When "Y" acts like a vowel, it can make a few different sounds. Sometimes it is a long "E", and other times it's a long "I".

On this first-grade phonics worksheet, your child will practice identifying the long "E" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then he'll write a long "E" word.

It takes a long "U" sound to make "music"! On this worksheet, learn to distinguish long and short "U" sounds.

With this phonics worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "E" and long "E" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.

Help your first grader learn some long u words and letter patterns by reading other ue and ui words.

Sometimes "Y" acts like a vowel. When it's playing the role of a vowel, "Y" makes a long "I" sound or a long "E" sound.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the long "I" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write a long "I" word.

Your second graders will love practicing words like rake, gain, and lane with this BINGO game.

Sort out your vowel sounds with this exercise that investigates "ie" and "ei" sounds.

Can you spot the long vowel? In this worksheet, children circle the words in each row that “say” the name of the vowel they include.

It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short U sounds.

Show your student the importance of the silent E with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet!

Children identify words with long and short E sounds in this fun coloring worksheet.

Mastering vowel sounds is an important step on the path to reading! Use this one-on-one assessment to gauge your first graders' knowledge of words that have a long O sound by having them read these sight words aloud.

Children will enjoy circling the words with long vowel sounds —and crossing out the words that don't — in this fun word matching worksheet.

It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short E sounds.

Packed with sounding out, writing, and rhyming fun, this worksheet is sure to help your first grader tackle the long i sound.

Students build words and hone their vocabulary with this engaging phonics worksheet!

Challenge your young students to read words with many different vowel patterns with this fun worksheet. Combining reading and coloring, this activity is a fun way to practice differentiating between long and short vowel sounds.

Give students fun word study practice during the winter season using this short and long vowel sort! 

Challenge your students to this long vowel brainstorm activity! Students will choose their own consonants to help them create long vowel words.

The long "O" vowel sound makes the same sound as the letter "O"! Help your little reader sort out his vowel sounds with this fun worksheet.

Words can be tricky things -- especially when you're dealing with the notorious silent "e."

Help your first grader get to know the long i sound by recognizing it in words.

Children will circle the long U words in a word bank, then use them to correctly label six pictures.

Short u long u worksheets help kids practice their phonics skills. This exercise uses fun images to teach kids about all the sounds the letter u makes.

Help your first grader sharpen his phonics ear by practicing identifying words with the long a sound.

Help your first grader get acquainted with long o words with this phonics worksheet. He'll learn letter patterns from the oe in doe to the oa in goat.