English 3

English – Grade 3
Quarter 1 – Module 2-B: Reading Words with Short U Sound in C-V-C Pattern
Second Edition, 2021

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 English 3
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 2-B
Reading Words with Short U Sound
in C-V-C Pattern

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Reading Words with Short U

Sound in C-V-C Pattern.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration of their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Reading Words with Short U

Sound in C-V-C Pattern.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills that

you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at

hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts and

skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and application of

the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 3. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Reading Words with Short U Sound in C-V-C Pattern.

PRETEST

Tell whether the underlined word in each sentence has an /u/ (uh)
sound. On the space before the number, write Y if the answer is YES,
and write N if the answer is No.

_____ 1. I always use my red umbrella whenever it is raining.

_____ 2. My mother hugs me every time of the day.
_____ 3. My favorite pet is a pup.
_____ 4. I bought a bag for my little sister.
_____ 5. The children love to play under the sun.

RECAP

In your previous lesson, you have learned that there are five
vowels in the alphabet. These vowels are a, e, i, o, and u, and each
of them has its own sound. We must learn the sound of each vowel
to help us become good readers.

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Let us read the following sentences with the short o sound:

The pot is hot.

The fox can jump.

Bob got a mop.

LESSON

Today, let us talk about words with short u sound in C-V-C

pattern. Let us read the following words:

hut bun cup

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 The vowel in the middle of these words is the vowel “u”. Let’s
sound out the vowel “u”:/uh/ /uh/ /uh/.

Let us spell the word nun: h-u-t hut. The sound of “u “in the
word “hut” is /uh/. The second word is bun. Let us spell the word
bun: b-u-n bun. The sound of “u” in the word “bun” is /uh/. And
the last word is cup: c-u-p cup. The sound of u in the word “cup” is
/uh/.

Let’s read another set of words.

-ub -ug -um -un -ut

dub bug bum bun but

hub jug gum fun cut

pub mug hum gun gut

rub pug rum nun rut

tub rug sum pun nut

Let’s read these phrases!

a pug on a rug
a mug and a jug
a bug on the hut

Guided Practice
Let us read the following words. Clap your hands twice if the word
has the /uh/ sound and say “oops” if it doesn’t have the /uh/ sound.

Here’s the first one:

gum

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 If you clapped your hands twice, you are correct! The word
gum has the /uh/ sound. Let’s say it together, “gum”, “gum”,
“gum”. Have you eaten a bubble gum? What should we do with a
piece of gum after we chewed it? We should wrap it in a piece of
scrap paper and throw it in a trash bin. Next word is….

run

If you clapped your hands twice, you are right! The word run
has the /uh/ sound. Let’s say it together, “run”, “run”, “run”.

bed

If you said “oops”, you are right! The word bed doesn’t have
the /uh/ sound.

ACTIV I TIES

Activity 1
Read each word aloud. Circle all the words with the short U sound.

hug sin pan bat

can keg cub men

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 hen bug cat top

fun sad gel sun

Activity 2
List down 5 C-V-C words with short u sound that can be found at
home. Then recite the words in front of one of the members of the
family.

WRAP -UP

To wrap up everything that we have talked about in this

lesson, let us always remember that:
The letter u has a short vowel sound which is pronounced as
/uh/ / uh/ /uh/. For example, bus, cup, sun, gum, run, and many
others.

VALUING

Street sweepers are one of our helpers in the community. They

work on the road and alleys to keep the surroundings clean so that
people may be healthy and free of sickness.

If you could give a gift to a street sweeper or any community

workers for the help they bring us, what would it be? Draw it inside
the box below.

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 POSTTEST

Directions: Tell the name of each picture. Circle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. 1. A. bag B. bug C. beg

2. A. sun B. sin C. son

3. A. rain B. ruin C. run

4. A. boys B. bus C. bed

5. A. mug B. men C. mat

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KEY TO CORRECTION