Short and Long Vowel Owls
Each owl represents a short or a long vowel, which can be used in a classroom sorting activity. This activity is perfectly suited to literacy/reading rotations. It would also be a perfect activity for relief teachers.
Learning goals
- We are learning to understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, e.g. cat, swan, ball, fast etc. and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound.
- We are learning to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words, including some compound words.
- We are learning to use most letter-sound matches including vowel diagraphs, less common long vowel patterns, e.g. ight, consonant clusters and silent letters, e.g. knife, thumb, when reading and writing words of one or more syllables.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E1LY12
9
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
AC9E2LY10
9
Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words
ACELA1459
8.4
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
ACELA1471
8.4
Understand how to use knowledge of digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words including some compound words
EN1-4A
old
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
EN1-5A
old
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
EN1-PHOKW-01
new
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
EN1-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
VCELA183
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
VCELA218
Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
VCELA226
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words
VCELA239
Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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