Learn about the short "oo" sound with Isabel Simmons. Learn about the short "oo" sound with Isabel Simmons. Practice reading, blending, writing, and building words with "oo." Let's Learn is available ...

In Caitlin Natale’s second-grade class at Clark Elementary, students kicked off a reading lesson Monday by learning a set of vowel patterns — oo, o, ou, u, ew, u_e, ue — and the different sounds they ...

During the formative years of reading skills in schools, kids should be introduced to vowel sounds. These are not the easiest lessons, but vowels help them with reading and spelling accuracy. Learning ...

The great vowel shift did not involve the shortening or the forward movement of vowels, as Michael Erard says (29 March, p 28). Only the long vowels shifted – upwards – or became diphthongs (two ...