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← Reading homeLevel 6 — Long Vowels & Common Spelling Patterns
Build long Vowels & Common Spelling Patterns through short lessons, examples and practice.
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A final e can change a vowel
Compare cap/cape and kit/kite. A final e often helps the earlier vowel say its name, but not in every word.
5 min · Open lesson →○Hop and hope
Read the short-vowel word, then its final-e partner. Have is one common exception to a simple final-e rule.
5 min · Open lesson →○Ai ee and oa
These common vowel teams often represent long vowels. Read each pattern in a real word.
5 min · Open lesson →○Oo can sound different
Listen to moon and book. The same spelling oo represents different vowel sounds here.
5 min · Open lesson →○Ea can sound different
Listen to eat and head. Ea does not always have one sound.
5 min · Open lesson →