Building Vowel Concepts | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Listen to the vowel sound in the words glide, scene, bone, snake, and cute. The first vowel in each of these words says its own ________.

name

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Look at the words hope and hoping. The letter e at the end of the word hope is ______ before the ending -ing is added.

dropped

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The twenty-six letters in the alphabet are divided into ________ groups known as vowels and consonants.

two (2)

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banana

Go to last place!

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shark

Other team loses 20 points!

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gift

Win 10 points!

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thief

Give points!

The letters a, e, i, o, u (and sometimes y) are called vowels. There are five vowels not counting the letter y. The other letters are called _____________.

consonants

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When vowels say their own _______, we call them long-vowel sounds.

names

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banana

Go to last place!

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seesaw

Swap points!

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gift

Win 10 points!

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thief

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In some words, such as hi, go, and she, the vowel comes at the ___ and says its own name.

end

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baam

Lose 25 points!

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gold

Win 50 points!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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lifesaver

Give 5 points!

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When the only vowel in a syllable is at the end (as in the word he), that vowel usually as a _________.

long sound

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The position of the single vowel in a word gives the reader a good idea as to its _______.

sound

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In such words as smack, drip, and trust, there is only one vowel and that vowel is in the _____ of the word.

middle

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Each of the vowels has _____ main sounds. They are called long and short vowel sounds.

two (2)

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Words such as hoping and taking were Magic E words before the endings were added. They still keep the _______-vowel sound.

long

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The letter o in the word hoping says its own name. The first vowels in the words taking, poking, and hiding also say their own names even though _______ has been dropped.

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Words that have e at the end are often called Magic E words. The letter e makes the ____ that comes before it says its own name.

vowel

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