Long vs. short vowels worksheets
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A short vowel is quick: bed, fish. A long vowel says its own name: seed, kite. Sort by what the vowel SAYS, not how the word looks.
Two grades, one set of words: both print from the same 36. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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1st grade Core grade
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First graders sort words by whether the vowel is short (bed, duck) or long, saying its own name (rain, cube). The mix includes vowel teams and silent e words, so the sort is by sound, the way real reading works.
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2nd grade
Second graders sort quickly and can name WHY each long vowel is long: a silent e, a vowel team, or an open syllable. The sort becomes a review of every long-vowel spelling at once.
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