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Harvard University

The Harvard Chaucer Page: The Great Vowel Shift

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides examples showing the difference between Chaucer's language and our own. The name of the site is the Great Vowel Shift and the text provided is medium in length, with several examples...
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Long Short Vowel Sort

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will sort picture words by moving them into either the short vowel or long vowel space ship.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Vowel Team Conventions Worksheets Ela Rf.1.3.c

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
There are a large number of vowel combinations that produce completely different sounds. These are known as vowel teams. These worksheets can help students be successful with the usage of vowel pairs and adjoining consonants.