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Rain Rain Go Away
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
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Bee a Good Reader
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Odd One Out
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice, tracing...
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Blake's Brave Race
Students distinguish the difference between the short and long vowel sounds. They practice correspondences that are spelled and pronounced differently working with a_e=/A/ vowel sounds. Elkonin Letter boxes and class set of books are...
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Short a – Long a – Short e
In this vowels sounds worksheet, students recognize the sounds that vowels make as they read lists of 11 short a sound words, 11 long a sounds, and 11 short e sounds.
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Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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The Sneaky e
Young readers are exposed to the vowel-consonant-e rule in reading. They see how, by adding an e to the end of a word, a vowel sound changes from a short sound to a long sound. This clear presentation should be helpful to your young...
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The Long And The Short!: O
In this recognizing o vowel sounds worksheet, students observe word pictures and sort them as either long vowel words or short vowel words. Students write 8 answers.
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Vowels: review of short and long e, o
First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.
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Short Vowel A: Find Words in a Group
In this short A words worksheet, students read 15 words that have the letter A. Students circle the words that have a long vowel sound and write them on the lines.
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Long A Reading Worksheets
In this long a reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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Long E Reading Worksheets
In this long e reading learning exercise, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
Lakeshore Learning
Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs
A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items.
Curated OER
What I Have Learned: Phonics Review
Providing an exploration of phonics rules, including the use of suffixes, this presentation would be a good tool to use as part of a language arts lesson. The easy-to-understand information on the slides could solidify these concepts in...
Lerner Publishing
Teaching Vowel Combinations
Need some fun activities to augment your lessons on vowel patterns and phonemic awareness? Peruse a series of worksheets designed to help little ones with their early reading skills.
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Long and Short Vowel E
For this long and short vowel sounds worksheet, students examine 10 pictures and words. Students identify the vowel sounds in each of the words as long e or short e.
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Book Of Vowels - Long and Short Vowel Sounds
Students study letters. In this vowel sounds lesson, students distinguish between long and short vowels. They work independently to make a book of the two types of vowels.
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The Man and the Dog
In this long vowel worksheet, learners complete the short story "The Man and the Dog" by filling in the five blanks from the vocabulary words found in the word bank on the worksheet. Students then put the four pictures in chronological...
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Bright Mice
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
Arcademics
Coconut Vowels
Scholars show what they know about vowel digraphs with a quick coconut-themed learning game. Players fill in the blanks of falling coconuts to make words with a double vowel spelling pattern.
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Bud and June
In this identifying words with short and long "u" sounds worksheet, students observe pictures, write their names, and count the short and long "u" words. Students write 10 answers.
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Vowels: The Long and Short: U
In this long and short vowels worksheet, students analyze the 8 labeled pictures of common objects. Students write the words under the correct heading: short vowel words, long vowel words. All words have long or short U.
Rock ’N Learn
Ann and Abe – Long A and Short A Vowel Sounds
In this long and short vowel A worksheet, students analyze a puzzle picture in which each piece has a word. Students color the long vowel A words blue and the short vowel A words gray. A secret picture will be revealed.
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Long and Short Vowel a
In this vowel activity, 1st graders focus on the usage of the long and short a sound. Students study 10 pictures and write the name of each picture under the correct column for the short and long vowel sound.