Easy Long and Short Vowel Sounds FREEBIE

These long and short vowel sounds exercises are perfect to use in many different ways in the classroom. These digital activities are fun and easy to use! Use them as instruction, practice, and review during whole-group reading, guided reading, one on one, intervention, and for reading centers!

We made versatile digital resources for you that are easy to use and are effective tools for teaching phonics long and short vowel sounds, vowel discrimination, and fluency. You get videos and PowerPoints that you can use during your whole literacy block.

Take a look:

First, students are prompted to say the short vowel sound of a CVC word. The vowel is in red so the reader’s attention is drawn to the vowel.

Students: /ŏ/

Next, students are prompted to read the CVC word with an animated tracking finger.

Students: hop

The next slide in the series shows the same word with a silent e added. Two fingers prompt the reader to say the long vowel sound of the CVCe word.

Students: /ō/

The last slide in the series prompts students to read the CVCe word with an animated tracking finger.

Students: hope

The PowerPoint or video continues to the next word.

Strengthen your students’ long/short vowel discrimination and fluency with repeated exposure:

• Students read the CVC word.
• Students say the long vowel sound in a CVCe word.
• Students read the CVCe word.

Watch a video of our phonics short and long vowel discrimination activity in action:

These long and short vowel sounds PowerPoints and Videos are very versatile! See how you can use them in so many ways:

The animated PowerPoint is perfect for the teacher for instruction. Display the PowerPoint on the whiteboard and pause for instruction, or just let it play! Students easily follow along with the timed slide transitions. PowerPoint allows you to easily change the transition timings. Remove or move slides around to fit your student’s needs.

The animated video is perfect for instruction, but it is preferable for student use. Students can’t modify the video, therefore, it is a great way to teach long and short vowel sounds during centers, for Google Classroom, parent helpers, intervention groups, and so much more!

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Download and get a copy of CVCe Long o Phonics Instruction & Centers Animated PowerPoint FREE Sample! Try it out with your students and see what you think. Then come back and check out all our versatile long and short vowel sounds exercises that include CVC and CVCe PowerPoints and Videos that you can use over and over again in so many ways!

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