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Roll a long vowel games

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Have you seen our giant collection of phonics printables?  Today I’m adding a new set of games to teach children long vowel sounds.

Teach long vowel sounds with this set of 26 free games! Such a great addition to your other long vowel activities.

It’s another game in my series of colorful, no prep games!  So far we’ve shared

It’s time for Roll a Long Vowel!

Teach long vowel sounds with this set of 26 free games! Such a great addition to your other long vowel activities.

(Oops – I didn’t change the name of this game from my Short Vowel template before the I printed and took a picture.  It’s correct in the download. 🙂

My Five loves these games. They’re so simple and fun to play – plus they’re quick!

I love them because they pack a lot of learning into a little bit of time.

Teach long vowel sounds with this set of 26 free games! Such a great addition to your other long vowel activities.

How to play

1. Print the game board of your choice (there are 26 to choose from!).

2. Grab a die and playing pieces.

3. Take turns rolling the die. Then check the key at the top of the page, and move to the closest picture with that vowel sound.

4. Whoever gets to the last space first, wins!

Teach long vowel sounds with this set of 26 free games! Such a great addition to your other long vowel activities.

What I really love about these is that my son has to say the name of every picture he passes.  For example, if he’s moving from Start toward the long o sound in the game above, he has to think about “whale” first.

“Whale. Whaaaale.  No.   Hoe. Yes!”

This game really helped him think about long vowel sounds, which was exactly my goal.  Now that he reads short vowel words well, it’s time to move into long vowel patterns. So stay tuned for long vowel reading games – coming soon!

We’ve got loads of free reading games!

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Your students can complete these activities in Google Slides on a computer or tablet. The activities give them practice with ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, igh, -y, oa, ow, oo, ui, and ew.

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40 Comments

  1. Lacey

    Hey! I have a few of your games like this and have always wondered what to have students do with the colored squares? Are they there to take up space or is there a job for them and I have missed it! Thanks!

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    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Cassandra!
      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Here are the directions to the game:
      How to play

      1. Print the game board of your choice (there are 26 to choose from!).

      2. Grab a die and playing pieces.

      3. Take turns rolling the die. Then check the key at the top of the page, and move to the closest picture with that vowel sound.

      4. Whoever gets to the last space first, wins!

      Using the example game in the first big picture of this post, a player would begin their turn by rolling the die. If they rolled a 1 or a 2, they would look at the key and see that a 1 or a 2 corresponds with the long i vowel sound. If the player rolled a 3 or 4, it corresponds with the long o vowel sounds. Rolling a 5 means advance 2 spaces. Rolling a 6 means roll again. If a player rolls a 1 or 2, the player looks forward for the very next space that has a long i vowel sound. For example, a player would advance to “sky,” “five,” “tie,” or “fire.” If the player rolled a 3 or 4, they would advance to the very next long o picture, such as “hoe,” “throne,” or “goat.” I hope that helps!

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  5. Afifa

    Hi,

    I really admire all the hard work you have put in to create the long vowel activities….. Can you please tell me in detail as to how ‘roll a long vowel’ game is supposed to be played? I really want to play this game with my students…..

    Thanks

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  6. rebecca

    hi,

    i am trying to print for my personal home use.

    i am having a hard time getting the pages to print correctly on paper.
    do you have this in a different file version that you can email to me?

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  11. Sapna Jangir

    Hi
    Anna, really very thankful ,it’s just like we are getting no prep worksheets ,charts ,posters those are of immence helpful.. thanks a lot for sharing all these with us.truly great ful to you.

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  15. Bethany

    Thank you so much for creating these games and sharing them for free! I just started homeschooling and I’m trying to teach my Kindergartner and Preschooler how to read. I’ve never done this before and my budget is library friendly right now. So I really appreciate it! Thank you!

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  16. tiffany

    Hi! I know this post is old but I just started homeschooling and would love some of your long vowel and digraph printables. But I can’t seem to access it. Do you still have these freebies available?

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  18. Tracy

    Thank you for all your hard work creating these games. I truly appreciate the resources I have gained from your website to help my students learn and have fun doing it. I love the quality, simplicity, and the price!

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