LONG VOWEL MNEMONIC SENTENCES

Here are some silly sentences to memorize, so you can remember all the vowel teams and diphthongs that make each long vowel sound. Draw a picture for each sentence. Then, create a table chart for each sentence. Write the sentence at the top and make columns for each letter team (a a_e ai ay eigh ea ei ey). Below each letter team, make a column of words. For example, under ai, you could write rain, sail, main, brain, frail, etc. and highlight the letter teams.

Long A: By a vacant lake on a rainy day, eight animals had great fun with their prey.

Long E: Eva needs meat and candy for these shrieking monkeys on the studio ceiling.

Long I: "The pilot likes to fly at night free-style," said the magpie.

Long O: Go home on a slow boat, Joe.

Long U: Rudy's mood was rude and youthful, but a new suit from Zeuz may help.

and Cupid is cute in pewter, and will not argue or feud.

or

Rudy's mood was rude and youthful, but with a new suit, he won't argue or feud.

That's right! Long u makes 2 sounds, /oo/ like tune and /ew/ like few. For some people, it doesn't make much difference. That's why I combined the sentences into 1 sentence. oo and ou are the only letter combinations that do not make the /ew/ sound.