Auditory/Vowel Combination

Title: Magnetic Vowel Combinations

I would have a tape recorder with different words that have different vowel sounds and combinations. I would have this placed at a writing table. The children will listen to the words and with the magnetic letters they will form the vowel combination they hear.

Vowel Combination Bingo

This game uses the ideas from the game bingo. Tape record various words that contain different vowel combinations. Make up bingo cards that just have the 2 letter vowel combination from the words stated on the tape. Make sure you have some type of bingo chips. Begin the game by playing the first word on the tape. For example: The word caught was read and pronounced 2 times very slowly (teacher may repeat the word). The students will hear the vowel combination au in the word caught. On their bingo card the students may have the combinations au, ie, ao, etc. The students will then have to choose the correct combination, choosing au. The student will then cover up the correct vowel combination with a chip. You can play various types of bingo, some of which include blackout or 5 across.

Resource: http://teachers.net

Title: Word Wizard
Idea: This fun activity helps students learn how to put together combinations of letters to create words.  This activity is based on numerous children's books. 
Resource: http://readwritethink.org/materials/wordwizard/

Title: Rhyme that Vowel
Idea: Pick a set of vowel combinations to teach the kids for the day.  Let's say you use "A Vowel Combinations".  Go through the words and sounds with your students.  Then show them an example of a poem you wrote using those words.
Example: I went to the bay,
         to enjoy the day,
         but the ocean spray,
         made it hard to lay,
         in the sun rays.

 Have the students write their own poem using those same words or different "A vowel combinations" of your choice. After the poems are finished, have each student present his or hers to the class.

Title: The Two Voices of the OW spelling pattern
Idea: Prepare a set of eight index cards for each pair of students. Each card in the set displays a single word. Four cards contain ow words that have the same /ow/ sound as low. Four cards contain ow words that have the same /ow/ sound as wow. The following list of words can be used:
LOW  WOW
row  cow
flow  now
throw  how
crow  brown
low  frown
know  towel
mow  owl
shadow  crown

Word Sorting
1. Begin by giving students a brief list of words to spell that use the ow combination, including words that sound like low and words that sound like wow. The following words might be included on this pretest:

row, how, now, throw, owl, flow

2. Ask students how they spelled each word and why they chose their spellings. After correcting any spelling errors, ask students if they notice anything about words that contain the letters ow.


3. Remind students that vowels can represent more than one sound depending on how they are combined with other letters in a word. In addition, the same letter combination can sometimes represent two different sounds.


4. On chart paper, write the following list of words:

cow, now, how

Ask students to generate examples of words that have a similar /ow/ sound to the words on your list. (If students suggest words with the ou spelling, acknowledge that they are correct and start a separate list. Explain that this lesson focuses on the ow spelling pattern and consider developing a future lesson that examines words with the ou combination that represent the /ow/ sound.)


5. Explain that the ow combination can sometimes indicate the long /o/ sound. On a separate sheet of chart paper, list some examples such as row and low. Ask students to generate additional examples for this list.


6. Summarize the lesson by asking students to explain what they learned about ow words. End the session by having students write down what they have learned and copying the two lists of ow words into their notebooks.

Resource: www.readwritethink.org