One sound, many spellings
Make an anchor chart for each long vowel sound with every spelling across the top, like a_e, ai and ay. Kids sort word cards under the right spelling. Seeing all the spellings of one sound side by side is the key to long vowels in 2nd grade.
Why it works: teaching letter sounds directly and in order is one of the best-supported findings in reading research (National Reading Panel, 2000).
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