Jcosta Tech 290 9 17 08

VowelsThe long and short of it!

Jean CostaIncorporating Technology into the

Classroom9-17-08

04/08/23 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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California State Standards• LA1.5 Distinguish long-and short-vowel sounds in

orally stated single-syllable words

• LA1.10 Generate the sounds from all the letters and letter patterns, including consonant blends and long- and short-vowel patterns (i.e. phonograms), and blend those sounds into recognizable words.


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Vowels


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“a” (short vs. long)

apple card acorn card short “a” sound long “a” sound


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“a” like in apple

• cap• hat• man• plan• Sam• tap• van


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“a” like in acorn

• cape• hate• mane• plane• same• tape• vane


More long “a” wordsUsing a_e pattern

• ape lake• bakename• cave page• date rake• face skate• gate take• grape

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“e” (short vs. long)

elephant card eagle card short “e” long “e”


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“e” like in elephant

• pet


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“e” like in eagle

• Pete

There are very few words that can change from short to long vowel sounds using the e_e pattern.


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More long “e” wordsUsing e_e spelling pattern

• these• Steve• Crete


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“i”(short vs. long)

igloo card ice cream card

short “i” sound long “i” sound


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“i” like in igloo

• bit• kit• pin• rip• tim


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“i” like in ice cream

• bite• kite• pine• ripe• time


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More long “i” wordsUsing i_e spelling pattern

• bride mine• fire nice• five nine• hive size• ice smile• life vine• line wide• mice


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“o” (short vs. long)

ostrich card ocean card

short “o” sound long “o” sound


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“o” like in ostrich

• con• glob• not• rob• tot


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“o” like in ocean

• cone• globe• note• robe• tote


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More long “o” wordsUsing o_e spelling pattern

• bonemole• close nose• dose pole• frozerope• hole stove• home vote• joke woke• lobe

“u” (short vs. long)

umbrella card unicorn cardshort “u” sound long

“u” sound


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“u” like in umbrella

• cub• cut• hug• tub


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“u” like in unicorn

• cube• cute• huge• tube


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More long “u” wordsUsing u_e spelling pattern

• dudemute• dukeprune• dunepure• flute rule• fume

spruce• fuse tune• muleyule


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References • www.brainybetty.com

– Background template website

• http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/curriculum/englishla/HM.htm– Photos of sound spelling cards

• http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/reading/ref.htm– List of long vowel words