January 03, 2012

Five Rules for Determining Whether a Vowel Sound Should Be Short vs. Long

Tags: Teaching Help Videos, Teaching Reading Tips

It's easy to teach students' that there is a long and short vowel sound for a, e, i, o, and u. But... it's much more difficult to help students understand when each sound should be used. Here are five simple rules from the Reading Horizons Methodology that you can use to teach students when to pronounce a long vowel and when to pronounce a short vowel.

Phonetic Skill 1

Phonetic Skill 2

Phonetic Skill 3

Phonetic Skill 4

Phonetic Skill 5


Learn more teaching strategies to help your struggling readers in Reading Horizons Online Reading Workshop today!

2 Comments

Generic placeholder image
David said

Nice tutorial for not good in native english that really wants to learn,..

Generic placeholder image
air conditioner repair houston said

This is saying that "teach to learn twice" I hope it is true.... you are doing the same thing... I like t=your straggle to help the teacher by your good method it is inspiring like appreciate you for your this work....

Leave Comment

Authors: No content items.

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Fill out this form to sign-up for our monthly newsletter.