The silent E makes the vowel A say its name. Cape, which has the long A spelled by silent E. And then down here we have some examples of long A words. This up top we have a CVC word, cap, and that’s the short A up here. Okay, let’s start with the basics real quick: short vowels versus long vowels.

And then also hit the little bell so that you’re notified every time I post a brand new video about teaching literacy in K-2. If you haven’t subscribed to my channel ( ) yet, make sure to do that now. I’m a literacy specialist, and in this video I’m going to share with you some tips and ideas for teaching long A vowel teams to your students. “Hey, I’m Alison from Learning At The Primary Pond. Watch the video to find out what the 3 tips are! I’ll also explain when to introduce these patterns to students! photo credit: fatcamera In this post, I have a video (and transcript, if you prefer to read) that provides 3 tips for teaching long “a” vowel teams. There are a few different vowel teams that represent the long “a” sound: (If you want to read more about vowel teams in general, check out a blog I wrote called: What Is A Vowel Team? What Are Some Ideas for Teaching Vowel Teams?) long “a” vowel makes the sound as in cake, save, laneīut there are other ways to spell the long a sound – like long a vowel teams! A vowel team is a spelling pattern that uses two or more letters to represent a single vowel sound.

short “a” vowel makes the /ă/ sound as in cap, gab, sat.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the “short ‘a’ vowel sound” and “long ‘a’ vowel sound.” These terms are very relevant when you’re teaching CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words and CVCe (consonant vowel consonant silent “e”) words:

What are vowel teams