Fill the Story: Long-Vowel Families
Read short stories and place words like old, cold, find, and child.
Learning Path · Syllable patterns · DE 3 Complex Closed Syllables
DE 3.8 Closed-Syllable Exceptions & Advanced Patterns
Practice reading and spelling words where one vowel is closed in by a consonant, so the vowel usually makes its short sound.
DE 3.8 games (5)
Match & Remember: Long-Vowel Families
A memory game with the closed-syllable exception families: -ind, -old, -ost, -olt.
Word 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).
For teachers
- Focus
- high-utility exceptions taught explicitly and categorized accurately