Long Vowel Sounds

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The Long Vowel Sounds word sets include spellings with final e as well as vowel digraphs.

Words with long A, I, and O that use the final e pattern (as in: make, bite, rope) appear in their own card sets. For additional practice with final e, try the Final E Word Pairs set.

Examples of long vowel sounds spelled with vowel digraphs (ay, ai, ee, ea, ie, igh, oa and ow) appear in separate sets of cards.

I find the long u sound the most confusing. Remember, long vowels say their name. So long u says “you” not “oo” as in “blue”. You’ll find word cards with the short and long “oo” sounds in the More Vowel Sounds post.

Sets are colour coded by border colour. If a vowel sound has two sets, both have the same colour border.

Preview of Checklist, Long A - Set 1

Checklist, Long A - Set 1

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Word list for the Long A Set 1 card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long A - Set 1

Word cards, Long A - Set 1

4 Pages

36 cards.
3-, 4-, and 5- letter words containing long a spelled with final e.
Includes some initial consonant blends and consonant digraphs.

Words

A_E, ace, age, ape, ate, bake, cave, cage, dare, date, fake, gaze, hate, Jake, Kate, lace, make, Nate, pale, race, safe, take, vane, wake, Yale, grape, flame, frame, place, plate, quake, scare, share, shake, snake, whale

Preview of Checklist, Long A - Set 2

Checklist, Long A - Set 2

1 Page

Word list for the Long A Set 2 card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long A - Set 2

Word cards, Long A - Set 2

3 Pages

24 cards.
Words containing the long a sound spelled AI and AY. Includes a couple 2-syllable words as well as some consonant blends and consonant digraphs.

Words

AI, fair, hair, hail, jail, mail, rain, tail, wait, brain, chair, chain, paint, Spain, trail, AY, day, May, pay, say, way, clay, play, stay, tray, crayon, Sunday

Preview of Checklist, Long E

Checklist, Long E

1 Page

Word list for the Long E card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long E

Word cards, Long E

5 Pages

45 cards.
Words containing long e sound spelled E_E (final e), EE and EA. Includes some initial consonant blends and digraphs.

Words

E_E, Eve, here, Pete, scene, Swede, Steve, EE, bee, eel, pee, see, beep, deep, deer, keep, feel, feet, free, jeep, week, bleed, cheek, green, queen, sheep, speed, street, EA, ear, eat, pea, sea, tea, beak, heat, leaf, peak, seat, team, beach, cheap, clean, steam, teach

Preview of Checklist, Long I - Set 1

Checklist, Long I - Set 1

1 Page

Word list for the Long I Set 1 card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long I - Set 1

Word cards, Long I - Set 1

3 Pages

27 cards.
3-, 4-, and 5- letter words containing long i spelled with final e.
Includes some initial consonant blends and digraphs.

Words

I_E, ice, bike, bite, dice, fine, hike, kite, like, Mike, nice, pile, ride, side, time, vine, wine, bride, chime, glide, guide, pride, prize, quite, smile, white, while

Preview of Checklist, Long I - Set 2

Checklist, Long I - Set 2

1 Page

Word list for the Long I Set 2 card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long I - Set 2

Word cards, Long I - Set 2

3 Pages

27 cards.
3-, 4-, and 5- letter words containing long i spelled with IGH and IE.

Words

IE, die, lie, pie, tie, IGH, high, sigh, fight, night, light, right, sight, tight, bright, Y, by, my, cry, dry, fry, try, shy, sky, spy, why, July

Preview of Checklist, Long O - Set 1

Checklist, Long O - Set 1

1 Page

Word list for the Long O Set 1 card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long O - Set 1

Word cards, Long O - Set 1

2 Pages

18 cards.
4- and 5-letter words containing long o spelled with final e.
Includes some initial consonant blends and digraphs.

Words

O_E, bone, bore, cone, dome, joke, lone, more, poke, rope, sore, tone, woke, phone, choke, drone, quote, smoke

Preview of Checklist, Long O - Set 2

Checklist, Long O - Set 2

1 Page

Word list for the Long O Set 2 card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long O - Set 2

Word cards, Long O - Set 2

3 Pages

26 cards.
Words containing long o spelled with OA and OW.
Includes some initial consonant blends, digraphs, and a few 2-syllable words.

NOTE: Check the "More Vowel Sounds" page for OW words that rhyme with 'cow'.

Words

OA, oak, boat, coat, loaf, soap, toad, coach, cloak, croak, float, throat, OW, low, mow, row, bowl, blow, crow, flow, grow, show, snow, elbow, pillow, window

Preview of Checklist, Long U

Checklist, Long U

1 Page

Word list for the Long U card set.

Preview of Word cards, Long U

Word cards, Long U

3 Pages

20 cards.
Words containing long u spelled with U_E (final e), UE, and EW. Includes a few 2-syllable words.

NOTE: Check the "More Vowel Sounds" page for long and short OO sounds.

Words

U_E, use, cube, cute, fume, huge, mule, mute, excuse, UE, argue, cue, fuel, rescue, value, EW, few, mew, pew, skew

51 comments for Long Vowel Sounds

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    Fabulous! Excellent for teaching spelling patterns. Thank you.

    • Karen

      😀 You’re welcome. 😀

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    • Karen

      Glad to hear that!

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    Tracee Thomas

    Thank you so much for these cards. They are wonderful! Do you have adverbs?

    • Karen

      You’re welcome! Sorry, I don’t have adverbs yet but I’ll put it on the list. 🙂

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    • Karen

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      You’re welcome! 🙂 I’m happy to hear that the cards are working for you!

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    Catherine Mundstock

    They are very nice, but I like to use sets that are one discreet skill, such as igh (not i_e or not with any r-controlled spellings). If you removed the r-controlled spellings, that would make them much better.

    • Karen

      Thank you for the feedback. Sorry though, I’m not sure I know what you mean… 😕 The r-controlled vowels are in a separate set.

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