Posted: October 26, 2009
This week we are focusing on words that have the short e sound:
Elephant (this picture cue helps them remember the sound of the short e)
WENT
THERE
THEM
GET
WHERE
Students will learn some tricks to help them with the short e sounds:
1. When a word or syllable has only one vowel and it comes at the beginning of a word, that vowel makes a sound that is called "short" ex. egg, Ed, every
2. When a word or syllable has only one vowel and it is between two consonants, the vowel makes a sound that is called "short" ex. wet, web, get