Boost literacy with our engaging Long and Short Vowel Pack. Designed specifically for 1st to 4th graders, this extensive resource kit enhances reading and spelling abilities through engaging phonics activities. It's perfect for reading centers, classroom instruction, intervention, and revision. Dive into our phonics passages, worksheets, word sorts, and board games to boost literacy in a dynamic and supportive way!
Key Features:
Passages: Fun and quirky stories for each vowel sound help students practice and differentiate between long and short vowels, making learning enjoyable and memorable.
Worksheets: Complementary follow-up worksheets enhance comprehension and reinforce the phonics skills introduced in the passages.
Word Sorts: Includes five revision word sorts, one for each vowel (A, E, I, O, U), designed to solidify understanding and recall of vowel sounds.
Board Games: Six engaging board games promote active learning, requiring students to read words and categorize them by vowel sound during play.
Answers Included: Answer sheets are provided for all activities, including passages and word sorts, facilitating easy assessment and grading.
Printer Friendly: All materials are printer-friendly, available in black and white (except the cover page), ensuring cost-effective printing and ease of use.
Perfect for:
Reading Centers / Rotations
Explicit instruction and whole class
Decodable Phonics programs
Revision
Intervention
Homework programs
PHONICS PASSAGES
Fun Short and Long Vowel Sounds practice for the junior and middle years
→ Long and short vowels in each story for students to practice differentiating the sound
→ Fun and quirky stories for each vowel
→ Matching comprehension questions
→ Answer pages included
→ All black and white (apart from the cover page)
→ Covers all long and short vowel sounds - A E I O U
Useful for those readers who struggle READING and SPELLING the short and long vowel sounds.
LONG AND SHORT WORD SORTS
Word sort activities for each Long and Short Vowel - A E I O U
→ 5 Word Sorts
→ Perfect for revision
BOARD GAMES
Long and Short Vowel Board Games - Reading and Word Work Activities!
→ 6 board games for long and short vowel practice.
→ 2 revision sheets
→ Easy reading groups or rotation activity.
→ Children must read the word they land on and then identify the base word again in the word grid.
→ Great opportunity for students to learn and revise long vowels!
→ They are very easy board games, easy enough for children of all ages to follow and play independently.
How to play:
Roll dice and move token along the path.
When a player lands on a word they must read it aloud and then decide if it a short or long vowel. They then put a counter on either long/short in the grid. Each player should use different colored counters.
If you land on a smiley face, you may roll again. If you land on a sad face, you lose a turn.
Players take it in turns playing until all words in the middle grid are taken.
Winner is the player with the most counters on words at the end or when time is called.
Equip your classroom with the tools it needs to foster essential literacy skills. Our Long and Short Vowel Pack is the perfect addition to any educational environment focused on developing proficient and confident readers!