We have been working hard learning long vowel sounds. Whewww! That is hard for some of us to grasp. I found this poem to help us. I wish I knew who to give credit for the poem. I really like it. You sing it to the tune of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. Here is what it would sound like for the word cake: The e jumps over the k, the e jumps over the k, the e jumps over the k, to let the a say its name! If you would like to have this poem, click here or on the picture to grab it. I hope you can use it. 🙂
Here is how we have are handling vowel pairs. We of course know the song- two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking. But the song in itself didn’t make sense to my students. So we had to act it out by having two vowels in a word, the person holding the first vowel holds the board out farther than the others, the person holding the other vowel holds their hand over their mouth to show that vowel doesn’t talk. This has worked wonders for my group that just couldn’t switch over from a short vowel to a long vowel. All I have to say is vowel pair and they remind me, “oh, I remember that is like when she held the e and he held the a with his hand over his mouth!”. Some of my students have to work through this little scenario to be able to remember how to handle the two vowels. But hey, whatever works!!
Tammy says
Those long vowel patterns are so hard for some kids. The kinesthetic, visual, and singing clues all help make learning stick a little better. As always, a great post!
❀ Tammy
Forever in First
Angela says
I wish I'd had that poem when I was in first grade! One thing that helped my kiddos was watching the "When two vowels go walking" video clip from Between the Lions, because they could actually see it.
http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/
Angela
The Daily Alphabet
lorivines4 says
Yes, Tammy, for some of my students it takes all the different types of learning for it to click for them. 🙂
lorivines4 says
Thank you Angela! I hadn't seen that video before. I will have to show that one to my students- they will love it!
Corinna says
Really good ideas!! I really need to incorporate more activities like this in my class, especially for my ELL kiddos. Thank you for sharing. I also stopped by to let you know you have been tagged!! Surf on over when you get a minute:)
Aloha,
Corinna
Surfin' Through Second
Erica says
I love the poem! What a great idea!
Erica
Sprinkles to Kindergarten
lorivines4 says
Thank you Corinna! I'll be over to read about it. 🙂
lorivines4 says
Thank you Erica! I'm happy that you liked it. 🙂