Word Families: Long Vowels

About this curriculum

Develop your students' reading and spelling strategies with these motivating multi-sensory activities. Teach the long vowel word families and reinforces short vowel word families with engaging word cards, puzzles, sorting activities, slide cards, and more. 45-word families or chunks are combined with single consonants, 22 blends, and 4 digraphs. 96 pages Students will be able to: • identify the correct pronunciation of short and long vowel phonograms (word families) using the pictorial representations as an aid. • appropriately pronounce words formed by adding single consonants, consonant blends and consonant digraphs to the familiar phonogram. • reinforce the kinesthetic learning of spelling patterns by recording the words that they have made. • transfer their experience to the recognition of familiar phonograms in words with more than one syllable. Teacher Guide for Word Building Activities • Organization of the Program • Teacher - Student Prompts • Phonics Overview Short and Long Vowel Word Families • Manipulatives and Recording Sheets • Review Sheets: Sorting Activities • Slide Cards for Manipulatives…