


I followed all the directions, slowed things way down to spend extra days on the new concept (that has worked well in the past when she didn’t grasp a new concept quickly), but she struggled even more, eventually just basically guessing at words she had previously sounded out and nailed. She’d seemed fine with Part 1 of the rule and had produced the long vowel sounds without a hitch, but when confronted with a “sometimes” rule, she seemed to be unable to do those anymore at all. I am so impressed with this program! My granddaughter has been learning beautifully–right up until a few weeks ago when we reach Lesson 12 in Level 2 (Syllable Division Rule for One Consonant Tile, Part 2) where you introduce the concept that *sometimes* a single consonant between two vowels actually goes with the first syllable, forming a closed syllable. My granddaughter (5 years, 10 months) and I are really enjoying the All About Reading program together.
LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS LIST DOWNLOAD
Activities to Teach Long Vowel SoundsĪre you interested in seeing how we teach the four long vowel patterns in All About Reading and All About Spelling? Here is a sampling for you to download and enjoy! Instead, teach these basic patterns to students incrementally, one at a time. I would not recommend overwhelming a beginning student by teaching these spellings all at once. But I would only recommend using the chart for reference, or with an older student who has already mastered most of these phonograms. Seeing these spellings all gathered in one place is enlightening for those of us who are already proficient readers and spellers. The chart below illustrates the most common ways to spell the long vowel sounds. So there you go-the four basic patterns for spelling long vowel sounds! Let’s Dive in a Little Deeper In these words, I or O are long before two consonants: k ind, g old, ch ild. In the word stroll, as in The emu went for a stroll, the letter O comes before two consonants and says its long vowel sound. Short u sound and words= the sound at the beginning of the word “ up”I or O can be long when they come before two consonants. Short o sound and words= the sound at the beginning for the word “ octopus” Short i sound and words= the sound at the beginning of “ itty bitty”= Short e sound and words= the sound at the beginning for the word egg

The more you practice reading and saying these words again and again, the easier this will become Read the words and sentences again and again and again. (if that is too hard, just practice the one word) Look at the picture of that word to help you understand what that word means, Short a sound and words= the sound at the beginning of the word “ apple” The more you practice, the easier this will be. (if that is too hard, just say the vowel sounds) Then, please practice reading the lists of short vowel words. The short vowel sounds are in the middle of the words below. In that website, they say the sounds out loud and you can listen to the short vowels sounds again and again) There are 2 different links for each short vowel sound. (click on links, below, to hear the short vowel sounds. Wow! Links to good Starfall online videos, for each short vowel sound U= sounds like the first sound in the word up O= sounds like the first sound in the word octopus I= sounds like the first sound in the words itty-bitty

See below for practice saying each short vowel soundĪ=sounds like the first sound in the word appleĮ= sounds like the first sound in the word egg Many times, however, those vowels have a different sound= a short vowel sound. Sometimes, those vowels say their “names”= the name of the letter as you say it in ABC’s. Every English word has at least one vowel in it
