Letter Sounds

As a parent, I think you begin thinking about your child starting kindergarten pretty much as soon as he/she is born. Not in terms of “Can’t wait to get there,” but just as some distant point WAY off in the future. Somehow it still sneaks up on you. My little man started kindergarten this week. I feel so blessed to have him at my new school with me. He has a beautiful classroom and a wonderful teacher. Happy Boy= Happy Mommy In addition to Nash starting school, I taught my first three days…

The Vowel Song is a simple song and video to help kids practice short vowel sounds and reading. Download CD here: http://apple.co/1USYieqWhen young children ...

This vowel digraph charts will help your students build fluency with sounds and recognize important sound chunks within words. I use these charts as a quick warm-up during my small groups. This chart targets advanced and variant vowel patterns (long vowels, r-controlled vowels, variant vowels, etc.

Teach Short Vowels in CVC words with these activities, stations, small group work, and printables. This bundle has 14 activities for each Short Vowel CVC word pattern. *******Be sure to check out this no-prep, fully-digital companion set! Boom Cards are an exciting, self-checking way to practice. C...

Long and short vowel Word Work!

Odds and ends from a First Grade classroom and more...including teacher tips, activities, and downloads!

Play the "Short Vowel Sounds Game" and you will master the short vowel sounds in no time at all!

Review short vowels from a to u with this word match worksheet.

This 'Mastering Literacy' pack includes activities that foster First Graders’ understanding and working knowledge of concepts of the alphabetic principle, phonics, and word recognition.

Do you ever feel like your life is in constant fast-forward mode? Today I’m rewinding a bit and taking a breather! We’ve been having all kinds of fun in first grade lately. These first graders …

Long vowel sounds can be made by an assortment of different vowel spelling patterns. Using the included posters and word sorts in this packet, students can learn to recognize and differentiate the various ways each vowel 'says its name!' Includes all Long Vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/Vowel pattern...

Help your child practice spelling vowel sounds with this fun and educational spelling word bingo game.

Pin It Ready to Learn Short and Long Vowel Sounds Is your child ready to learn about vowel sounds? Let's start at the beginning and teach about the long A and short A sound. First, the short A makes the sound you hear in words like back, ban, bank, and bat. The long A sound is heard in words like bake and bay. Play a Game to Learn the Sounds I use a dice game that I created to teach more about these vowel sounds. Download my FREE Short A and Long A Vowel Sounds Literacy Pack HERE from my…

Gear up for a phonics quiz with this nifty practice test covering short and long vowel sounds.

Brainy Kinesthetic Vowel Sounds: Here are some movement tricks to help the children remember the short vowel sounds.

Give your students extra practice in reading and recognizing words with the long vowel sounds. Long Vowel Color by Word Birthday Cake includes -igh, -ay, -oa, -i_e, -ow, -y, and -ai. Enjoy! ***Clipart by: Creative Clips...