Phonics: Long and Short Types of Vowels

Contributed by:
Ivan
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.