1. I can read !
Learning
Long
Vowels
Created by Randy Stark, 1999

2. Main Menu
Find the
vowels
Examples
he boy like rain boot
See it
Hear it
Review of
the Rules

3. Find the vowels
Notice
vowels
How
many?
Are they
together?

4. If you can see it
you can hear it
Double “ee”
2 vowel together
Silent “e” at end
Odd combinations
Single vowels

5. Long A
Long E
Long I
Long O
Long U
a-e
e
i-e
o-e
u-e
ay
ee
ia
oa
ui
ai
ea
y
ow
oo
eigh
igh
ew

6. Find the Vowels
Noticing
Vowels
Back to
Find the Vowels Menu

7. she
green
bike
Find the vowels.
a
e
i o
u
y

8. she
green
bike
Good !

9. Find the Vowels
Counting
Vowels
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Find the Vowels Menu

10. trial
make
sky
Can you count how
many vowels there are?
1, 2, or 3?
a
e
i o
u
y

11. trial …2
make …2
sky … 1

12. Were most made with 1 or 2
vowels? Very interesting!
ny w
k a
Clic
Review this last section
e to
her
on
go

13. Find the Vowels
Are they
together?
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Find the Vowels Menu

14. snail
tame
train
Are the vowels together?
Or are they separated?
a
e
i o
u
y

15. snail
tame
train

16. steak
meet
cute
Are the vowels together?
Or are they separated?
a
e
i o
u
y

17. Let’s look again at
the ones that were
separated.

18. Words where the vowels
are separated
tame
cute
taste
rake
rode
tape

19. Words where the vowels
are separated
tame
cute
taste
rake
rode
tape

20. Do you see what
I see? Look again.

21. Words where the vowels
are separated
tame
cute
taste
rake
rode
tape

22. Talk about what you discovered.
ny w
k a
Clic
Review this last section
e to
her
on
go

23. If you can see it
you can hear it
Double “ee”
2 vowel together
Silent “e” at end
Odd combinations
Single vowels

24. see
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25. tree

26. Did you see
all those “ee”?

27. The double “ee” makes
the long e sound

28. If you can see it
you can hear it
Double “ee”
2 vowel together
Silent “e” at end
Odd combinations
Single vowels

29. he
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30. she

31. A single “e” at the end
makes the long e sound

32. More
single
vowels

33. cry

34. try

35. A single “y” at the end
makes the long i sound

36. If you can see it
you can hear it
Double “ee”
2 vowel together
Silent “e” at end
Odd combinations
Single vowels

37. bike
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38. like

39. o-e

40. coke

41. choke

42. An “e” at the end
makes the first
vowel long

43. I say … you are
learning quite well.
Keep up the good
work!

44. If you can see it
you can hear it
Double “ee”
2 vowel together
Silent “e” at end
Odd combinations
Single vowels

45. rain
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46. meat

47. When two vowels are
together, the first one
makes the long vowel sound

48. Blah
Blah
Blah
When 2 vowels
go walking,
the first one
does the talking!

49. If you can see it
you can hear it
Double “ee”
2 vowel together
Silent “e” at end
Odd combinations
Single vowels

50. food
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u

51. boot
u

52. The “oo” letters usually
make the long u sound

53. crew
u

54. few
u

55. The “ew” letters at the
end usually make the
long u sound

56. light
i

57. might
i

58. “igh” work together to
make the long i sound

59. eight
a

60. weight
a

61. “eigh” work together to
make the long a sound

62. low
o

63. slow
o

64. “ow” work together to
make the long o sound
(“w” acts like a second vowel)

65. Let’s look at
some examples
make
OK

66. Long A
Long E
Long I
Long O
Long U
a-e
e
i-e
o-e
u-e
ay
ee
ia
oa
ui
ai
ea
y
ow
oo
eigh
igh
ew

67. ...a..e
a
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68. make

69. tape

70. ...ay
a
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71. play

72. way

73. ...ai...
a
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74. rain

75. ..eigh..
a
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76. eight

77. weight

78. ..e
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e

79. he

80. me

81. ..ee..
e
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82. seen

83. sheet

84. ..ea..
e
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85. beat

86. dream

87. ..i..e
i
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88. bike

89. bite

90. ..ia..
i
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91. dial

92. trial

93. ..y
i
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94. cry

95. by

96. ..igh..
i
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97. high

98. right

99. ..o..e
o
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100. joke

101. hose

102. ..oa..
o
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103. boat

104. moan

105. ..ow
o
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106. low

107. slow

108. ..u..e
e
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109. cute

110. dude

111. ..ui..
u
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112. suit
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113. fruit

114. ..oo..
u
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115. food

116. shoot

117. ..ue
u
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118. blue

119. clue

120. ..ew
u
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121. crew

122. threw

123. Let’s review
Go to
quiz

124. The double “ee” makes
the long e sound

125. A single “e” at the end
makes the long e sound

126. A single “y” at the end
makes the long i sound

127. An “e” at the end
makes the first
vowel long

128. When two vowels are
together, the first one
makes the long vowel sound

129. Blah
Blah
Blah
When 2 vowels
go walking,
the first one
does the talking!

130. The “oo” letters usually
make the long u sound

131. The “ew” letters at the
end usually make the
long u sound

132. “igh” work together to
make the long i sound

133. “eigh” work together to
make the long a sound

134. “ow” work together to
make the long o sound
(“w” acts like a second vowel)

135. I know all the rules,
do you?
Review
Rules again

136. “ee” makes
?

137. “ee” makes
e
see

138. Single “e” at the
end makes
?

139. Single “e” at the
end makes
e
me

140. Single “y” at
the end makes
?

141. Single “y” at
the end makes
cry
i

142. “e” at the end
makes the first
vowel
?

143. lake
cope
“e” at the end
makes the first
vowel
long
bite
cute

144. “oo” makes
?

145. “oo” makes
u
boot

146. “ew” makes
?

147. “ew” makes
u
new

148. When two vowels are
together, what happens?

149. When two vowels are
together, the first one
makes the long vowel sound
rain meat suit
dial
boat

150. Blah
Blah
Blah
When 2 vowels
go walking,
the first one
does the talking!

151. “igh” makes
?

152. “igh” makes
i
light

153. “eigh” makes
?

154. “eigh” makes
a
weigh

155. “ow” makes ?

156. “ow” makes
o
flow

157. Thanks for learning!
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