Short And Long Vowel Sort. Sometimes W substitutes for U, especially in the digraph 'ow.') Each vowel can be pronounced in several ways. A short vowel sound is produced when the vowel in a syllable is followed by a consonant.
Download and print Turtle Diary's Long and Short Vowel Word Sort worksheet. For easy storage, I stapled a zip lock bag to the back of each mat to make it easy to find the right pictures when I needed them. Not all letters make the same sound in all words, and that's what vowel.
Finally, I had my Four sort short i and long i.
In English spelling each vowel letter has two main sounds.
Using sorting activities, students see when and when not a certain rule or concept applies. Being able to distinguish between long vowels and short vowels is super important when learning to read and write. Short vowels do not sound like their letter in the alphabet.