Fill the Story: Long-Vowel Families
Read short stories and place words like old, cold, find, and child.
Match & Remember: Long-Vowel Families
Flip two cards at a time. Find two words from the same family.
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All Short Vowels & Closed Syllables gamesWord Maze: Long-Vowel Families
Follow words like kind, cold, and most through the maze. Short-vowel look-alikes block the way.
Word Pop: Long-Vowel Families
Pop the closed-syllable words with a long vowel, like find, cold, and most. Skip look-alikes like fist and cost.
Word Sort: Short or Long?
Sort closed-syllable words: regular short vowels (lost) or the long-vowel families (most, kind, cold).
About this skill
Practice reading and spelling words where one vowel is closed in by a consonant, so the vowel usually makes its short sound.
Learn about Short Vowels & Closed SyllablesFor teachers and families
- Learning Path level
- DE 3.8 Closed-Syllable Exceptions & Advanced Patterns
- Game type
- Match