Short Vowels, Long Vowels, Blends and Digraphs

Learning goal: I can use vowels, blends and digraphs to read and write one- and two-syllable words.

• Use letter-sound knowledge to read and write words with short and common long vowel sounds.
• Read and write one-syllable words with common consonant digraphs and blends.
• Blend sounds to read one- and two-syllable words.

Steps to use

Look at pattern → Say sound → Blend word → Write/check

Notice the spelling pattern

Use the pattern before guessing

Curriculum Coverage & Elaborations

The content description is the required target. The elaborations below are taught as examples and contexts, not as disconnected checklist wording.

• E1: using knowledge of letters and sounds to write words with short vowels; for example, “man”, and common long vowel sounds; for example, “time”
• E2: using knowledge of letter sounds to write single-syllable words with consonant digraphs and consonant blends; for example, “wish” and “rest”

• Digraph counted twice — sh/ch/th can make one sound.
• Guessing from first letter — Look through the whole word.
• Vowel missing — Every syllable needs a vowel sound.

1. Pattern sort — Sort words by short vowel, long vowel, blend or digraph.
   ship / frog / cake
2. Blend and write — Blend a word, then write the sounds in order.
   shop
3. Two-syllable clap — Clap and read a two-syllable word.
   sun-set

Quick checks

• What sound does sh make?
• Read: frog.
• Is a in cake short or long?
• Why check the vowel?

I am ready when I can

• I can use letter-sound knowledge to read and write words with short and common long vowel sounds.
• I can read and write one-syllable words with common consonant digraphs and blends.
• I can blend sounds to read one- and two-syllable words.

Curriculum equivalents for Short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to...

Mapped skill: use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words

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