Starfall
Starfall: Y Can Be a Vowel
Discover how and when the letter "y" can act as a vowel. This site features an audio and video component exploring this topic. Students and teachers will benefit from this entertaining resource.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Jean and Dean: Long Vowel E (Ea)
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Learners will view pictures and write words that have long /e/ and use the /ea/ vowel digraph. An answer key and lesson...
Starfall
Starfall: The Big Hit (Short I Listening Practice)
English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing the short I sound in this read-aloud story about a baseball-playing tin man. Great graphics, unlimited repetition, and learner controlled.
Starfall
Starfall: Peg the Hen (Short E Listening Practice)
English language learners and beginning readers can listen as they read this wonderfully animated story about Peg the Hen. Excellent drill for learning to pronounce the short E sound with excellent reinforcement of basic vocabulary...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Most Common Sounds for Single Letters
This page contains audios of sounds for single letters. The audios give the letter sound and then pronounce a word that uses that sound. It gives only the short vowel sounds. The sounds are pronounced in a North American accent.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Ann and Abe: Long a (With Silent E) and Short a Sounds
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will find hidden pictures by identifying words that contain short /a/ and long /a/. An answer key and lesson...
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Rock 'N Learn: Mike and Mick Long I (With Silent E) and Short I Sounds
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Learners will label pictures with words that contain short /i/ and long /i/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock 'N Learn: Bud and June Long U (With Silent E) and Short U Sounds
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Learners will view pictures and write words that contain short /u/ and long /u/. An answer key and lesson extension are...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Phonics in Context
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches students the letter-sound relationship for the short /u/ sound using the book "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
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Rock 'N Learn: Ned and Pete: Long E (With Silent E) and Short E Sounds
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will identify and distinguish between words that contain short /e/ and long /e/. An answer key and lesson...
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Rock 'N Learn: Hay Day Long Vowel a (Ay)
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and write words that will solve riddles that use long /a/ and contain the /ay/ vowel digraph. An...
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Rock 'N Learn: What Do You See? Long Vowel E (Ee)
This printable vowels learning exercise from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will find hidden pictures that represent words that contain "ee" to form the long /e/. An answer key and...
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Rock 'N Learn: Shy Tyrone: Long Vowel I (Y)
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will sort words that contain "y" to form the long /i/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock 'N Learn: Eeeeek! Long Vowel E (E)
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will color the objects that contain long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
Other
Alphabet Sound Recognition With Motions
A fun activity for kinesthetic learners! Students learn motions to go along with letter sounds. This site includes a link to a building fluency site.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: The Hole Story
This printable vowel letter activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a fill-in-the blank paragraph. Students will choose a long /o/ word that ends with the silent -e...
Other
First School Years: Literacy: Phonics: Vowels: Sort the Long and Short 'E' Words
This site contains a sorting activity through which students can practice identifying pictures with either a long or short 'e' vowel sound.
Other
First School Years: Literacy: Phonics: Vowels: Sort the Long and Short 'A' Words
This site contains a sorting activity through which students can practice identifying pictures with either a long or short 'a' vowel sound.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Catchin' Air: Air
This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will identify words that have -air in them. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock 'N Learn: Spare Square: Are
This printable -are worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Given a matrix of word boxes, learners will identify the words that have -are in them. An answer key and lesson extension are...
Starfall
Starfall: Vowels Save the Day
A short animation that explains the role that vowels play in making words. With reinforcement for pronouncing select vowels and consonants.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Name That Picture: Cvc Words
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and identify the words that contain the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) spelling pattern. An...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Hidden Words
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will find hidden words that contain "ie" to form long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Letter Hunt Tally: A Letter Sound Accuracy Game
Students play detective and discover a given letter at the beginning of a word. They keep a "tally" sheet and compete with their classmates. This site includes links to Letter cards and a Letter Hunt Tally Sheet.