A,E,I,O.......U can do it!!!!
A,E,I,O and U can spell! During the month of September our spelling words consist of mostly short vowel words. This is one of the best times of the year for spelling tests because by 3rd grade many of our students have already mastered this strategy. Many short vowel words are 3- lettered and some ( like many of our spelling words) are more. The vowels " glue" together the letters to make a true word. Perfecting our short vowels at the start of the year help to make it an easier transition into long vowels. Words with only three letters are the easiest to make the short vowel sound out of, due to the fact that only having three letters typically doesn’t allow for a second vowel to force the long vowel sound. An obvious example of the exception would be words like bee or tea. These words use a second vowel to force the long vowel sound from the first one, while other words like ant or mat use the placement of consonants to force a short vowel sound. If your studen...