

With these Flashcards your child can read the various Long Vowel Word Families and add Consonants to the Word Families to practice blending sounds to make Long Vowel Words (Long Vowel Flashcards). To practice the Long Vowel O, Vowel Vowel, grammatical rule there are stories for your child to read in the Practice Reading Book 2 that correlate with the same Long Vowel O Word Families addressed in the video (Practice Reading Book 2 Pages: 45-47).įor additional practice there are printable Long Vowel Word Family Flashcards. The fist vowel says its name the second vowel says nothing.” This video teaches the grammatical rule for two Vowels next to each other with a song: “ Vowel Vowel Consonant. To make things more confusing, there are also multiple ways. When one sees the pattern of two Vowels next to each other, the grammatical rule for that arrangement is that the first Vowel is a Long Vowel and that Vowel makes the sound of its Letter Name and the second Vowel is silent.Īn example of this letter pattern with Long Vowel O is the word “Oat.” The O makes the sound of its Letter Name “O,” the A does not make any sound, and the Consonant T makes its typical sound. Long Vowel Sounds a, e, i, o, and u are broken up into short and long sounds. The Long Vowel Word Study app was created for spellers in the Within Word Pattern Stage of spelling.Long Vowel sounds are when Vowels make the sound of their Letter Names. It is really important that children can hear the difference between long and short vowels, as they are introduced to alternative ways of spelling the graphemes. The Long Vowel Word Study app follows the principals and activities found in the word study approach mentioned in my ebook, Teaching Kids to Spell and in my 10 Days of Teaching Spelling Through Word Study. I’m over the moon excited to announce that our Long Vowel Word Study App is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase!
