Identifying Vowel Sounds

We spent a few weeks talking about vowel sounds in words. This was in conjunction with the 1st Grade Utah State English Language Arts Reading: Foundational Skills Standard 3B: "Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word."

To start our lessons on vowel sounds, we played the singing game "A-Hunting We Will Go." The students loved having the opportunity to catch the others in their boxes as we played and sang.

After playing the game, students worked to identify the vowel sounds in five of the words from the song: "fox," "box," "him," "put," and "let." By identifying these, we were able to set foundational knowledge for later lessons.