Monday, January 25, 2010

CURRICULUM MONDAY -- SHORT VOWELS AND TONGUE TWISTERS

     So he just knows how to read short vowel words? No problem. There's still so much he can read. That is fun. And silly. 
     Here are a few tongue twisters below I made up that use mostly short vowels. (Okay, so I copied a few of them.) The object is not to help him -- at all. The reward for him once he conquers the words is to get to say the tongue twister over and over -- the faster, the better. Add some acting to it or some running or hopping -- it's amazing how much more fun reading is when you get to hop and run and do skits, right?

NOTE: A) Okay, you can help with the non-short vowel words that are in boldface, but nothing nothing nothing else. B) Periodically I will offer other tongue twisters for other phonic skills.

1. The bass with a bad back Dad whacked with a bat.
2. Will the vet get that pet into a net? Not yet.
3. How many cans can a canner can
    If a canner can can cans?
4. Did Mick quick-kick sick Rick?
5. The duck ducks under a dock.
6. If a fat cat pats a rat,
    Can the fat rat pat the cat back?
7. Of all the felt I ever felt
    I never felt a piece of felt
    That felt the same as that felt
    When I first felt felt.