Vowel patterns anchor chart

I cannot tell a lie - I love anchor charts. No, I REALLY love anchor charts. I am a visual person, and I think most kids like to see their learning on display as well. Anchor charts also help me look good, because they remind me of what's what! It was actually fun (really?) to study vowel pairs, vowel digraphs, and diphthongs. I'm not kidding! I combed through their book to make this chart in order to put all of the information onto one chart. We had this chart up for 2 weeks and referred to…

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5 FREE printables for kids to sort long and short vowel sounds. The worksheets include ten pictures to sort according to their vowel sound.

1-2-3 Come Work On Vowel Digraphs With Me I think most everyone has heard the reading rule “When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.” It was probably thought up by a teacher or parent who was trying to make learning to read a bit easier. I learned this rule, and I’ve also taught this rule. While doing so, I made sure that my students said, “but not all of the time.” after they repeated the rhyme. For as we all well know, the English language has many aggravating exceptions…

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I just finished up making these freebie anchor charts for your classroom! They are perfect to accompany your phonics instruction or my long vowel word work packs! To check out the freebie posters click here or any of the pictures. If you love these be sure to check out the color versions by clicking here or on any of the pictures! Enjoy!!

24"x32" laminated anchor chart Please allow 7 days for handling and 5-7 days for shipping.

Explore the difference between short and long vowels, when to teach them, and the rules for these sounds. Plus get two free anchor charts!

Vowel teams are easy to teach when you have the right teaching tools and resources to share with 2nd grade students. In this post, we share several vowel teams activities, including vowel teams charts and no prep worksheets for reviewing and practicing long vowel team words.