Short Vowel Round-Up

Bingo! Short vowel word recognition turns into a fun and engaging game in this teacher-approved reading lesson. Your students will have a blast identifying vowel sounds and using their knowledge to fill in bingo spaces.

Learning Objectives

Students will learn to distinguish between short and long vowel sounds.

Introduction

(10 minutes)

Gather students together and announce that it's "Bingo Game Day" for short vowels.
Ask if anyone has noticed any short vowels "hanging around" today.
Point to the Short Vowel Picture Cards hanging on the board and say each sound, then the picture name (for example, O...Octopus).
Announce that these cards will help us decide if words match one of sounds. If the word matches one of the short vowel sounds, that word will be a "Bingo Word of the Day."
Play the Bingo Word of the Day game using the word list from the Short Vowel Bingo game.
Choose five of the Word List words and ask students to listen as you read each word.
Ask them to say "bingo" if they think the word is a short vowel word.
Tally each correct response on the board under the title "Bingo Words."
Announce the Bingo Word of the Day score.
Correct any words missed and use the Short Vowel picture cards as a checklist for errors.