Is It Long or Short?

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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There are five vowels in the alphabet.

• Can you name them?

a, e, i, o, and u are all vowels. Sometimes the letter "y" is a vowel. To learn more about the letter "y" as a vowel, visit the Elephango lesson found under Additional Resources in the right-hand sidebar.

Every word you make must have a vowel in it. These vowels make two sounds, a long sound and a short sound. Watch The Vowel Song: Long and Short Vowel Sounds| Learning English for Kids, from Scratch Garden, to hear the sounds these letters make:

Tell your teacher or parent the sounds the vowels make. First, say the short sound, then say the long sound.

• Can you name a word with a short /a/ sound?

Now try to name a word with a long /a/ sound.

Very good!

Before you move on to the Got It? section, see if you can name words with long and short sounds of the other vowels: e, i, o, u, and maybe even y! Your parent or teacher can help you keep track!