Long Vowel Race Long Vowels Activity
Play the Long Vowel Race long vowels activity with 1st and 2nd grade readers: spin a vowel, read a matching picture card and race to the finish. Answer key included.
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Long vowels say their own names, and hearing that sound is a big step in learning to read. The long vowel race long vowels activity gives 1st and 2nd grade readers a fast, friendly way to practice long a, e, i, o and u in words with a silent e and in vowel teams like ai, ee, ea, oa and ue.
In this printable race game, two to four players each hold four picture cards. A player spins the vowel spinner, finds a card with that long vowel sound, reads the word out loud and moves ahead to the next space with that vowel. A player with no match stays put, and the first car to reach FINISH wins. A practice worksheet and answer keys make it easy to check what each child knows.
What’s Included
- Bright cover and a How to Use page for the teacher
- 20 picture and word cards (four for each long vowel) on three cut sheets
- Race track game board with a printable vowel spinner and game pieces
- 1st grade practice worksheet: read the word and fill in the long vowel bubble
- Answer keys for the picture cards and the practice page
Why Kids Love It
- Spinning and racing to the finish feels like a real board game.
- Every card pairs a word with a clear picture, like a cake, a kite or a boat.
- Each turn has players read a word out loud and listen for its vowel sound.
Teaching Ideas
Before you play, say a few words such as cake, tree and boat, and have children hold up the vowel they hear. Use the 1st grade long vowels activity in a small group, a literacy center or a family game night. After the long vowel race long vowels activity, ask children to sort the cards into five piles by vowel, or to think of one more word for each pile and spell it on a whiteboard.
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