Questions about the Short A poster

What’s on the Short A poster?

One large a, with the detail around it. a /ă/ as in cat. WHEN IT IS SHORT; One vowel, with consonants either side. No e on the end.; READ THESE; cat · hat · map; bag · van · sad; SAY IT; Short sounds are quick and clipped. The mouth barely moves.. Short a is the sound you meet first, and the one in most three-letter words.

Who is the Short A poster for?

Short A is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Short A poster?

When a word will not come, ask: is that a short a or a long a? A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Short A belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Short A?

Short E, Short I and Short O sit alongside Short A in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Short EShort IShort O

Is the Short A poster free to download and print?

Yes. Short A downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Short A poster print at?

Short A is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Short A loses nothing.Printing guide