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

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

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

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

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

6. ate ade ain eight ay e ee ite ide y ode oil oat oy ow ute oot ue Word Families

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

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

9. Good ! she green bikebike

10. Find the vowels. a e i o u y me tree lake

11. Good ! meme tree lakelake

12. Find the vowels. a e i o u y hide lane claim

13. Super job ! hidehide lanelane claim

14. Find the vowels. a e i o u y make spear deep

15. Are you getting it? makemake spear deep

16. Find the vowels. a e i o u y rain tire seat

17. Keep it up ! rain tiretire seat

18. Look for the vowels. a e i o u y train wire cry

19. OK train wirewire cry

20. Look for the vowels. a e i o u y we wait see

21. Good work ! wewe wait see

22. How many? a e i o u y three meat take

23. Well done! three meat taketake

24. Now you can find vowels. Can you count them and see where they are in words?

25. Find the Vowels Counting Vowels Back to Find the Vowels Menu

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

27. trial …2 make …2 sky … 1

28. Can you count how many vowels there are? 1, 2, or 3? a e i o u y break he way

29. break …2 he …1 way … 2

30. Can you count how many vowels there are? 1, 2, or 3? a e i o u y creep lone feast

31. creep …2 lone …2 feast … 2

32. Can you count how many vowels there are? 1, 2, or 3? a e i o u y weep five street

33. weep …2 five …2 street.. 2

34. Can you count how many vowels there are? 1, 2, or 3? a e i o u y tail mice skate

35. tail …2 mice …2 skate … 2

36. Can you count how many vowels there are? 1, 2, or 3? a e i o u y snake blame try

37. snake …2 blame …2 try … 1

38. Were most made with 1 or 2 vowels? Very interesting! Review this last section Click anywhere to go on

39. Find the Vowels Are they together? Back to Find the Vowels Menu

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

41. tame train

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

43. meet cute

44. Are the vowels together? Or are they separated? a e i o u y grain blue fried

45. blue fried

46. Are the vowels together? Or are they separated? a e i o u y spray root taste

47. root taste

48. Are the vowels together? Or are they separated? a e i o u y rake rail toad

49. rakerake rail toad

50. Are the vowels together? Or are they separated? a e i o u y road rode tape

51. rode tape

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

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

54. Words where the vowels are separated tame cute taste rakerodetaperakerodetape

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

56. Words where the vowels are separated tame cute taste rakerodetaperakerodetape

57. Talk about what you discovered. Review this last section Click anywhere to go on

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

59. see Back to See / Hear Menu

60. tree

61. weep

62. seen

63. bee

64. peep

65. screen

66. street

67. sheet

68. Did you see all those “ee”?

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

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

71. he Back to See / Hear Menu

72. she

73. we

74. be

75. me

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

77. More single vowels

78. cry

79. try

80. sky

81. dry

82. fry

83. by

84. why

85. my

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

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

88. bike Back to See / Hear Menu

89. like

90. hike

91. kite

92. bite

93. white

94. a-e

95. late

96. date

97. lake

98. bake

99. o-e

100. coke

101. choke

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

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

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

105. rain Back to See / Hear Menu

106. way

107. meat

108. seed

109. boil

110. toy

111. suit

112. blue

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

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

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

116. food u Back to See / Hear Menu

117. boot u

118. root u

119. shoot u

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

121. crew u

122. few u

123. flew u

124. new u

125. threw u

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

127. light i

128. might i

129. fight i

130. sight i

131. sigh i

132. high i

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

134. eight a

135. weight a

136. freight a

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

138. low o

139. slow o

140. bow o

141. crow o

142. row o

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

144. makemake Let’s look at some examples OK

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

146. ...a..e a Back to Examples

147. make

148. tape

149. same

150. ape

151. share Back to Examples

152. ...ay a Back to Examples

153. play

154. way

155. stay

156. pay

157. say Back to Examples

158. ...ai... a Back to Examples

159. rain

160. grain

161. aim

162. wait

163. bait Back to Examples

164. ..eigh.. a Back to Examples

165. eight

166. weight

167. freight

168. weigh

169. sleigh Back to Examples

170. ..e e Back to Examples

171. he

172. me

173. be

174. she

175. we Back to Examples

176. ..ee.. e Back to Examples

177. seen

178. sheet

179. bee

180. fee

181. feet Back to Examples

182. ..ea.. e Back to Examples

183. beat

184. dream

185. leap

186. lean

187. eat

188. tea

189. seal Back to Examples

190. ..i..e i Back to Examples

191. bike

192. bite

193. time

194. mile

195. spike

196. smile

197. pipe Back to Examples

198. ..ia.. i Back to Examples

199. dial

200. trial

201. Back to Examples

202. ..y i Back to Examples

203. cry

204. by

205. dry

206. my

207. fly

208. try

209. cycle Back to Examples

210. ..igh.. i Back to Examples

211. high

212. right

213. light

214. sigh

215. slight

216. might Back to Examples

217. ..o..e o Back to Examples

218. joke

219. hose

220. cope

221. coke

222. nose Back to Examples

223. ..oa.. o Back to Examples

224. boat

225. moan

226. goal

227. coat

228. loan

229. float Back to Examples

230. ..ow o Back to Examples

231. low

232. slow

233. bow

234. glow

235. flow

236. row

237. tow Back to Examples

238. ..u..e e Back to Examples

239. cute

240. dude

241. chute

242. flume

243. flute

244. rude Back to Examples

245. ..ui.. u Back to Examples

246. suit Back to Examples

247. fruit

248. Back to Examples

249. ..oo.. u Back to Examples

250. food

251. shoot

252. loon

253. gloom

254. toot Back to Examples

255. ..ue u Back to Examples

256. blue

257. clue

258. glue

259. cue

260. true Back to Examples

261. ..ew u Back to Examples

262. crew

263. threw

264. new

265. knew

266. few Back to Examples

267. Let’s review Go to quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

280. “ee” makes ?

281. “ee” makes e see

282. Single “e” at the end makes ?

283. Single “e” at the end makes e me

284. Single “y” at the end makes ?

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

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

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

288. “oo” makes ?

289. “oo” makes u boot

290. “ew” makes ?

291. “ew” makes u new

292. When two vowels are together, what happens?

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

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

295. “igh” makes ?

296. “igh” makes i light

297. “eigh” makes ?

298. “eigh” makes a weigh

299. “ow” makes ?

300. “ow” makes o flow

301. Thanks for learning! Back to “The Rules