Two-Page Short Vowel Words And Sentences

Older Version 2012

Newer Version Of The Same Book 2017

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Other Current Short Vowel Books 2017

Today I uploaded the Two-Page Short Vowel Words And Sentences book.  To differentiate it from the Rhyming Short Vowel and Mixed Short Vowel books, I've given it the Two-Page name because it has only two pages of words for each short vowel, plus sentence pages. This makes it substantially shorter than the Rhyming and Mixed Short Vowel books.  I used this short vowel book in my first grade classroom before I retired, and it is posted to my old web site under an earlier title, Basic Short Vowel Words.  I can't use that title any more for this book because I'm using the title Basic Short Vowels for the current book that has illustrated rhyming and body-coda lists in all black print.  Definitely confusing!

In the newer Two-Page Short Vowel Words And Sentences book version I've made a number of changes to the older version which I think make it better and easier to use.
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• I moved the short o words before the short i words, since the short o sound is easier to hear for beginning readers.  This delays the more difficult short i words until after students have studied both short a and short o words.
• I revised the workbook to match the new short vowel order.  
•  I moved the sentence pages so that each set follows immediately after the related short vowel picture word pages.  I had to revise the short o sentences because some of them previously  contained short i words. 
• I revised the sound charts so that all the sound pictures from part two of A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad are on the same "Beyond The Alphabet Chart."  This makes it less confusing for the students and the teacher.
•  I revised the sound blending "Silly Sounds" pages so that students only read vowel-consonant combinations (ab, ac, ad, af, ag).  In the previous version they also read consonant-vowel combinations (ba, ca, da, fa, ga).  I think it was too difficult for the students trying to do it both ways.  And I didn't want to set up students to be confused later on when they learn about open syllable.  Vowels generally represent their short vowel sounds in syllables where the vowel is followed by a consonant (ab, ac, ad, ag).  On the other hand, vowels that come at the end of a syllable usually have the long vowel sound.
• I revised parts of the instructions for the teacher and added new lesson outlines and spelling lists.  In particular, in the instructions about handwriting and spelling dictation, I've explained how to use plastic letters to spell words at the beginning of the school year for words like fuzz, yak, and quit which have letters that students have not yet learned to write.  This allows students to proceed through the book quickly, while taking the time to learn (or review) how to write the alphabet letters.

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In the Two-Page Short Vowel Words And Sentences book, about half the pages are student pages and the other half of the pages explain how to teach students to read and write short vowel words.  If you are making multiple copies of the books for students, you may want to print just the student pages. 

​I'm very happy to finally get this book put together because now I have all the missing pieces so that I can finish the materials overview in the sequence charts book.