A long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same way as the name of the letter itself. For example, the long U sound is pronounced like “yoo,” as would be the case in words like “lure” and “tube.” Long A, on the other hand, sounds like “ey” as in words like “cake”… Read More »
The term short vowel is used to refer to the sounds that most often correspond to the letters ‘a,’ ‘e,’ ‘i,’ ‘o,’ and ‘u’ when the vowel occurs individually between consonants (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant, or CVC pattern).Below are charts with words having short /a/, short /e/, short /i/, short /o/, short /u/ vowel sounds. Fun Teacher Files is a… Read More »
Word family is a group of words consisting of the same (or similar) pattern of letters and sounds. Here is a word family of word ending in sh. This include words such as ash, rash, dash, mash, wash, rush, flush, blush, trash and many more. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with… Read More »
Word family is a group of words consisting of the same (or similar) pattern of letters and sounds. Here is the “ai” word family. This include words with “ai” sounds such as aim, aid, rain, main, pain, mail, nail, hair, brain and many more. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational… Read More »
Word family is a group of words consisting of the same (or similar) pattern of letters and sounds. Here is the “ea” word family. This include words with “ea” sounds such as sea, pea, tea, mean, bean, lean, eat, seat and many more. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials… Read More »
Word family is a group of words consisting of the same (or similar) pattern of letters and sounds. Here is the “ee” word family. This include words with “ee” sounds such as see, bee, tree, need, peel, seek, feet, heel, seed and many more. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational… Read More »
Word family is a group of words consisting of the same (or similar) pattern of letters and sounds. Here is the -ay word family. This include words with -ay ending sounds such as day, way, say, play, clay and many more. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve… Read More »
The short /o/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as job, rob, fog, log, dot, not, mop and fox. Here are CVC with short /o/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve… Read More »
The short /i/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as pin, bin, dip, tip, bin, fin, kin, kid, lid, rid and pig. Here are CVC with short /i/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational… Read More »
The short /e/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as ten, men, hen, get, let, red and peg. Here are CVC with short /e/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve literacy… Read More »