Learning the long- and short-stressed voices of the five vowel sounds. When a vowel makes the sound of a particular letter, then it is a short sound. However, when the vowel sounds like the letter's name, then it makes a long sound. The sound the vowel makes depends on its position in the word and the letters that surround it.
1. PHONICS C Long and short vowels
2. Phonics: Short Vowels • What are vowels? • With your shoulder partner • Vowels are the letters a, e, i, o, write down what short u. vowel sound can be found in these words: • What should they sound 1. Ending like? 2. Beginning • Teach your shoulder partner! 3. Taxes
3. Phonics: Long vowel • What are vowels? • With your shoulder partner write down what short vowel sound can • Vowels are the letters a, e, i, o, be found in these words: u. 1. Lake 2. Nose • What should they sound 3. Cubes like? 4. Baseball • Teach your shoulder partner! 5. Aim 6. High
4. Long ‘a’ • Sounds with the long a • Some examples are: sound can have the • Age following spellings: • Wait • a__e • Bay • ai • __ay With your shoulder partner come up with one more example of each.
5. Long ‘e’ • Sounds with the long e sound • Some examples are: can have the following • Even spellings: • Feet • e___e • Eagle • ee • Baby • ea • Chief, field, relief • __y • Key • __ie__ • __ey With your shoulder partner come up with one more example of each.
6. Long ‘i’ • Sounds with the long i • Some examples are: sound can have the • Ice following spellings: • Tie, pie • i__e • High • __ie • By • igh • __y With your shoulder partner come up with one more example of each.
7. Long ‘o’ • Sounds with the long o • Some examples are: sound can have the • Open following spellings: • Coat • o__e • Crow • oa • Toe • ow • __oe With your shoulder partner come up with one more example of each.
8. Long ‘u’ • Sounds with the long u • Some examples are: sound can have the • Use, mute following spellings: • Cue • u__e • Blew • __ue • ew With your shoulder partner come up with one more example of each.