Long Vowel Lesson Plan
...eer vowel sounds for the different verses. 2. Objective/Purpose “All those great sounds we came up with to make the funny words in the song are actually part of a group of sounds we call long vowels. Today we are going to learn the long vowel sounds and learn how to know when a vowel makes the long sound in the words we read.” 3. Input a. Talk about the two different sounds vowels can make and make sure the class knows the long vowel sounds. b. Write the words bite, bake, and kite on the board. c. Ask a volunteer to come up to the board and underline the vowels in the first word, bite. Ask the class for thumbs up or down if they agree the right letters are underlined. d. Follow this activity for the other two words on the board. Ask the students if they notice some similarities or patterns between the three words. Coax them into discovering the vowel-constantan-vowel-e pattern. e. Explain the concept of the long vowel pattern and emphasize that the e on the end of the work tells you the vowel in the middle makes the long sound. 4. Modeling a. Using blending exercises show the students how simple, long vowel words come together. ...