Long Vowels Grades 1-2 Standard E-Book
Long Vowels Grades 1-2 Standard E-Book
Long Vowels Grades 1-2 Standard E-Book
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Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Long ā. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introducing Long ā, Identifying Long ā, Long ā Word Scramble, Making “ay” Words, .
Rhyming Long ā Words, Short ā and Long ā Words, Long ā Homophones
Long ē. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Introducing Long ē, Identifying Long ē, Making Long ē Words, Long ē Word Search, .
Long ē Crossword Puzzle Words
Long ī. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Introducing Long ī, Identifying Long ī, Completing the Sentence, Rhyming Long ī Words, .
Making Long ī Words, Making “ie” Words
Long ō. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Introducing Long ō, Identifying Long ō, Rhyming Long ō Words, Making “oa” Words, .
Completing Long ō Words, Long ō or Short ō?
Long ū. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Introducing Long ū, Identifying Long ū, Long ū Word Scramble, Find the Real Long ū Word, .
Long ū Puzzle, Long ū or Short ū?
Y as a Vowel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Introducing Y as a Vowel, Making Y = Long ī Words, Y = Long ē Words
Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Answer Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Achievement Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Introducing Long ā
A long vowel says its name. Sometimes when a one-part word or syllable has two
vowels, the first one is usually long and the second one is silent. The sound the a makes
in snail is the long a sound. Sometimes, the consonant y pretends to be a vowel and
makes the a in words like play say its name.
Review the long a pictures below (whale, quail, ape, snail, cake, snake). Color the
pictures.
Identifying Long ā
Color the picture of each object that has a long a in its name.
1. bdrai 7. ntpai
2. nchia 8. rani
3. laij 9. lais
Word Box
snail chain braid sail rain tail
nail jail pail mail train paint
1. b 8. pl
2. d 9. r
3. h 10. s
4. l 11. st
5. m 12. tr
6. p 13. w
7. pr 14. str
cane
cake
cape
drake
brake
fake
made
flake bake
lake
rake
late same
make
pale
shake
take wake
1. can 7. past
2. cap 8. plan
3. fad 9. rat
Long ā Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Often, they
also have different spellings. Write a silent e word that sounds the same as each of these
words. Write the new word on the line.
1. gait 6. pain
2. maid 7. plain
3. mail 8. sail
4. main 9. tail
Introducing Long ē
A long vowel says its name. Sometimes when a one-part word or syllable has two
vowels, the first one is usually long and the second one is silent. The sound the e makes
in seal is the long e sound.
Review the long e pictures below (leaf, sea horse, seal, eel, zebra, eagle, sheep,
peacock). Color the pictures.
Identifying Long ē
Color the picture of each object that has a long e in its name.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
Word Box
weep seed sheet deer sleep keep greet weed
tree beet reef need meet jeep deep sheep
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
Word Box
knee tree pea sheep leaf
sleep beach seal tea sea
Introducing Long ¯i
A long vowel says its name. Sometimes when a one-part word or syllable has two
vowels, the first one is usually long and the second one is silent. The sound the i makes
in spider is the long i sound.
Review the long i pictures below (lion, rhino, spider, iron). Color the pictures.
Identifying Long ¯i
Color the picture of each object that has a long i in its name.
Word Box
bike kite pie lion
five mice tie vine
hive
fire
hike
side ripe
white
cried pie
die skies
fried tie
lie tried
c r i e d b k f
k n p s l p t s
f b l t p s n k
r t r i e d b i
i c t e h l c e
e d g s t p b s
d p l i e f i f
n d r g n d i e
Introducing Long ō
A long vowel says its name. Sometimes when a one-part word or syllable has two
vowels, the first one is usually long and the second one is silent. The sound the o makes
in goat is the long o sound.
Review the long o words below (globe, cone, flamingo, goat, toad, boa). Color the
pictures.
Identifying Long ō
Color the picture of each object that has a long o in its name.
robe bone
coat boat
cone rose
hose globe
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
1. 2. 3.
1. coat cot
2. goat got
3. rob robe
4. hope hop
5. ton tone
6. globe glob
7. not note
8. rod road
9. cod code
Introducing Long ū
A long vowel says its name. Sometimes when a one-part word or syllable has two
vowels, the first one is usually long and the second one is silent. The sound the u makes
in mule is the long u sound.
Review the long u pictures below (mule, music, June, unicorn, cube, juice). Color the
pictures.
Juice
Identifying Long ū
Color the picture of each object that has a long u in its name.
Juice
1. cueb 7. eulm
2. tfuel 8. rdeu
3. truif 9. elur
Word Box
cube flute fruit glue huge mule
use tube suit rule rude June
1. fune tune
2. cute sube
3. fuse cuve
4. hule rule
5. ruke fruit
6. sute suit
Long ū Puzzle
Use the words and picture clues given to complete the puzzle.
Across Juice
3. 8.
juice cube
2.
5. 9.
cupid
museum tulip
1 2
6 7
P
8
U
9
Down
1. glue 2. cucumber 4. pupil 6. tutu 7. pupa
Long ū or Short ŭ ?
Put an X over the words that have the short u sound. Color the boxes with long u words.
Introducing Y as a Vowel
When the letter y is the only vowel at the end of a one-syllable word such as fly, the y
has the sound of a long i. When y is the only vowel at the end of a word of more than
one syllable, such as pony, the y usually has a sound almost like long e. The names of
the animals shown end in one of these two sounds.
Color the animal that ends with the long i sound black.
Color the animals that end with the long e sound brown.
1. b ___
2. cr ___
3. dr ___
4. fl ___
5. fr ___
6. m ___
7. sh ___
8. sk ___
9. sl ___
10. sp ___
11. tr ___
12. wh ___
Y = Long ē Words
If the y at the end of the word sounds like a long e, color the puppy brown. Color the
other puppies gray.
1. I have a __ __ __ __ __ on my face.
3. I ate the __ __ __ __ .
4. Close the __ __ __ __ .
5. My __ __ __ __ is green.
Word Box
bee cake gate pail smile
bike eat mice seed vine
5. He __ __ __ __ up at five o’clock.
9. I play the __ __ __ __ __ .
Word Box
five boat coat flute games
suit woke tube mule goat
Long ā Long ē
Word Box
bag bell fair please jet play seed ten tree
beach cane gate hay leaf sea shape tray vase
Word Box
bike boat bone bug coal
coat cone cute drop fire
five flute fly fun hop
huge iron lion pig plug
rule ship six stone stop
stove suit tire true tube
Test Practice 1
1.
a e i o u
2.
a e i o u
3.
a e i o u
4.
a e i o u
5.
a e i o u
Test Practice 2
1.
a e i o u
2.
a e i o u
3.
a e i o u
4.
a e i o u
5.
a e i o u
Test Practice 3
Read the words from Word List 1 to an adult. (Cover Word List 2) Place a check mark
(✓) by the words read correctly. Practice the unchecked words on the lines below .
Repeat the process with Word List 2.
Word Practice
Test Practice 4
Ask a parent or teacher to say the words on the Word Lists (page 44). Spell the words
on the lines provided.
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
Test Practice 5
Fill in the circle under the picture that has the same long vowel sound as the picture in
the box.
1.
a b c d
tree
2.
a b c d
coat
3.
a b c d
mule
4.
a b c d
pail
5.
a b c d
bike
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