Vowel Principles Practice
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Vowel Principles Practice
Mini-guide: vowels and their spellings
The letters a, e, i, o and u are vowels; y can also represent a vowel sound, as in my and rhythm. A syllable is a beat in a word, and each syllable has a vowel sound. A short vowel is heard in cat, bed, sit, hot and sun. A long vowel usually says its letter name, as in cake, these, time, home and cute. But vowel sounds do not always follow a simple short-or-long rule: the oo in moon and book represents two different sounds. One sound can have several spellings ( rain, day, break), and one spelling can represent different sounds ( the ea in bead and bread).
Evidence board: vowel spellings
Use this word board for the questions that follow.
Word
Vowel spelling to investigate
Word
rain
ai
day
bead
ea
bread
moon
oo
book
Investigate the sounds
- stamp
- these
- crash
- plum
- One spelling can represent more than one vowel sound.
- Every vowel spelling always makes a long sound.
- A word can have no vowel sound.
- The letter d changes ea into a consonant.
- cake
- sit
- home
- sun
- short U
- long A
- short I
- long O
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