Most of my class is totally clueless about vowels - any fun whole group activities to introduce the concept?
We sing a song in the beginning to recognize the vowels. it goes like this I can name the vowels for you and you can name them too A, E, I, O, U A, E, I, O, U A, E, I, O, U and you can name them too! We talk about why vowels are special letters. I have them each find the vowels in their names. You can also do the apple and bananas song which is a great vowel song.
To the tune of B-I-N-G-O: There are five letters that we know and vowels are what we call them: A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U And vowels are what we call them! And of course there's "Apples and Bananas" which my kids love... I like to Ate Ate Ate Apples and bAnAnAs. I like to Ete Ete Ete Epples and bEnEnEs. I like to Ite Ite Ite Ipples and bInInIs. I like to Ote Ote Ote Opples and bOnOnOs. I like to Ute Ute Ute Upples and bUnUnUs. And for short vowels, we do: (to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell") The short a is lamb, the short a is in lamb - /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/, the short a is in lamb. The short e is in hen, the short e is in hen - /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/, the short e is in hen. The short i is in pig, the short i is in pig - /i/ /i/ /i/ /i/ /i/ /i/, the short i is in pig. The short o is in fox, the short o is in fox - /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/, the short o is in fox. The short u is in bug, the short u is in bug - /u/ /u/ /u/ /u/ /u/ /u/, the short u is in bug. Hope this helps!
Dr. Jean has one. Give me a long a - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Give me a short a - a a Give me a long e -EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Give me a short e - e e YOu get the idea. There are more words stuck in the 2nd time you do it, but we don't do that part. I also do for short sounds, her version of Who let the letters out (to the tune of Who let the dogs out). Who let the a out? a a a a Who let the e out? e e e e etc.
I'm not a teacher (yet), but I STILL remember the poem I was taught in Kindergarten to learn my vowels. My teacher had a huge, laminated house on the wall and all the vowels were peaking out from windows and doors, or standing outside the house. The poem was written on the roof. Sad that I remember that much, I guess it really sunk in!! The house of vowels stands tall and proud, Reminding me and you That five important letters Can mean a lot to you They are in almost every word We say or listen to And those five vowels, in the house of vowels Are A, E, I, O, U Hope that helps because, like I said, I still remember it with a lot of detail.
Old McDonald had some vowels, A E I O U And the first little vowel was the letter A Let's see what it can do With an A A here and an "ah" "ah" there Here an A, there an "ah" Everywhere an A, "ah" Old McDonald had some vowels A E I O U Then you just change to second, third, etc.
The Vowel Song I am currently in school for my teaching certificate at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. I cam up with this song for one of my classes. sing to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It" A-E-I-O-U and sometimes Y *CLAP, CLAP* A-E-I-O-U and sometimes Y *CLAP, CLAP* A-E-I-O-U are the vowels that we use And only sometimes do we use Y *CLAP, CLAP *
