Learning about long vowels helps children understand different letter-sound relationships. Thus preparing strong reading and spelling foundations.
Teaching spelling generalizations via long vowel spelling patterns allows children to learn and remember that long vowels can be represented in different ways. By the way, there are so many different ways, oh my!
Once children have had repeated exposure to these long vowel letter combinations, they can begin to work on getting to know them, in order to recall them in reading and spelling contexts.
One activity that helps to develop a base knowledge is sorting. Have your children sort pictures, objects or words.
I’ve created a ready to go Long Vowel Color and Sort file that you can easily download and print off. I especially like creating booklets. Did you know that most photocopiers have a stapling function?
In this file, you can create two booklets:
- The first is a complete long vowel printable poster pack to be used either as posters or for labeling and coloring
2. The second, a booklet which includes 8 different sorting printables.
Use these Long Vowel Coloring and Sorting Printables during centers, morning work, one on one, interventions, or even homework.
There are 8 different sorting activities included.
You might also like The a, e, i, o, u Posters – Sounds that Vowels Make Helpers via our online store.
Happy word work!