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Lesson plan covers the definition of vowel sound, difference between the short and the long vowels, their spelling patterns and worksheet on sorting words based on vowel sounds.
1.
Use spelling patterns to sort long and
short vowel words
2.
Definition of Vowel Sound
A vowel
sound is
a sound
made
with your
mouth
open.
3.
The Short and Long Vowel Sound
A short vowel sound is the sound that
a vowel makes when it is pronounced
quickly and softly in a word. For
example: a as in “cat”, e as in “bed”, i
as in “big”, o as in “pot” and uas in
“bug”.
A long vowel sound is a sound that
says its name.For example: a as in
“cake”, e as in “bean”, i as in “ bike”, o
as in “boat” and u as in “cube”.
4.
Spelling Patterns For Short And Long Vowels
Short vowels have this spelling pattern:
CVC Pattern; spin, cat, skin, plan, plot,pet.
Long vowels have these spelling patterns:
CVCe Pattern: spine,plate,these,cone prune.
Two Vowels together pattern: rain,train,beat,street,blue moon.
Note:CVC stands for consonant vowel consonant while CVCe stand for consonant
vowel consonant-e(where the e after the last consonant is silent.
5.
Sort Words Based On Vowel Sounds
What is a long vowel sound?
A) A vowel sound that is short and quick.
B) A vowel sound that says its name.
C) A vowel sound that is made with your mouth open wide.
What are two words that have a long "i" sound?
A) bike, kite
B) rain, cake
C) cat, hat
What is one way you can learn about long and short vowel sounds?
A) By reading a book.
B) By watching a movie.
C) By sorting words.
7.
Short and Long Vowel SOund Game.
8.
Summary
Vowel sounds are made with our mouth wide open. Vowel sounds can be short or
Short vowel sounds are made quickly and shortly. Example: cap,cup,kit, hen, and
Long vowel sound says its name. Example: kate,Pete, kite, cope, cube.
Short vowel sounds have CVC spelling pattern e.g cap, chat,check,ship,slot …
Long vowel sounds have the CVCe spelling e.g lake, theme, like, cope, Luke…
Long vowel sounds also have the two vowels together spelling pattern e.g. said,
bee,tie, foam…
9.
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