Vowels With Vitality: Practicing Long and Short Vowel Sounds

By Cheryl Callighan. First comes the cutting, pasting, and coloring, and then comes the boisterous activity as children practice vowel sounds while engaging themselves in five skits; 28 other activities that appeal to auditory, tactile, and visual learning styles (e.g., word scrambles, pattern poems, wanted posters for words that break phonics rules, and word relay races); and completing more than 20 reproducible handouts with coloring and fill-in-the-blank activities. A brief introduction equips teachers with the basics they need to teach the vowel sounds. Grades 1–3. Illustrated. 8½" x 11". Good Year Books. 96 pages. ©2001. GDY592.