RF.K.3.B: Associate the Long and Short Vowel Sounds with Their Common Spellings (Graphemes)

Skill

RF.K.3.B: Associate the Long and Short Vowel Sounds with Their Common Spellings (Graphemes)

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.B: Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

Description

• Mastery: Student is able to automatically produce the primary sounds to each vowel grapheme.
• Acquiring: Student is able to produce primary sounds to each vowel grapheme, with the aid of sound/spelling card and/or related association.

Probes

T: Can you tell me the sounds of each letter? If the student names the letter, count it as the long vowel sound. Then ask: Can you tell me another sound for the letter? The student should name the short vowel sound.

e _ _ i _ _ a _ _ o _ _ u _ _ l = long sound; s = short sound

Record“l” on the first line for the long sound (letter name) and“s” for the short sound on the second line. If the student makes an error, record the error over the letter.

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Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

• P.012 Letter Sound Correspondence Brown Bag It
• P.014 Letter Sound Correspondence Letter Sound Place Mat
• P.021 Letter-Sound Correspondence Letter-Sound Mobile
• F.006 Letter-Sound Correspondence Letter Flash
• Introduce /a/ (Small Group)
• Reintroduce /a/ (Small Group, Transitions)
• Build Fluency (Small Group, w/ Partners)
• Build Accuracy (Small Group, w/ Partners)
• Letter Sound Accuracy, Musical Chairs (Small Group)
• Letter Sound Accuracy, Egg Carton Game (Small Group, w/ Partners)
• All letter sound activities (same as above, with other letters)
• Books with focus letters

During Transition

• Long and Short Vowel song
• Short Vowel Song
• Long Vowel Song
• I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas Song

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

• P.013 Letter Sound Correspondence Photo Chart
• P.015 Letter Sound Correspondence Words Around Us Memory Game
• P.020 Letter-Sound Correspondence Letter-Sound Train
• P.022 Letter-Sound Correspondence Letter-Sound Bingo
• P.023 Letter-Sound Correspondence Medial Phoneme Spin
• Object Letter Sound Matching, p1
• Sandpaper Letter & Picture Match, p12
• P.021 Letter Sound Mobile

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Make sure that the example you use for the long /u/ sound (e.g. cute, mute) does not have the /oo/ sound (e.g. moon, tune, flute).
Source: The Second Grade Superkids & Beyond

Considerations & Reminders

Sound/Spelling systems vary between publishers. Do not confuse the /oo/ sound in moon, flute, and tune for the long u sound; rather, think of the long /u/ sound in mute and cute.