CVC MATCH has 28 card pairs for each short vowel, one word card and one picture card for matching. The target skill is decoding with phonemic awareness sub-skills. There are five CVC Posters which can be used for scaffolding and visual display.

The words used in CVC MATCH are:

Short a: cat, rat, mat, bat, fat, hat, pat, sat, pan, man, can, fan, ran, van, pad, dad, mad, sad, bag, rag, tag, wag, tap, cap, cab, lab, jab, dab

Short e (+terminal ll): vet, pet, wet, set, get, jet, met, net, den, hen, men, ten, peg, leg, beg, keg, bed, red, fed, wed, hem, gem, yes, bell, fell, well, sell, tell

Short i: bit, pop, lit kit, fit, sit, pin, bin, din, hip, pig, fig, big, wig, dip, rip, pit, lip, nip, zip, him, dim, rim, fin, win, six, mix, fix

Short o: bob, rob, cob, job, mob, sob, top, cop, mop, hop, pop, fog, dog, log, hog, jog, rod, nod, pot, rot, got, hot, box, fox, bog, dot, mom, cot

Short u: cut, pup, cup, hut, nut, run, gun, bun, fun, jug, bug, mug, hug, pug, dug, rug, tug, sun, sum, mum, gum, hum, bud, mud, dud, rub, tub, cub

The pictures used in CVC MATCH may not be the same as on the POSTER. This is purposeful, with the learner decoding the word, rather than memorising the picture.