Short vowels a, e, i, o, u

Grade 2 · Day 16 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 15 · p.22 · 29.6 min · student sheet
tongue herevoice ON/æ/short a · front-low vowel
/æ/ · short a

Our new sound: /æ/   written short a

Open your mouth WIDE and pull your lips back like a big smile. Tongue low and forward — /a/, as in 'cat'.

Check yourself: Hand under your chin: this is the one where your jaw drops the most. Mirror: widest smile of the five.

Read these · 40 words

bad
bed
bag
beg
hat
hen
pan
pen
sat
set
Nat
net
ban
Ben
bat
bet
pat
pet
pack
peck
dad
deck
tack
Ted
hack
ham
hem
Dan
den
lag
leg
lack
let
ran
red
bid
big
hit
pin
sit

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