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English
Quarter 1 – Module 9:
Reading and Writing Short Vowel
Sounds in CVC Pattern

CO_Q1_English 3_ Module 9
English – Grade 3
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Quarter 1 – Module 9: Reading and Writing Short Vowel Sounds in CVC Pattern
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 1 – Module 9:
Reading and Writing Short Vowel
Sounds in CVC Pattern
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our
dear learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home.
Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are
carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide
you step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson
prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on
lessons in each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on
completing this module or if you need to ask your facilitator or your
teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson. At the
end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-
check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity
and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the
Teacher are also provided to our facilitators and parents for
strategies and reminders on how they can best help you on your
home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary
marks on any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in
answering the exercises and tests. And read the instructions
carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in
answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your
teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is

here to help you master on words with short vowel sounds either in
a phrase or in a sentence. The scope of this module permits it to
be used in many different learning situations. The language used
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But
the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond
with the textbook you are now using.
After going through this module, you are expected to
produce/sound out correctly vowel sounds in CVC pattern; read
CVC words with short /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/ vowel sounds; write
CVC words with short /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/ vowel sounds
(EN3PWR-Ia-b-7); and write a sentence using words that has short
vowel sound in CVC pattern.
Enjoy your journey. Good luck!
.

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 What I Know

Let us check how far you have learned about words with
short /e/, /i/, /a/, /o/, and /u/ sound.

Directions: Box the word with short /e/, underline word with short
/i/, encircle word with short /a/, triangulate word with short /o/,
and double underline the word with short /u/ sound in each
number. Do this on a separate sheet of paper.

1. men sin tub

2. sat sit net

3. tin jet bud

4. son mud bed

5. yum hum ten

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 Lesson Reading and Writing Short

1 Vowel Sounds in CVC

Pattern
The children like you are fond of reading different words you
encounter in day to day activities. Reading words with correct
pronunciation helps in building confidence in speaking. In this
lesson you will learn to read and write words with short /a/, /e/, /i/,
/o/ and /u/ sounds in CVC Pattern.

What’s In

Directions: Match the word in Column A with the pictures in

Column B. Do this on a separate sheet of paper.
A B

_____1. net a.

_____2. pan b.

_____3. sit c.

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_____4. dog d.

_____5. sun e.

What’s New

Story
A. Direction: Read the poem orally.

My Pat, the Cat

by Mark Fil L. Tagsip

My name is Matt.
I have a cat.
Whose name is Pat.
Pat sits on the mat,
And sleeps with me on the cot.
Pat and I are good friends.
We love to run in the farm.
In the farm he sees a rat,
He runs over it,
and never comes home.
I am now alone with no
Pat to sit and sleep on the cot.

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Comprehension Questions:
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. Who has a cat?
2. What did they do in the farm?
3. If you were Matt, what would you do to find Pat?

B. Direction: Read the poem below and answer the questions that
follow.
My Pet Yet
by Junrey C. Colas

I always get wet,

every time I play with my pet.
My pet is a fish,
and I named her Yet.

It swims like a jet,

and I would bet.
That Yet could defeat,
every fish she would meet.

Yet is the best pet,

that every kid can get.
I love her a lot,
she is my best friend pet.

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Comprehension Questions
Directions: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the
correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is his pet’s name?
a. Yet
b. bet
c. set
d. net

2. How fast can she swim?

a. like a van
b. like a car
c. like a jet
d. like a net

3. What is his pet?

a. fish
b. dog
c. cat
d. pig

4. Why does he always get wet?

a. because he plays with his pet
b. because he plays with his playmates
c. because he plays with his toys
d. because he plays with his friends

5. How do you take care of your pet?

a. Give them food and water.
b. Give them toys to play.
c. Give them friends to play.
d. Give them water to drink.

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 C. Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the questions
that follow.

A Big Pin
Linda has one pin. The pin is big. Linda puts the pin in her
bag. She will give the pin to her kin.

Comprehension Questions
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. Who has a pin?
2. Where does Linda put the pin?
3. To whom will she give the pin?
4. How does she describe the pin?

D. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

A Log in the Bog in the Fog

by N.N. Hermosa

There is a log in the bog,

a log in the bog in the fog.

Along comes Tom,

with his pretty mom.
They sit on the log in the bog,
on the log in the bog in the fog.

And here comes a dog,

with a very big hog.
They sit on the log in the bog,
on the log in the bog in the fog.

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 “Oh my God!” says Jon,
“On that log, there is a hog!
I won’t sit on that log in the bog,
on that log in the bog in the fog,”

Where is the log?

Where is the log in the bog in the fog?
What log, my dear?
There is nothing there.

Comprehension Questions
Directions: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the
correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is in the bog?

a. fog b. log c. bog

2. Who comes with Tom?

a. pretty mom b. bog c. log

3. Where do they sit?

a. log b. bag c. cod

4. What animal comes after Tom?

a. cat b. dog c. rat

5. What happens to the log?

a. carried by the bog
b. taken by Tom
c. kept by her mom

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 E. Direction: Read the story orally.

Pug the Bug

by Junrey C. Colas

There was once a bug named Pug.

Pug liked to run and jump.
One day, Pug got stuck in the mud.
Pug yelled for help!
Another bug named Dug came to help.
He pulled Pug out of the mud.
Pug and Dug played under the sun.
Pug and Dug became best buds.

Comprehension Questions
Directions: Read and answer the following questions.
1. Who got stuck in the mud?
2. What did Pug like to do?
3. How did Dug help Pug?
4. Why did they become best buds?

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 What is It

Read the underlined words in the poem and story.

Here are some CVC words with short vowel sounds.
/a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/
bad bed big son sun
bat web lid jog run
ham yet pig nod rug
pan let his rod mum
jar peg pin hog hug
has net pit sob cut
sat vet lit God cup

Read the phrases.

pig on the field cup on the table

two-deck bed sat on the blanket

jog in the court mob in the street

my cute pet map of the Philippines

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 What’s More
Activity A. Color the Word
Directions: Color the box according to its short vowel sound: red is
for /a/, yellow is for /e/, blue is for /i/, orange is /o/, and green is
for /u/. Do it in a separate sheet of paper.

net bed mop hop

sin red man hen

ten hum wed yam

rug bed tug leg

set mud sad tin

win fed peg sun

men nun net beg

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Activity B. Complete me
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word. Choose your
answer from the box below.

bag beg win son hug

ham
1. The athletes want to _________ the game.
2. My mom gives me a _________ every morning.
3. The old men along the street ________ for food and water.
4. “Your ______ is a good boy,” said the teacher.
5. Father bought me a new _____ yesterday.

Activity C. Make a Sentence

Directions: Write a simple sentence using the following words with
short vowel sound. Write it on a separate sheet of paper.

1. tub

___________________________________________________________

2. hug

___________________________________________________________

3. man

___________________________________________________________

4. pin

___________________________________________________________

5. pan

__________________________________________________________

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Activity D. Read me More
Directions: Read each phrase and encircle the word with short
vowel sound. Do this on a separate sheet of paper.

1. water in the tub

2. hug your dad
3. men in uniform
4. pin in the sash
5. cook in the pan
6. log in the river
7. hog in the mud
8. cup in the hand
9. vet in the clinic
10. bug in the leaf

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 What I Have Learned

Direction: Complete the paragraph.

In this lesson, I learned that…

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Examples of CVC words that have short vowel sounds are:

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

Let us see what you can do.

Directions: Make a sentence for each of the CVC words with short
vowel sounds. Observe the correct punctuation and capitalization
of words.
1. dog
_________________________________________________________

2. cat
_________________________________________________________

3. mud
_________________________________________________________

4. set
_________________________________________________________

5. hit
_________________________________________________________

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 Assessment
A. Directions: Write the correct word to complete the sentence.
Choose your answer inside the parenthesis. Do this on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Exercise your __________ every morning. (legs, bed, lid)

2. The cat sleeps on the ___________. (mat, log, bug)

3. The baby wears a _____________. (bib, pin, bag)

4. The ____________ barks at the stranger. (dog, pig, cat)

5. He rides on a_____________. (bag, bus, bin)

B. Directions: Use each word in a sentence. Do this on a

separate sheet of paper.

1. hen
2. hat
3. buy
4. sat
5. pin

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 Additional Activities

Let’s see what else you have you learned.

A. Directions: Copy the sentences in your notebook. Write the
correct word to complete the sentence. Choose your answer from
the box.

mop map gem bug kin log

1. You have to see a ____________ to locate your destination.

2. He cleans the floor with a ____________.

3. The ______________ eats the leaves of the rose.

4. The precious _____________ is expensive.

5. Ben and Zed are _____________.

B. Directions: Write at least five simple sentences and underline the

short vowel sound you use in each sentence.
Example: I have a new bag.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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What I Know What's In What’s More
1. box: men
underline: sin 1. a A.
double underline: tub 2. e
3. d red yellow blue
2. encircle: sat
4. c man net sin
underline: sit
5. b yam bed tin
box: net
sad red win
3. underline: tin
hen
box: jet
green ten orange
double underline: bud
hum wed mop
4. triangle: son
rug bed hop
double underline: mud
tug leg
box: bed
mud set
5. double underline: yum
sun fed
double underline: hum
nun peg
box: ten
men
net
beg
What I have Learned Assessment
What’s More
Answers may vary. 1. leg
B.
2. mat
1. win
2. hug 3. bib
3. beg 4. dog
4. son 5. bus
5. bag
C. Additional Activities
1. tub 1. map 4. gem
2. hug 2. mop 5. Kin
3. men 3. bug
4. pin
5. pan
6. log
7. hog
8. cup
9. vet
10. bug
Answer Key
References
Bautista, Lea, Dinah Bonao, Raymond Bustamante, Ana Lou
Caspi, Esperanza D. Cruz, Myra R. Labay, Evelyn Mamangon,
Aurea L. Mazo, Josie Mendoza, Mil F. Ponciano, Criselda DG
Ocang, Rose B. Pamintuan, Ivy Romano, Jeanette V. Sison,
and Jelly L. Sore. Let's Get Better in Reading Learner’s
Material. Pasig City: Department of Education, 2015, 26-27.

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