Practice with VOWELS

It is important to create a variety of different ways to learn! I am currently working with a Grade 1 student who needs help recognizing long and short vowel sounds to improve her ability to decode words. She is a kinesthetic learner who loves to move around. She really enjoys making hand motions that are associated with each vowel. Here is what we have been doing:

Together we looked at different sounds that vowels make. For example, the letter A can make a short sound (ant) and a long sound (way). I have a list of words. I read one word out loud for her. I give her time to think about the word. She will make the hand motion that is associated with the vowel sound she hears. Then she writes the word under the correct vowel on this sheet. I ask her to circle the vowel in the word. Choose your list of words carefully. Use words that only have one vowel in them. For example, sand, tent, fun, hot, bat.