what are cvc words

CVC words are one-syllable, three-letter words that follow the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant. The middle letter is always a vowel, and the first and last letters are consonants. Examples of CVC words include cat, hot, tip, man, and hut. Children start to learn their letter sounds in Reception, then start to blend sounds to read words. As a first step, children focus on decoding (reading) three-letter words arranged consonant, vowel, consonant (CVC words) . They will learn other letter sounds, such as the consonants g, b, d, h, and the remaining vowels e, o, u. A child who already knows all their letter sounds might be shown the CVC word pit and asked to read it out loud. This is the point where they are required to use their knowledge of the individual sounds of each letter and blend these letter sounds together, so they are producing CVC words.