LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS LIST PLUS
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To pronounce a Long-vowel correctly, the tongue needs to move, or slide, in order to say both parts.For example, the IPA symbol for Long-A is /ey/.

If you look at the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols for these sounds, you can see the two parts.

The label “long” does not mean that it takes a longer amount of time - it means that the vowel sound has two parts.

So for example, the sound of Long-A is “A”.

The Long sound for any vowel, is the same as the name of the vowel letter (like when you say the alphabet).

But what does Long-vowel or Short-vowel mean? Long-vowel

LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS LIST PLUS

There are only a handful of words that include this vowel team, so teaching these four words together as a word family may be a better approach than teaching and reviewing the vowel team.Of the vowel letters (A-E-I-O-U) has a Long-vowel sound, plus one or two Short-vowel sounds, and those are the normal sounds for each vowel. When it comes at the end of a root, it makes the long vowel i sound. Many of these words come from Greek, and the y makes the sound of i.

When a syllable follows a y-consonant-silent e pattern, the y makes the long i sound. When y is in the middle of a word, it is also considered a vowel.

Multisyllabic words where the vowel y makes the long I sound: fly 👉 When Y is at the end of a root word, it makes the long i sound. 👉 Y is considered a vowel when it comes at the end of a syllable or word. They can know for sure when that “ sometimes” really occurs. Remember told old saying: “A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y.” Well, let’s teach our students the rules for when the letter y actually is considered a vowel. Words with vowel team igh with long I sound: light Without the letter e at the end, it would say ‘lick.’ Now imagine you raised your hand in class and said “I like my dog.” That magic e at the end is so important because, without it, my sentence would say “I lick my dog.” (Kids always get a hoot out of using this example in a sentence.) That’s why ‘like’ has a long vowel sound in the middle.

Teacher: But we see four letters! When we see i-consonant-e pattern in words, the i will say its long sound.

Teacher: Tap the sounds you hear in the word like.

Because this word is usually one of the first sight words children learn, they should know it automatically.) Write it on the board and ask your students to read it. Use the sight word ‘ like’ to teach this spelling pattern. This pattern follows a VCe pattern and results in the letter i saying its name. Words with open syllable and wild or old words with long i sound: lion These are sometimes referred to as Wild, Old Words. These ‘exceptions to the rule’ are one-syllable words that end in -ild, -ilt, -ind, and -ist. 👉 Exceptions: We also hear the long i sound in many common, but irregular closed syllable words that break the rules. Since the syllables end in the single letter i, the vowel will make its long i sound. Think about words like hi, li/on, and pi/lot.

The letter i by itself will say its long sound when it is the last letter in a syllable.

LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS LIST DOWNLOAD

👉 Scroll to the bottom to download our free, comprehensive long i word list PDF! i – Open Syllable Words & Wild/Old Words All of these spelling patterns can result in the long i vowel sound. Long i can be spelled 6 different ways: i, i-e, igh, y, y-e, and ie. We pound on the table and chant, “Long vowels say their names.” My students really respond positively to this, and it helps them to remember the sounds of long vowels! I usually teach my students a little jingle to remember the sound long vowels make.

Long u says /yoo/ like unicorn, OR /oo/ like r uler.

Just as with all long vowels, the long vowel sound is the same as the letter name.

Long and short vowel sounds list