Children continue to memorize and recognize familiar words. Seeing, reading, and remembering the most common words used in grade-level texts is essential to their reading skills in the future.
Below are a variety of common short u words, which children learn to decode in kindergarten. Finding different ways to practice these will ensure students can quickly and easily read these words when they encounter them.
Short u Words
The short u word list includes the following words:
bluff | chug | dug | hub | mug | puck | rust | sud |
blush | chum | dump | hug | mull | puff | rut | sum |
brush | club | dust | hum | mush | pug | shush | sun |
Bub | cluck | flub | hunt | muss | pump | shut | thug |
buck | crush | flush | hush | must | pun | slug | truck |
bud | crust | fun | hut | mutt | punt | slush | trump |
buff | cub | fund | jug | nub | pup | snub | trust |
bug | cud | fuss | jump | nuck | push | snuck | tub |
bum | cuff | glug | jut | nun | putt | snug | tuck |
bump | cup | grub | luck | nut | rub | struck | tug |
bun | cut | gruff | lug | pluck | rug | strut | tush |
bus | donut | gum | lump | plug | rum | stub | us |
bush | dub | Gus | lush | plump | run | stuck | yuck |
but | duck | gush | muck | plush | runt | stuff | |
chuck | dud | gut | mud | pub | rush | sub |
Closing
Teaching these words can be done in a variety of creative ways like word hunts, memory games, activity mats, and tracing sheets. No matter how they learn them, these words will increase their confidence and reading skills, and set them up for reading success.
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