Phonics Level 3 Sound Mat 3: Long, R-Influenced and Other Vowel Sounds
Children see the five long vowel sounds and their spellings (a, ay, ai, ey, ei, a_e and so on), the r-influenced vowels such as ar, air, ear and or, and other vowels: oo, ow, oy and schwa.
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Phonics Level 3 Long Vowels Activity Book for Kindergarten & 1st Grade
This is page 5 of the pack. Ages 5-7 · Kindergarten–Grade 1Ages 5-7 · Year 1–Year 2Ages 5-7 · UKG–Class 1Ages 5-7
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How to use this worksheet
Read the long vowel row first: say the sound, then each spelling and the picture words (acorn, bee, spider, boat, music). Keep the mat beside the book as a reference for every long vowel page.
Materials needed
- Printer
- Optional laminator or plastic sleeve
Extension activities
- 1Colour-code a word list by long vowel sound
- 2Find one word for each spelling in a storybook
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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