Short or Long Vowel Sounds

writing

• short vowel sound

• long vowel sound

reading

• short vowel sound

• long vowel sound

behaving

• short vowel sound

• long vowel sound

vowel sounds in 'pet', 'pot', 'put', 'putt', 'pat' and 'pit'

• vowels

• short vowels

• long vowels

• consonants

Why are these words an EXCEPTION to the Closed Syllable Rule?

find, wild, cold, colt, post

• Because the words have a blend in it

• Because the vowel is saying its long vowel sound instead of its short vowel sound

• Because they have consonants in the word

• They are not exceptions to the closed syllable rule

A ___________ syllable has two vowels that team up together to make one long vowel sound, or a new sound.

• R-controlled Syllable

• Closed Syllable

• Open Syllable

• Vowel Team Syllable

A closed syllable has what type of vowel sound?

• Long

• Short

Identify the vowel sound in the word 'cake'.

• Short vowel sound

• Long vowel sound

• No vowel sound

• Both short and long vowel sounds

Which word contains a short vowel sound?

• Bike

• Cat

• Tree

• Boat

What type of vowel sound is in the word 'moon'?

• Short vowel sound

• Long vowel sound

• No vowel sound

• Both short and long vowel sounds