This resource includes 140+ 2-piece CVC word puzzle strips that will enable your students to make connections between pictures and words by using their decoding skills. There are 2x file options included in this set – South Australian font and a generic neat font. Simply print on card stock and cut into puzzle pieces and jumble them up, ready for your students to solve. Alternatively, print several pages to a page and issue as a cut-and-paste activity. A list of the included words are as follows:

-at words: mat, hat, pat, bat, sat, rat, cat, fat

-ap words: sap, zap, tap, cap, gap, lap, map, nap

-an words: tan, van, ran, can

-am words: jam, ram, ham, dam

-ag words: tag, rag, wag, bag

-ad words: bad, pad, sad, mad, dad, lad

-ab words: jab, lab, dab, cab

-et words: pet, wet, get, vet, jet, met

-eg words: peg, keg, beg, leg

-en words: pen, ten, men, hen

-ed words: fed, red, bed, wed

-other short /e/ words: web, hem, yes

-ix words: six, fix, mix

-it words: sit, kit, lit, bit, hit, fit

-in words: win, pin, tin, fin

-ip words: lip, pip, hip, nip, zip, dip, sip, rip

-ig words: pig, fig, dig, wig

-im words: him, dim, rim

-id words: lid, hid, kid, rid

-ib words: rib, bib

-ox words: box, fox

-ot words: rot, not, pot, hot, got, cot

-og words: jog, fog, dog, log

-op words: pop, cop, mop, hop

-ob words: rob, cob, job, sob

-od words: nod, pod, rod

-ut words: but, cut, hut

-um words: mum, yum, gum, sum

-un words: fun, nun, run, sun

-ub words: rub, tub, cub, sub

-ud words: mud, sud, bud

-ug words: rug, jug, mug, tug, dug, hug, bug

- other short /u/ words: tux, pup, cup, bus