Vowel Rules in our ABCs
Vowel Rules in our ABCsBossy E, Walking Vowels, Y Becomes a
Vowel, I Before E Except After C, R-controlled Vowels
BOSSY EWhen an e is the last letter in a one-syllable word, it
makes the first vowel in the word make a long sound, so it shouts
out its name.Add an e to mat (short a sound) and what happens? M A
T Enow the a has a long a soundit shouts out its name. Oh, that
Bossy E.
Lets do another one.
Add an e to cut (short u sound) and what happens? C U T Enow the
u has a long u soundit shouts out its name. Bossy, Bossy E!
The Walking VowelsWhen two vowels go walking the first one does
the talking.
When two vowels in a word are beside each other, the first vowel
in the word is the one that makes its long vowel sound. But not all
words follow this rule. Lets say words with vowels that are written
together.
boatrainhoofpainbeetfootbootbeadliedY Behaves Like a
VowelSometimes when you hear a long e sound or a long i sound, you
might see the word is spelled with a y, not an e or an i.
In one-syllable words, the y sounds like a long i at the end of
the word.
In two or more syllable words, the y sounds like a long e at the
end of the word.
When a y is inside the word, it makes a short i sound.
by sky guy shyfamily happy sunny gym gypsyI Before E Except
After CWords with an e and an i beside each other are spelled with
the i before the e except after c. But if the e and the i together
make a long a sound in a word, then it is spelled with the e before
i. Lets look at some examples.
i before e except after cpiece, niecee before i when its after
creceive, receipte before i when ei sounds like a long aweigh,
neighR Controlled VowelsWe have a bossy R because it controls how a
vowel sounds.When the letter r follows a vowel, the vowel will take
on a new sound that is not a short or long vowel sound.ar makes the
sound in are, bar, car, far, jar.er, ir and ur make the same sound.
They make the sound in her, jerk, bird, dirt, sir, fur, turn.or
makes the sound in or, for, cord, fork.ar can sometimes make a
sound like in the word care, and er can sometimes make a sound like
in the word there. So ar and er can sound alike, because care and
there rhyme.
Lets Have Fun With Our Vowels1. Tell me which words have a bossy
e.2. Which words have vowels that go walking?3. Which words does y
behave like a vowel?Say the words with an i before an e except
after c.Name the words with r-controlled vowels.rake, rat, seat,
tape, hard, ate, camp, far, cat, rain, bake, by, tail, her, he,
need, lead, receive, shy, neat, scene, niece, ride, high, hit,
hide, heat, hoop, hope, hot, horse, hum, mule, cute, mouth, hoop,
happy, pieceEp64-song-69Jeremy Winternull2014195048.0
