, it’s essential to have short and relatable examples of short ”e” words that kids can remember easily. Consider words like “leg” with a closed syllable. A closed syllable contains a vowel sound that is immediately followed by a consonant ending the word. You can hear the short “e” sound like as in “hen”. Utilizing these examples in your teaching can aid students in recognizing and using the correct spelling of the closed short ‘e’ sounds in their everyday vocabulary and reading comprehension.

4 Spelling Patterns for Short e

Below is a list of words based on spelling patterns using the short e vowel sound. These short e vowel words include beginning, middle, and ending sounds with blends and digraphs.

Closed Short e Word List

Short e Words Blends List

Blends are when two or more consonants make two sounds, like “bl” in “bled”. Some examples of beginning blends are bl-, sc-, and -gr. More examples like ‘bend’ have blends at the end including others like -nd, -st, and -mp.

helm
shell
smell
bell
sled
yelp
sled
kelp

Short e Words Digraph List

Digraphs can be decoded where there are two letters together to produce one sound, or phoneme. See a breakdown of the digraph examples below, along with a huge and practical list to print for your beginner readers or elementary-age students learning to decode short and easy words.

shed
neck
peck
check
chest

Blends and Digraphs in Short e Words List

Words can have both digraphs and blends. Check out this short list of small and simple words for easy teaching.

Shelf
Whelk
Sketch
bread
blender

Short e Word Flashcard Set

Our Flashcard Set of 4 printables includes an easy set of vowel sounds for short e that help beginner readers grow and learn quickly in the phonics based reading world!

Short e Word Flashcard Set 1

Flashcards are great tools to utilize in the classroom when students a practicing a new skill. The repetitiveness will help kids master reading!

Short e Word Flashcard Set 2

This is a set of letter e flashcards for students to use when practicing their short e sounds. The colorful cards will keep students engaged in reading.

Short e Word Flashcard Set 3

Students can use these flashcards together as a class or independently. Teachers can pull out each card for the class to see and have them read it aloud.

Short e Word Flashcard Set 4

Here is a set of short e sound cards that have one letter in common. The letter e at the in the middle of all of these words makes the short e sound.

Short e Word Picture Flashcards Set

Use these gorgeous picture cards including all of the short e words above, but in picture format for beginner readers. These make great matching cards as well for the game mats provided below so keep scrolling!

Short e Word Picture Flashcards Set 1

Here is a set of different objects that all make the short e sound when spoken aloud. Each picture shows an action or object.

Short e Words Picture Flashcard Set 2

This is a printable page of 12 new short e flashcards for students to read. The words can have the short e sound in the middle of the word or at the end.

Short e Words Picture Flashcard Set 3

These colorful cartoon pictures will help students stay engaged in learning a new skill. They will also get better at spelling new words.

Short e Pictures Flashcard Set 4

This set of flashcards includes a number for students to read. This helps students realize that numbers have spelling too.

Short e Words BINGO Card Set

Our set of 6 BINGO Cards contain a great set of short e words for young ones learning to read and enjoy games.

Short e Words BINGO Card 1

Here is a fun short e themed bingo game for children to play! The flashcards can be used as calling cards and students can place a game piece on the correct space.

Short e Words BINGO Card 2

Teachers! If you want to make this activity last longer, just laminate the pages after printing. This will make them crease and water resistant.

Short e Words BINGO Card 3

Once students create a diagonal, vertical, or horizontal line have them shout out “bingo” to win. To make the game even more fun offer a small prize to the winner.

Short e Words BINGO Card 4

Each one of our bingo cards has a different organization of symbols. This way students can switch bingo mats to have a new game each time!

Short e Words BINGO Card 5

Each of the short e words bingo mats have a free star space in the middle and then 24 other symbols that represent words with a short e.

Short e Words BINGO Card 6

Each of the 24 squares have a picture and then the spelled out word below each one. This helps students practice reading each word.

Short E Words Calling Card 1

Here is a set of short e word BINGO calling cards to use during the bingo game. These squares are easy to cut out and use as calling cards or keep as is and mark them as you go along.

Short E Words Calling Card 2

Each one of these BINGO calling card pictures is colorful and has its word spelled out on the card. Students can play as a class or individually.

Short e Word Games and Worksheets

Grab these amazing learning mats to help children understand how to read using phonics based games. Kids match our flashcards and picture cards linked above for easy download. Then, grab any letter tiles or letter magnets for pure fun and joy while learning to read!