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Long or Short Vowels?
In this vowel worksheet, students sort a set of words found in a picture of a fish bowl into columns according o their vowel sound. Vowels a, e and i are used.
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Long e and Long i Sound
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders examine 3 lines of words that contain 4 words each. They circle the word that contains the long e word, and place an X on the word with the long i word in each row.
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The Long I Sound
Learners read words with the long 'i' sound from a word box and then write four words that rhyme. They draw a circle around each word they use, then repeat the process finding three more words that rhyme. The instructional activity is...
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Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
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Vowel Digraphs
In this vowel digraph worksheet, students write either long E or long A for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 17 words.
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Vowel Digraphs
In this vowel digraph worksheet, students write either long O or long U for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 12 words.
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Vowel Digraphs
In this vowel digraph worksheet, learners write either long E or long A for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 16 words.
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Introduce /ai/
Young scholars state the "ai" long a sound. In this vowel combinations phonics lesson plan, students say the sound of "ai" when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination and remain silent when all other letters are...
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Initial Sounds: I (Long)
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 6 words that are missing letters. Students fill in only the blanks with the letter i that should begin with the letter i. Picture clues are included. Students also practice...
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Word Families "ail"
In this word families "ail" worksheet, students write "ail" next to 15 words to complete the word, all of which have a long "a" vowel sound.
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Dune Buggy
In this reading worksheet, students practice reading with long /u/ words. Students make a seven-page book about Luke and his dune buggy. Students read and color the pictures.
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Eng 213 Final Exam
Use this presentation in your linguistics class as a review tool, or utilize the concepts within it to frame your curriculum. Covering vowel and consonant rules, morphophonemic spelling systems, and assimilation rules, this slide show...
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Odd One Out
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice,...
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The Creaky Door Says "ehhhh"
Study the long vowel sound /e/, as in a creaky door noise. Children repeat the sound and learn a chant. They use letters in letterboxes to make words with the /e/ sound before reading a book and writing a message about their favorite...
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Pronunciation Exercises
In this pronunciation worksheet, students read the short and long vowel sound words and underline those with short forms of the vowel. Students place the words in the chart according to their syllables.
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Poems: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Act out the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" rhyme with youngsters. Learners observe visual instructions before completing the corresponding actions, then draw the spider into a scene. Finally, they write down rhyming words that have the ai...
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Oodles of Cool Words
In this long vowel U (oo) instructional activity, learners analyze 7 picture clues and write the "oo" word that fits each one. Students then find the words in a word search puzzle.
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Vowels
In this grammar activity, students read ten sentences where the vowel is missing in some of the words. They put the correct vowel in the space to make each sentence make sense. Students also identify whether each word is a short or long...
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O No!
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Configuration Station
In this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 5 words from a word bank. Students fit them into a puzzle, generate sentences, place them in alphabetical order and illustrate them.
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What a Day!
For this long O sound learning exercise, students view the picture "What a Day" to assist them in finding the words to fill in each blank in five sentences. Students circle each of their answers in the picture.
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The Long A Sound
Budding readers complete three different series of exercises where they write down four, then three, and finally two words that rhyme from the word box. A great way to practice reading, rhyming, and printing skills.
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Made You Mad
High schoolers explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel...
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Maze Madness
In this vowels sounds worksheet, learners examine 6 words in a maze. Students make their way through the maze by following the long vowel and short vowels sounds.