Friday, April 2, 2010

Rhyming short vowels

The biggest thing that I, as a parent and teacher, think is most important in reading is knowing the sounds that each of the letters make. And yes it can get very confusing at times. But there are a few simple rules that can make it easier. So here are some of the letter sound and rules that govern them.

 
 

Short a, e, i, o, u All have their basic sounds

Short a --

 
 

cat

rat

pat

ran

tan

back

tack

tap

sap

  

Short e--

 
 

pet

let

met

set

pen

men

ten

sell

well

bell

Short i--

 
 

hit

bit

fit

tip

trip

dip

flip

chin

fin

bin

Short o--

 
 

chop

mop

top

hot

not

dot

rock

sock

lock

block

Short u--

 
 

bug

rug

dug

hug

truck

suck

duck

bump

jump

pump

 
 

Yes there are some other rules like ou, oo, aw, ow , bossy "r" and others but I want to leave those to another time.

 
 

The thing that has helped my son a lot, with his reading ability, is having little words like the ones above on flash cards and having him go through them. I had him just start out with 4 different groups each vowel has at least 4 of its own groups. Once he has mastered that group then grab a new one and start incorporating it into the circulation. These first group of words needs to be rhyming words, it really does make a difference.

 
 

Here is a couple groups from each short vowel.

 
 

short a--

-at: cat, mat, sat, pat, rat, flat, hat

-an: man, can, van, ran, fan, pan, plan, tan

 
 

short I--

-it: hit, sit, fit, pit, kit, bit

-ig: big, fig, wig, dig, pig, twig

 
 

short o--

-ot: hot, pot, lot, not, got, dot, spot

-op: top, pop, cop, hop, mop, stop, drop, chop

 
 

short e--

-et: pet, net, set, met, wet, let, jet

-ed: red, led, bed, fed, shed, sled

 
 

short u--

-ut: cut, nut, but, hut, shut

-ug: bug, hug, dug, rug, jug, slug, mug, plug

cat

mat

sat

pat

rat

flat

hat

man

can

van

ran

fan

pan

plan

tan

hit

sit

fit

pit

kit

bit

big

fig

wig

dig

pig

twig

hot

pot

lot

not

dot

spot

top

pop

cop

hop

mop

stop

drop

chop

pet

net

set

met

wet

let

jet

red

led

bed

fed

shed

sled

cut

nut

but

hut

shut

bug

hug

dug

rug

jug

slug

mug

plug

  

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

I hope this helps with your child with getting better at reading. This is not the first step that you need to take. Learning the letters and sounds is first. But once they know the names and sounds of letters this will help a lot.

 
 

Happy learning

 
 

Wes

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