Differentiating Between Long and Short Vowel Sounds

Shhhh… Can you hear it? It’s the sound of your students finally hearing the difference between long and short vowels! 

This interactive phonics activity requires students to differentiate long and short vowel sounds in a variety of common words. They say the word that matches the picture, then sort the pictures under the correct heading.

The words included in this resource are:

• Short and Long A: cap, rain, snake, man, cake, train, flag, baby, can, bat.
• Short and Long E: egg, bee, cheese, jet, leaf, key, red, bed, tree, bread.
• Short and Long I: fly, pig, wig, light, kite, six, fish, dice, milk, pie.
• Short and Long O: bone, dog, boat, bowl, mop, clock, frog, top, coat, soap.
• Short and Long U: drum, glue, ruler, sun, duck, cube, blue, umbrella, unicorn, bus.

Before You Download

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint version of this resource.

Assign in Google Classroom for students to work on individually. Be sure to open the file in Edit mode, not Presentation mode.

Alternatively, project onto a screen and work through the activities as a whole class.