The Short A Sound

Cat uses the short a sound. Some other words that use the short a sound are:

• hat - I left my hat at the train station.
• map - I'll need a map when I travel to Europe.
• sat - Yesterday I sat near the guitar player.
• chat - I would love to chat with you, but I need to get to work.

Here is a poem from the book, Phonics Through Poetry. It uses many words that have a short a sound. The poem is written by Dee Lillegard. The words in bold have the short a sound.

Catsup

I tap it lightly.

Tap and pat.

And all at once, there comes a splat!

I didn't want as much as that!

Tap and pat.

Pat and tap.

Catchup splashes on my lap!

Your teacher,

Alan