Long Vowels | Phonics for Learning to Read
From Rock 'N Learn
13 min1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Rock 'N Learn tackles long vowels in this catchy phonics lesson. Kids learn how vowels change a word's sound and practice reading words that follow the pattern — exactly the decoding work early readers need.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
Vowels are the tricky part of reading — the same letter can say more than one sound. Listen for the pattern.
- What sound is the vowel making in these words?
- How does the pattern tell you which sound to use?
- Can you read the practice words and sort them by their vowel sound?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: vowel, short sound, long sound, pattern.
Try it: Read five words from the lesson. Sort them into two groups by their vowel sound and read each group aloud.