Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.

Give your second grader practice reading and decoding "ew" words with this worksheet that asks her to choose the word that completes each sentence.

In this worksheet, children will complete each sentence using a word with a long A sound.

This worksheet helps students fine tune their understanding of letter-sound relationships and spelling patterns.

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

Help your second grader master sounding out and reading "ow" words like cow and towel.

The sentences on this worksheet are missing a word, each containing the long "e" sound. Choose words from the box to complete each sentence!

Ready for some vowel team review? Students will distinguish between the long and short e sounds for the “ea” vowel team.

Boost reading skills with an activity in vowel sounds! Match each picture to the word with a similar vowel sound.

Kids sort long A vowel words in this worksheet.

First graders practice recognizing long e by coloring the pictures that have a long e sound.

In this worksheet, choose words from the box to complete each sentence. This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

As your students have learned, different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the au/aw or ou/ow vowel teams. Assess your students' abilities to distinguish between differently spelled aw/ow sounds with this end-of-year phonics check-in.

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort words ending in "y" into two categories: the long "e" sound as in baby, or the long "i" sound as in spy.

Assess student understanding of common spelling patterns for vowel sounds with this quick sorting exercise. Young readers will read words and then write them out in the appropriate column for long or short vowel sounds.

Use this fun picture sort activity to help your students understand the difference between CVC words and CVC+silent E words.

With this worksheet, your child will match picture names to creatures representing short "A" and long "A" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.

Help your first grader get to know long u words by matching words and pictures with the long u sound.

Evaluate your skills in identifying vowel sounds with this helpful test sheet!

Time for some long vowel practice! Go over all the vowels from A to U, and decide which words have the matching vowel sound and circle them!

Is your second grader learning vowels? This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

What does a unicorn and an eagle have in common? A long vowel! Help your students practice sorting the long vowel sounds using this picture sort activity page.

It’s nearly the end of kindergarten! Use this handy assessment to check your students’ understanding of the different sounds of each of the five long vowels.

What does a bee and a unicorn have in common? Long vowels! Practice sorting the long vowel sounds using this cut and paste picture sort activity page.

Students will sound out four words and choose which words have a long vowel.

In this worksheet, challenge your preschooler to find the long vowel words!

Help your students master the ending Y sound with this fun practice worksheet. By sorting words into two columns, young readers learn that the final Y sound can make a long E sound, as in baby, or a long I sound, as in fly.

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.

Practice spelling words with diphthongs in this bright, inviting worksheet!

Fine-tune your silent E skills with this hands-on phonics worksheet for first and second graders!