Long Vowels Writing Worksheet

A long vowel says its own name, and that one idea unlocks hundreds of first-grade words. This long vowels writing worksheet gives students focused practice with the two patterns that carry most of them: the silent e that reaches back and stretches the vowel in cake, bone, cube, skate, and cone, and the vowel team ee in tree. Instead of circling a word someone else already spelled, children look at a picture, say the word out loud, hear the middle sound, and write the vowel that is missing. Saying it and writing it in the same moment is what moves a sound from something a child recognizes to something a child can spell.

This 1st grade long vowels worksheet is a two-page, no-prep printable that works as morning work, a phonics center, homework, or a quick check before a spelling test. Part A gives six picture cards, each with the consonants of its word already printed and a wide writing line where the missing vowel belongs. Part B moves the same skill into sentences: students read a sentence, decide which word the context calls for, and write the missing long vowel inside it. The writing lines are sized for first-grade handwriting, so there is real room to form the letter rather than squeeze it in, and the included answer key makes checking fast for a whole class set or for one child at the kitchen table.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 6 picture cards in Part A and 4 fill-in-the-vowel sentences in Part B

Three things make this long vowels writing worksheet work for young spellers. First, the picture carries the word, so a child who cannot yet read skate can still say it and hear the long a inside it. Second, the consonants are already printed, which narrows the whole task down to the one letter the lesson is about instead of the whole word. Third, Part B changes the job: with no picture to lean on, students have to use meaning and context to know which word the sentence needs, which is exactly the transfer teachers are looking for when they ask whether a phonics pattern has really stuck.

Ways to Use It

• Read each picture word aloud together before anyone writes, so every child hears the middle sound first.
• Have students underline the silent e after they finish Part A and talk about the job it does.
• Send the sheet home as a five-minute review the night before a long vowel spelling quiz.
• Ask early finishers to write one new sentence of their own using a word from the page.

Related Resources

• Long Vowel Words Worksheet
• Long Vowels Coloring Worksheet
• Short and Long Vowels I O U Worksheet
• 44 Sounds of the English Language Video Lesson