Kiz Club
Long Vowel "U"
How long have you been looking for a instructional activity that focuses on the long /u/ sound? You've found one here! Pupils add in the letter u to six words. They then match the words to the images along the left side of the...
K12 Reader
Long Vowels
Keep things short and sweet for your young learners with a simple long vowel instructional activity. Presented with four long vowel words with the vowels missing, children must correctly identify and write in the letters...
Curated OER
Circle the Long I Words
In this long I words worksheet, 3rd graders study 16 images and circle the ones that show words with the long I sound. Students must circle words beginning with long I and color the pictures that match those words.
Kiz Club
Long Vowel "E"
Explore the ea and ee digraphs with a activity full of images. For each drawing, kids choose between these two digraphs to complete the matching word and master the long /e/ sound.
Curated OER
Listening For Long Vowel Sounds
Provide young learners practice identifying different letters and the sounds they create. For each illustration, learners will say the word aloud and identify the correct spelling based on the word's pronunciation. Then they write the...
Curated OER
Finding the Pictures of Long E Words
For this finding the pictures of long E words worksheet, 1st graders look at 16 pictures and circle the ones that begin with the long E sound, then color the pictures.
Curated OER
High Frequency Words--Long "A"
In this high frequency words worksheet, students read and write the eight given words and use the words in sentences. The words focus on the long "a" sound.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Kindergarten Skills Unit 10
A six-week unit wraps up kindergarteners' skills practice in beginning reading skills. Twenty-nine lessons focus on long vowel sounds and 11 tricky high-frequency words. Scholars participate in warm-up activities, introductions to sounds...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Geologic History of Long Island Sound
In this geologic history of Long Island Sound learning exercise, students read about how the Long Island sound was formed through rivers and glaciers advancing and retreating. Students answer 5 questions about the reading and the...
Curated OER
Long Island Sound
Learners use the Internet to research the history of Long Island Sound. In groups, they identify the sources of point and nonpoint pollution and how humans are impacting the area. After watching a video, they discuss the role of...
Reading Resource
Build-A-Fence Long Vowel Game
Build your class's knowledge with a vowel game. With a list of code words for each vowel, kids begin to construct fences with the words that share long vowel sounds.
Reading Resource
Flower Building Long Vowel Game
Reading can be as lovely as a walk through the garden! Sets of flowers host words that share long vowel sounds, which kids match to the correct flowerpots.
Curated OER
Long A Words
In this long a worksheet, students circle pictures whose names begin with the long A sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Mix-Up
Scholars time each other as they work through a sheet of all 26 letters. They test each other to see how many letters sounds they can identify in one minute.
Curated OER
Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E
Young scholars explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Young scholars...
Curated OER
Matching Long A Words and Pictures
In this matching long A words and pictures worksheet, 1st graders draw a line from the word to the picture for eight words that begin with long A.
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.
Core Knowledge Foundation
First Grade Skills Unit 2
Nineteen lessons make-up a four-week-long unit that explores long vowel sounds, nouns, and 11 high-frequency words. Lessons scaffold information to gain confidence in reading a decodable text and answering questions. Routines include...
Curated OER
Long Vowels - Long A
In this long A sound worksheet, 1st graders say the word pictures and circle one letter or group from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sounds. Students write the words on the blank lines. Students then write the sentence...
Curated OER
Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness lesson, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with the same...
Curated OER
Long Vowel I
In this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long i sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
Curated OER
Match the Rhymes
Tree, bee, knee, three... what do these have in common? Focus on vowel sounds in this matching worksheet for beginning readers. Learners connect a picture of a tree to pictures that rhyme with it and then get some printing practice. All...
Curated OER
Find the Pictures That Begin With Long a
In this vowel worksheet students look at 12 pictures. Students are instructed to find the pictures that begin with the long a sound. It is not clear whether students are to color, circle or mark their answers.