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Long Vowel Sounds: Fun Activities & Teaching Tips

32 Comments / 1st Grade, Homeschooling, reading / By Surya

Is your child struggling with reading or pronouncing long vowel sounds? Are you ready to move past CVC words, but aren’t sure how to teach long vowels in reading and phonics? Long vowel sounds can be a point of struggle for many young readers. While short vowel sounds are relatively straightforward and spelled the same …

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Sort a Scene – Long Vowels and Dipthongs Practice

Leave a Comment / 1st Grade, Homeschooling, reading / By Surya

Mastering long vowel sounds is an important part of learning to read. There are so many vowel teams and phonics words for emerging readers to memorize and understand, that it can be daunting. Today, I’m sharing an activity that I like to use with the first-grader: Sort-a-Scene: Long Vowel Sounds. Related Post: 5 Writing Activities …

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