Educational worksheet for teaching long and short 'a' sounds using picture sorting.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We need to sort the words (based on the pictures) into two boxes:
- Long a — when the letter “a” says its name, like in “cake” or “rain”
- Short a — when the letter “a” makes a quick sound, like in “cat” or “bat”

First, let’s look at each picture and think of the word it represents:

1. 🎂 Cake → “cake” → the “a” is long (says “ay”) → Long a
2. 🦀 Crab → “crab” → the “a” is short (like “ah”) → Short a
3. 🍇 Grapes → “grapes” → the “a” is long (says “ay”) → Long a
4. 🎨 Paint → “paint” → the “a” is long (says “ay”) → Long a
5. 🌍 Map → “map” → the “a” is short (like “ah”) → Short a
6. ☔ Rain → “rain” → the “a” is long (says “ay”) → Long a
7. 🦇 Bat → “bat” → the “a” is short (like “ah”) → Short a
8. 🍎 Apple → “apple” → the “a” is short (like “ah”) → Short a

Now let’s group them:

✔ Long a: cake, grapes, paint, rain
✔ Short a: crab, map, bat, apple

Double-checking:
- Long a words usually have silent “e” at the end or “ai” together → cake, grapes, paint, rain ✔️
- Short a words are simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) or start with “a” followed by consonants → crab, map, bat, apple ✔️

Final Answer:
Long a: cake, grapes, paint, rain
Short a: crab, map, bat, apple