Short A and Long A Sounds Learn the Two A Sounds

Hi! I'm Caroline. What's your name? And... Whoa, what's your name? Hey! Hey! Hey This is the letter Vowels can say their letter names. When it says its name, it's making its long sound. We know that is vowel sound because when we make it, our teeth, lips, and tongue don't do any of the work. All of the sound comes from the middle of our mouth. Listening to sounds and making sounds will help us as we learn to read. So, get your mouths ready because we are going to be making lots of sounds today! Let's go! So the sound is the same as the name of the letter. We can also call this sound long remember that this is the long sound because my mouth has to move long way to make it. See how my chin comes all the way up? That's long It looks like I'm making long smile! Now it's your turn! Can you make long smile and repeat the sound after me? Can you think of any words that have the long sound? Maybe acorn? Or alien? There are lots more words where we hear the long sound in the middle of the word, like in cake. Repeat that word with me. Cake. Can you hear the sound? Or what about train? Can you repeat that one too? Train. can hear the sound in the middle. What other words can you think of? thought of mail, game, snail, rain... Vowels can say their name to make their long sound, but they can make short sounds, too. We know that the long sound is Do you know what the short sound is? Short makes the sound We know it's vowel sound because the sound is coming from the middle of our mouth. remember that this is short sound because my mouth doesn't open as much as with long To remember the short sound — — think of an apple Pretend to bite the apple with me while we make the sound together. Apple Can you think of any words that have the short — — sound? Apple! maybe actor or astronaut There are lot of words where we hear the sound in the middle of the word, like in map. Can you repeat the word with me? Map. Map Do you feel your mouth opening to bite the apple Map. Or what about sad? Say that with me. Sad. can hear the short sound right in the middle. What other words can you think of? thought of bat, snack, fast, lab. Let's practice making our long and short sounds. I'm going to make the sound three times. Then, you can make the sound three times. Let's do long first. Keep repeating after me! Nice job. How about short Repeat after me! Keep repeating after me! When we start reading, we have to remember that when we see the letter it could be making its long — — sound but it could also be making its short — — sound. Let's practice saying words and listening to sounds so we can hear the difference. I'll show you picture. You can say the word. Let's do this one first. What is it? Apple? What sound do you hear? Long or short Apple That's short Remember our short little sound? What about grape? Grape. Do you hear long or short Grape That's long My mouth needs to smile and my chin needs to move up for that one. Let's practice with some more words! Crab. That's short Lake. That's long Giraffe. That's short Snake. That's long Hay. That's long Play. That's long Trap. That's short Raft. That's short Great job today Letter And you did great job, too! It's so cool that letter can make two sounds. We learned that letter can say its letter name, to make the long sound. That's like big smile! And we learned that can also make short sound. We make our mouth open like we're going to bite an apple Keep practicing these two sounds and keep an ear out for any or sounds you hear! And don't forget to always be clever!