Teaching Long And Short Vowels. Long vowel spelling patterns are covered in the volume 1 songs talking and walking and silent e. Therefore, always teach short vowels before long vowels.
Point out that sometimes the letter is added to the end, like the e in bite. Phonics teaching materials often talk about short and long vowels, as though the latter are just extended versions of the former. Our short vowel spelling app does this with short vowels, starting with word families, moving to short vowel words with one blend or digraph and then it can help by teaching kids long vowel patterns by word families.
Phonics teaching materials often talk about short and long vowels, as though the latter are just extended versions of the former.
Practice recognizing the short and long vowel a sounds by sorting pictures with this printable worksheet. Teach students that short vowels make sounds that are similar to their names but sometimes sound similar to each other too. Guide them to recognize that just one added letter changed the vowel sound from short to long. Learning short and long a vowels is of prime importance and proves to be a valuable skill when you start encountering high level vocabulary words.