Literacy: Long Vowels

Ages 5 to 6+: Sort a collection of words according to their vowel team

Ages 5 to 6+: Identify, read, and write a collection of words in the -ive and -ine word families

Ages 5 to 6+: Identify, read, and write a collection of words in the -ake and -ate word families

Ages 5 to 6+: Learn what happens to the short vowel in a CVC word when a silent e is placed at the end

Ages 4 to 6: Identify the difference between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds

Ages 5 to 6+: Read and write a collection of words that have 10 common vowel digraphs

Age 5 to 6+: Build, read, and write consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e (CVCe) words

Ages 4 to 6: Use this as a pre-assessment to find out what children already know about long vowel sounds or as a post-assessment at the end of the unit

Ages 5 to 6+: Play with language by manipulating beginning, middle, and ending sounds in a word to make new words

Ages 4 to 6: Learn to isolate and identify long vowel sounds in the middle of words

Ages 5 to 6+: Solve the riddles and practice writing long vowel spelling patterns