Did you know there are numerous ways to make the long a sound? There are! And this long a activity gives children practice with spelling with the long a vowel. Simply print the long a vowel worksheet and you are ready to play and learn with kindergarten and first graders.
Long a Activity
For my daughter, learning doesn’t come easily. She has had to put in a lot of effort to accomplish the skills she has now. One thing I have learned is that it is necessary to teach every skill separately and give her plenty of opportunities to practice it. This long a words worksheet is a great way to work in spelling long a vowels with kindergartners and grade 1 students. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this long a activityfor making learning fun!
Long a vowel worksheet
Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> __________ <<. The long a sound words worksheet pdf file will open in a new window for you to save your freebie. Now print off the no-prep cvc worksheets! These worksheets come in black and white.
Long a vowel
Once she is comfortable with that skill, then I can review and pull in other skills. This worksheet is that type of activity. I would recommend using it only after you have taught all the way long a can be spelled.
- Open Door – An open door is when a word or a syllable ends with a vowel. We say that the vowel is not closed in by a consonant. That means the door is open and the vowel can shout its name. …in other words, makes the long vowel sound. (ha/zy, A/pril)
- Magic E – In this syllable type an e is added to the end of the word, and the vowel says its name. (cake, cape)
- ay – “ay” is a vowel team that is used at the end of a syllable or word. (day, may/hem)
- ai – “ai” is another vowel team that is used in the middle of the syllable or word. (rain, com/plain)
- ea- This is a fun vowel team. It actually makes three sounds. The most common is the long e sound (team), it can make the short e sound (head), and it can make the long a sound. (great, break)
- ey – Once again, many times this says the long e sound. But it can also make the long a sound. (prey, con/vey)
- eigh – Whenever this four-letter are together, they make the long a sound. (weight, neighbor)
Once all these long a sounds are taught, it is great to practice spelling them. And this is where this worksheet comes in.
Long a Words Worksheet
To use, simply print and grab some Do-A-Dot markers. Depending on the level of your student, you can read the word for them or have the child read it. When you get to the blank, a long sound should be made.
Next, they look at the three options for spelling the long a sound and choose the one that will correctly spell the word. If you want some extra practice, have them write the correct spelling on a whiteboard once they dot the correct long a sound.
It is that easy. A fun spelling worksheet to review spelling long a words.
Long a Printables
Continue working on the long a sound with these fun, free printable phonics activities:
- Long a words clip cards
- Spelling long a sound words worksheet
- Bingo Marker Long a worksheets
- Play a game with these ai words worksheet pdf
Vowels Printables
looking for more fun vowel activities and resources to make learning to read and spell words fun? Check these out!
- Missing Vowels Clip Cards are a fun way for kindergartners and first grade students to practice adding in the missing vowel sounds
- Practice adding short and long vowels to word with these no-prep Vowels Worksheets
- Practice matching vowels sounds to clipart with these puzzles featuring Kindergarten Vowels
- Make practicing FUN with this cute short vowel games or use this long vowel games
- Grab these super cute CVC word puzzles free printable
- Handy Long Vowel Sounds Worksheets
- MIssing Sound Clip Cards Vowel Activities
- Long ee Words BINGO – Vowel Teams Game
- Practice adding short a words with this cut and paste activity for kids
- Long a vowel clip cards
- Short e words printable book for practicing adding the e vowel
- Cut and Paste short i words mini book
- Short i words Printable sight word reader for kids to practice reading short i words
- Cute Bunny Short i words puzzles are a fun way for kids to practice listening for the short i sound in words this spring!
- Work on short o words with this cut and paste booklet for kids to read, build, and write
- Cut and paste short u cvc words printable book for practicing adding the u vowel
- Printable vowel activities for kindergarten
- Irregular Vowels Activity with Verb Sliders
- See all our Vowels activities here
Blends Activity
- TH Worksheets – re-usable activity to help kids work on th sounds
- Mitten Beginning Sounds Matching is a fun Winter Activities for Kindergarten –
- Spring activities Kindergarten for working on consonant blends with digraph blends
- Spelling ch and tch Worksheets for 1st Graders
- Car Bump Phonics ar Words Game – R Controlled
- er Phonics Printable Game
- Bug Coloring by Blends Worksheets
- Ice Cream Themed Digraph kindergarten summer activities – sneak in some summer learning to improve reading skills with these cute, educational puzzles.
- Clip Cards are a fun Consonant blends activities – help kids learn to combine letters to make digraph sounds
- Spring Initial Blends Worksheets – super cute activity for helping kids master blends
- “nk” Ending Consonant Blends Activity with clip cards
- Graph a blends activities for 2nd graders – fun combination of math and language arts
- Color by blend worksheet – this is a fun way for kids to practice learning blends
- Consonant Blend Cluster Spelling Mats – hands on activity learning blends
- Kindergarten Word Families Sliders – help kids practice sounding out blends in words with this fun, transportation themed reading activity for early readers.
- L Blends Clip Cards, S Blends Clip Cards, R Blend Clip Cards
- Reading and Writing qu words Worksheets
- Cut-and-Paste Trigraphs Worksheets
- Color and Read Book with Trigraphs List for practicing trigraphs pr, squ, and str
- Free Readers to Color and Read MORE words from Trigraphs List
- thr words Playdough Mats
- Hot Cocoa Phonics makes fun winter activities for kindergarten
- Phonics Beginning Sounds Worksheets are a NO prep kindergarten worksheets to improve phonics skills.
- Christmas Phonics by making a Christmas trees by putting together words with the same beginning sounds.
Phonics Activities
- Cut-and-Paste Trigraphs Worksheets
- Color and Read Book with Trigraphs List for practicing trigraphs pr, squ, and str
- Free Readers to Color and Read MORE words from Trigraphs List
- thr words Playdough Mats
- Hot Cocoa Phonics makes fun winter activities for kindergarten
- Phonics Beginning Sounds Worksheets are a NO prep kindergarten worksheets to improve phonics skills.
- Christmas Phonics by making a Christmas trees by putting together words with the same beginning sounds.
- TH Worksheets – re-usable activity to help kids work on th sounds
- Mitten Beginning Sounds Matching is a fun Winter Activities for Kindergarten –
- Spring activities Kindergarten for working on consonant blends with digraph blends
- Ice Cream Themed Digraph kindergarten summer activities – sneak in some summer learning to improve reading skills with these cute, educational puzzles.
- Clip Cards are a fun Consonant blends activities – help kids learn to combine letters to make digraph sounds
- Spring Initial Blends Worksheets – super cute activity for helping kids master blends
- Graph a blends activities for 2nd graders – fun combination of math and language arts
- Color by blend worksheet – this is a fun way for kids to practice learning blends
- Consonant Blend Cluster Spelling Mats – hands on activity learning blends
- Kindergarten Word Families Sliders – help kids practice sounding out blends in words with this fun, transportation themed reading activity for early readers.
- Reading and Writing qu words Worksheets
Long a sound words worksheet
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Thank you for sharing. This is ideal for my upcoming long a lesson.
Linden