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__**Long Vowel Bingo**__ Website: http://www.teacherfilebox.com/includes/preview.aspx?SKU=3364004 This website show you the bingo game that you could play with your class as a whole or in small group. This activity could be used for any age. For the younger ones you would want to use simple words that they are familiar with and know that the vowel says its own name. For the older children you could give them words that are a little more tricky. For example you could use words with two vowels together. You would just need to have bingo cards with the appropriate words for the age group you are working with, card markers, and the cards for the caller to call out so the child will know which space to cover. Have all the supplies already made and printed out. I would have a Ziploc labeled long vowel bingo and keep all the pieces you need it it. That way when you wan to use this activity you have everything together and they are easy to distribute. For this activity you could modify it for ELL by having the word written in English with a subtitle of the Spanish word underneath it.

__**Long Vowel Puppet Show Lesson Plan**__ Website: http://www.trcabc.com/resources/long-vowels-lesson-plan-with-printable-puppets/ This lesson has a plan for a pre-test, lesson with puppet show, and a test at the end of the lesson to assess whether the students comprehended the concept of long vowels. This lesson is used for a whole group lesson. I think that this is great for introducing long vowels or used right at the beginning of the long vowel unit. You need to have a print out of all the assessments for the class, the puppets already made, puppet show, long vowels chart, crayons, scissors, popsicle sticks, tape, black marker, pencil. Have the materials distributed for each table group. have them sit in the middle of the group and allow the students to get their own materials. Modify this assignment for children with ADHD for more than an one sitting lesson. Allow the students some time to play with their puppets once they are made so they will be more likely to pay attention during the actual lesson.

__**Sand Pail**__ Bring is a sand pail and place a nail, paint, mail, a chain, and a braid inside the pail. Show the pail and the objects in the pail to the class. Write the name of the objects on the board.  Next write the words hail, jail, rail, sail, tail, bait, pain, and maid on slips of paper. Place the slips in the pail. Have the students pull the words out of the pail and say a sentence with the "ai" word in it. Have the sentence maker pick a student to guess the ai word in his/her sentence. Repeat. This lesson is great for early readers. I would even use this for Kindergarten or 1st graders. This lesson could be used for a whole group or small group lesson. I would even put this pail with the sentence strips in a Language Arts center after it has been introduced to the class. You need a pail, nail, paint, mail, piece of chain, a braid, slips of paper with the words written on them, sentence strips (in-case they want to write their sentence down). I would have the materials in pail ready for the lesson to begin. If it is a center I would have the pail, slips of paper, and sentences strips in a bin all together. If would have larger items for a modification for children with fine motor skills weaknesses.

__**Spin-A-Word**__ Each pair of students will need three spinners. Photocopy the spinners and label the first and third spinners with the letters t, b, c, d, f, h, m, p, r, and s. Label the second spinner with the letters a, e, i, o, u, a, e, i, o, and u. Before they play, teach your students how to use a paperclip and a pencil for the spinning part of the spinner. Each player takes turns to try and form words using the letters on the spinner. When it’s their turn, the players spin the first, second and third spinners in order, writing down the letters that each spinner lands on. If the three letters (//in order//) form a word, the player circles the word. Players alternate turns, each trying to form 10 words. The first to form and circle 10 words is the winner! I would use this activity with an older group I would say 2nd grade. This could be small group or a partner game. You need to have a piece of paper and a pencil (one per player), three spinners with 10 segments, such as the [|Spinner Template] one for each letter, and paper clips.

**__Beach Ball Toss__ ** A beach ball is an inexpensive tool that works well for a simple long vowel __ [|game] __. Blow up the beach ball and write several words on it with long vowel sounds. Draw dividing lines around the words. Designate a particular finger such as the left thumb. Toss the ball to one of the students. The student reads the word under the designated finger, identifies the long vowel sound in the word and also thinks of another word with the same long vowel sound in it. After her turn, she tosses the beach ball to another classmate, who repeats the process. I would use this game for older students that are reviewing long vowels and reading them as words.I would use this as a whole group lesson/review. For this game all you need is a beach ball along with a permanent marker. I would have the beach ball placed where the students cannot just grab and start tossing it around anytime they please. A modification for this game is the roll the ball for a student unable to catch it in the air.

__**Ball Toss**__ This resembles a carnival-style game, adding entertainment value to the long vowel practice. Set up a row of cans on a table or on the floor. Tape one word to the front of each can, using different long vowel sounds in the words. Call out a long vowel sound. The player uses a ball to know over a can with word that has that long vowel sound on it. Another option is to use a mixture of long and short vowel words. The player knocks over all of the short vowel cans so only the long vowel words are left standing. This activity would be great for 1st graders and 2nd graders and possibly even 3rd graders. I would use this as a small group activity. You need to have cans with the words written on them and a bean bag. This activity would be in a bin so that when it is time to play this game the students can just go pull the bin out and set up the cans and begin playing. To modify this activity for students not as advanced you could just draw the long and short vowel symbols and have them knock down the correct symbol for the sound called out.

__**Katie the Cat Long Vowel Puppet Show**__ Use this free [|//Kathy the Cat// puppet template]with the vowel sound you are studying, (e.g. Katie, for the long vowel sound a.) Say, //“Katie the Cat has things with the long vowel sound "a" in her basket.”// Katie the Cat takes out each thing from her basket. She identifies each object by name aloud and repeats the vowel sound.  //“Katie the Cat has an snake, "a", in her basket.”// Here are some ideas of what to put in Katie the Cat’s basket (basket also has the long vowel a sound) cake, snake, gate, ape, lady, whale.-and/or- You can have Katie the Cat point to your long vowel "a"sounds chart. Students can create their own puppets, after they see your Katie the Cat empty her basket. (This lesson was made for short vowel sounds but I liked it and you can just alter the lesson for the long vowel) This activity would be great for younger students that are learning the long a vowel. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">You could use this a large group to introduction, have them practice in small groups or individually. You need to have Katie the Cat template, crayons, glue, brown paper lunch sack, basket, items that have long "a", long "a" vowel chart. Have all the supplies for the children to make Katie the Cat in the art center, that way during centers they can go over and make their own puppet if they would like. If any children are unable to make a puppet due to disabilities then you can go ahead and have a puppet made or have a student make a puppet for them.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0066; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> **__Star Fall Lesson__** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Website: http://ww2.sjc.edu/tdavisgooge/InternetLP.htm <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> This is a lesson plan available on the internet to teach the long vowel sound "a" along with the silent "e". This lesson is started off by the students meeting and reviewing the vowel. Then they are placed on the computers to participate in an internet activity to further their knowledge on the long vowels. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">This lesson is for the older students that have learned short vowels and have been introduced to long vowels <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">For this lesson you will need a computer lab or a computer available for each student to use. A modification for this lesson is to have the ELL have a program that translate a word if they needed it translated for that one specific word.

<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__**Long Vowel Song**__ Website: http://mrsjonesroom.com/songs/vowelslong.html

The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, oh! A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U I know them all by name, oh!

The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, oh! [clap]-E-I-O-U [clap]-E-I-O-U [clap]-E-I-O-U I know them all by name, oh!

The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, oh! [clap]-[clap]-I-O-U [clap]-[clap]-I-O-U [clap]-[clap]-I-O-U I know them all by name, oh!

The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, oh! [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-O-U [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-O-U [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-O-U I know them all by name, oh!

The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, oh! [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap]-U [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap]-U [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap]-U I know them all by name, oh!

The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, oh! [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap] [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap] [clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap]-[clap] I know them all by name, oh! This is a song to read and pronounce each long vowel. You could place this song on the board with a MIMIO for some type of smart board. Have the children sing the song to the tune of "BINGO". This activity is great for beginners at a young age. They love to sing and this will help them remember the long vowels. I would have this song saved on the computer to post whenever you want to use it, or you could have this song written on chart paper where you could pull it out whenever you would like to use it. Make sure that you modify the writing of song to be large print if you have children with sign disabilities.

<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__**Crayola Marker Switch**__ Website: http://165.193.212.41/lesson-plans/detail/long-or-short-vowels?-lesson-plan/ This website is using crayola markers that can switch colors. You are having the child find the long vowels by the color that they switch. You write a word that have a long vowel in it and use a marker that changes colors when you color over it with a special marker. This will show the students the vowel that is long. I would use this for students in about 2nd grade. I believe that they would find this interesting and cool because it's like a mystery. You will need crayola switch color markers, and paper. I would have this set up as a small group activity. The materials can be placed all in one spot with the words written on the paper before center time. Have several different examples to keep the attention of students that have attention disabilities.

<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__**Lake of Snakes**__ Website: http://lessonplans.fundingfactory.com/plan_details.aspx?id=70 This lesson allows children to be creative. They will make snakes to crawl into lakes. This helps them review long "a" vowels. The students will make snakes with long "a" words written on them and then glue them on the lake. This would be a great activity for Kindergarten and 1st graders. This can be used as a large group assignment but done individually at their own desk. For this activity they need green snakes, blue lake, glue, crayons, and a pencil. I would have a teacher's helper pass out the snakes and lakes. The students would have their own glue and crayons at their desk along with a pencil. I would modify this lesson for students that are ELL by having pictures of long "a" vowel words posted at the front of the room so they can see how to spell the word.