Let’s Learn About Vowels!

Let’s Learn About Vowels! By: Madison Adair EDCI 270

Objective • Given information about vowels such as upper and lower case letters and short and long vowels, students will be able to identify different vowels and their characteristics. Students will take a quiz where they will be tested on this information. A E I O U

Audience • This lesson is intended for second grade students who want to learn more and about vowels. • Children will need a computer to do the activity.

Let’s Learn About Vowels! A E I O U

Directions Click the box at the bottom of the page to either: Go to the next slide Go back to the last slide Go to the homepage Let’s try it!

Let’s Review What We Know You already know the vowels of the alphabet: A E I O and U • A is in words like apple and cat • E is in words like egg and leg • I is in words like ice and igloo • O is in words like cow and more • U is in words like run and turn

Why are vowels important? • Vowels are in every word! • Knowing about vowels will help us sound out words and know what different words mean.

The alphabet has five vowels, A E I O U. Get ready to learn about the sounds they make and how they form words!

Directions • Click on a vowel. • Read the information about that vowel then continue on to the next one! • After you review all the vowels, there will be a short quiz to take at the end!

Homepage Let’s get started! Click on a vowel to learn more about it. There is a short review page to go over all we have learned. Take the quiz after you have gone over all the vowels. You can click the home button to come back to the homepage anytime! I U A E O Review Quiz

Aa A is the first letter in the alphabet, and the first vowel we will learn about! The letter A is in words like: Apple Cat

Aa • The upper case form of this letter looks like this: A • The lower case form of this letter looks like this: a

Short VowelA The letter A is short in words like dad nap fast

Long Vowel A If you can hear the name of the vowel in the word, that means the word has a long vowel! The vowel A is long in words like: cake rain train

Ee The letter E is next! The letter E is in words like: seat elephant

Ee • The upper case form of this letter looks like this: E • The lower case form of this letter looks like this: e

Short VowelE The vowel E is short in words like: nest bell bed

Long Vowel E The letter E is long in words like: tree key eat

Ii Let’s learn about the letter I next! This letter is in words like: ice cream kite

Ii • The upper case form of this letter looks like this: I • The lower case form of this letter looks like this:i

Short VowelIi The letter I is short in the words spin pin sit

Long VowelIi The I vowel is long in works like: ice hide fire

Oo Let’s learn about the vowel O next! O is in words like owl ocean

Oo • The upper case form of this letter looks like this: O • The lower case form of this letter looks like this: o

Long Vowel O The vowel O is long in words like soap nose cold

Short Vowel O The vowel O is short like words like stop hop dot

Uu U is the last vowel we will learn about today! The vowel U is in words like truck lunch

Uu • The upper case form of this letter looks like this: U • The lower case form of this letter looks like this: u

Long Vowel U The vowel U is long in words like unicorn cube tube

Short Vowel U The vowel U is short in words like: hug tub cut

Let’s Review What We Just Learned! • We already know the vowels A E I O and U • What vowel is in the word cat? • What vowel is in the word sit?

That was good practice! The vowel A is in the word cat, andthe vowel I is in sit! Do you think you are ready for the quiz? If you want to review the vowels again, go back to the homepage. If you are ready, then click “Quiz” Good luck! Quiz

Quiz Directions • Click on the answer you think is right. • If you are correct, you may move on to the next question. • If you get the question wrong, try again!

Ready to take the quiz? Here we go!

A A Question 1 Which lower case letter matches with the capital letter A? e a i A A

Good Job! • a is the lower case letter to the letter A! • Go onto the next question!

Opps! Is that the matching vowel? Try Again!

Opps! That is the wrong vowel! Try Again!

i i Question 2 Which upper case letter matches the vowel i? I A E i i

Great! • i and I match! Good job! • Continue to the next question!

Sorry! That is not correct! Try again

Opps! Is that the right vowel? Look again!

E E Question 3 Which lower case letter matches with the upper case letter E? o a e E E

Correct! E and e match! Next Question!

Opps! Is that the right answer? Let’s try again!

Opps! Try again! Which matches with E?

U U Question 4 Which lower case letter matches with the upper case letter U? a i u U U

Great job! The letters U and u match! Let’s go to the next question.

Opps! That answer is not correct! Look at the letters again!

That is not correct. Let’s try again!

Let’s Learn About Vowels!