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.
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Long O Words
In this long o words activity students match long o words to the picture they represent. Students match 8 words to 8 pictures.
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Practicing Short and Long Vowel Sounds
What are the differences between short and long vowel sounds? The class participates in a teacher ledlesson in which they add letters to words as they evolve from a three letter, short vowel word to a longer long vowel word. They...
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Long Vowel Sounds "ay"
In this long vowel sounds "ay" worksheet, students look at four pictures, read the clues, guess what the "ay" word is and write it on the line.
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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.
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Vowel Digraphs - Long i or Long e
Do you hear the long /i/ or the long /e/ sound? Kids read through 11 examples and decide which of the two sounds is used. Example words include die, flies, and shield. Correct the spelling error (sheild) before distributing...
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Finding the Pictures of Long O Words
For this finding the pictures of long O words worksheet, 1st graders look at sixteen pictures, circle the pictures of long O words, then color the pictures.
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Matching Long U Words With Pictures
In this matching long U words with pictures worksheet, students cut out 7 long U word cards and 7 picture cards, then place the matching picture beneath each word.
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Long U Words
In this long u worksheet, learners circle picture names that have long u. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
Exploratorium
Groovy Sounds
Make music. Class members construct a simple record player using a paper cone and a pin. The resource provides a description of what is happening and why listeners can hear the sounds through the cone.
K12 Reader
The Coat Got Soaked on the Boat
This silly story of a family, their pet goat, a coat, and boat will capture your pupils' attention as they work on the long /o/ sound, the oa digraph, and reading comprehension.
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.
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Medial Phoneme Spin
A collaborative activity challenges young scholars to match medial graphemes and phonemes. Pairs take turns spinning the spinner, naming the letter, and saying its name. They choose from a stack of cards with the same medial sound.
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The ai Sound
There are multiple vowels that make the /ai/ sound within words; show your learners three of them in this spelling instructional activity. They look at some examples, then complete three sets of words by adding in the vowels to make this...
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Fluency: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Make a Match
A memory activity engages young learners in letter-sound correspondence. Pairs take turns examining two sets of cards lying face down. They flip one image card and one letter card, then name the initial sound. If the sounds match, pupils...
Starfall
Sky Ride
For this long /i/ sound instructional activity, students circle the words with the long /i/ sound and then write each word in the blank to match the picture.
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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...
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Pete's Sheep
In this language arts learning exercise, learners investigate the long /e/ sound by writing four words corresponding to a picture.
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Jake's Tale
In this phonics activity, students circle and write 4 words with the long /a/ sound.
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Long Vowel Sounds "i-e"
In this long vowel sounds "i-e" worksheet, 2nd graders look at four pictures, read the clues and guess what the word is that fits the "i-e" pattern.
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Long Vowel U Sounds
This worksheet is straight-forward and easy to follow. Have your young learners look at the words below and place them in the correct category. Does the word have the ew letter combination or a u and silent e combination? For you very...
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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.
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Long A Word Matching Game
In this long a word activity, students cut out words with long a in them and cut out the pictures they go with, and match them together. Students match 8 words with 8 pictures.