
Use a hole punch to punch 5 holes at the bottom of the envelope – dots are marked for you. Sorting envelopes: Cut around the envelope templates, fold on the dotted lines and glue into a pocket.Print off the 3 pages onto card stock and assemble the parts. In this case it isn’t (since it would need to sound like ‘tine’) therefore it cannot be a long vowel.ĭownload this Long and Short Vowel Sort and Read at the bottom of this post. Fortunately it’s easy to stretch out the vowel sounds, so when they deliberately say t-i-n they are trying to decide whether the middle sound is like the name of the letter. When they look at a picture of a tin, for example, they need to stretch out the word and say it slowly so they can really listen to the sounds they hear. Since this is usually one of the first things taught, via the ABC song, many children have a passing knowledge of this well before they are ready to start reading. That is, A E I O U as a long vowel is pronounced as d ay, m e, l ike, t oad and you. The simplest way for children to decide whether a word contains a long vowel or a short vowel (or both) is to be familiar with letter names. This simple activity is designed so that kids just learning to hear the difference can use it for sorting, and children further ahead can practice their reading, too! And being able to hear the difference is a good place to start. *Note: Anything ending with -acks will have the same sound as -ax.Being able to distinguish between long vowels and short vowels is super important when learning to read and write. The short “a” will sound more nasal, thought the IPA symbol is the same. *Note about “-am” /æm/ and “-an” /æn/: The short “a” sound with these combinations is slightly different than the others.

Short “a” in CVC Words (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant) -ab /æb/
