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Title - Soft Vowels
By - John Tatum
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - 3rd-6th
Introduction:
This lesson compares vowels to the yin/yang symbol. The soft vowels a, e, i, o, and u would be the yin vowels, and the vowels that say their name are the yang or hard vowels.
Procedure:
- Repeat the soft sound of the vowels seven times to train your student's ears.
- Next give them a short quiz by writing three letter words with the middle letter left out like so:
- b_d
- p_n
- l_t
- r_n
- s_n
- t_p
- b_t
- l_p
- p_t
- b_t
After the students have written these on their papers, you are ready to begin the quiz. Emphasize that this is a Listening Quiz.
Say the words two times, go slow. For example:
1. ...bed, bed...
2. ...pan, pan..., etc.
After taking this quiz about 5-7 times, all students should get at least 8 out of 10 correct. When you have achieved mastery in your class, you can move on to more difficult sounds and words.
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