Quick Look: Short Vowel Sounds Warm-Up

Using flash cards, each with an alphabet letter and corresponding picture, teacher DeAngela Huggins, of Burgess-Peterson Academy in Atlanta, practices short vowel sounds with her students by having then say the letter name, keyword, and sound. 
 

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DeAngela Huggins: So let's drill our vowels. So we're going to do only our short vowel sounds. Are you guys ready? And let's go. We have ...

Students: 'a', apple, /ă/ ...

DeAngela Huggins: Very good.

Students: 'u', up, /ŭ/ ...

DeAngela Huggins: Alright.

Students: 'i', itch, /ĭ/ ...

DeAngela Huggins: Very good. And we have ...

Students: 'o', octopus, /ŏ/ ...

DeAngela Huggins: Very nice. And we have ...

Students: 'e', Ed, /e/ ...

DeAngela Huggins: Very good.

What did you notice?

1. Notice how Ms. Huggins has students practice the short vowel sounds by warming up with the flash cards. When in your phonics lesson might you incorporate this routine?

Support Materials

Phrase and Sentence Dictation Paper

Use this sheet to have students practice spelling sounds, phrases, and sentences with phonics patterns they’ve been learning.