Shake and Roll Vowels

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Ask a volunteer to assist you in showing the class the Shake and Roll Vowel game.
• Give the helper and yourself the long and short vowel sheets, books, magazines, newspaper, dice, and pencils. The shorter person goes first.
• Read aloud the directions from the worksheet.
• Have your helper roll the dice and look through the books, magazines, and newspapers to find a word that will fit the correct column the die has landed on. Make sure they say the word out loud and point out the long or short vowel sound in the word.
• Have your helper write the word in the column, then take your turn.

Guided Practice

• Pair up the students.
• Make sure each student has a pencil and a hard surface to write on.
• Give each pair of students a few books, newspapers, and magazines.
• Pass out the Shake and Roll sheets.
• Have students start playing the Shake and Roll Vowel game.
• Circulate to assist struggling students.

Independent working time

• Ask students to write a complete sentence on the back of each paper using one or more of the words they found.