Use this set of decodable texts featuring various graphemes that make long vowel sounds.
Discover the Long Vowel Sounds
Phonemic awareness is all about helping students hear, identify, and manipulate the sounds in words. One key skill is understanding that a single phoneme can be represented by multiple graphemes. Our Long Vowel Phoneme Spotter Stories give students a fun, engaging way to explore each long vowel sound while reading. Each story in this set focuses on a specific long vowel phoneme—a, e, i, o, u—and the various graphemes that represent that sound, such as a_e, ay, ai for long ‘a’.
Students read the stories and actively spot the target sound, helping them make connections between sounds and spelling patterns.
How to Use These Decodable Stories
- Individual or small group activity: Give students a copy of the story. As they read aloud, ask them to highlight, underline, or colour the words that include the target long vowel sound.
- Whole-class activity: Project the story on the whiteboard and read together. Students can respond each time they hear the long vowel sound—by clapping, raising hands, or standing up. Afterwards, discuss the different graphemes that created the long vowel sounds.
- Extend learning: Combine with games or interactive activities, such as PowerPoint sound-matching games, to reinforce the connection between long vowel sounds and their spelling patterns.
Download and Explore Long Vowel Sounds Today!
This resource is available to download in an easy to print PDF format. Answer sheets have been included after each text for students to self evaluate.
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