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Knowledge
- The letter y can make three vowel sounds depending on the number of syllables in the words and its position in a word.
Skills
- Decode (read) words with vowel y in the final position of one and two syllable words.
- Distinguish the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words (like fly and my) and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words (like baby and happy).
- Decode (read) words with vowel y in medial position, such as myth and gym.
Understanding
- Y can make three vowel sounds: long /ī/, long /ē/, and short /ĭ/.
- The position of the vowel y in the word determines how the y is pronounced.
Vocabulary
- Decode
- Vowel y
- Medial position
- Final position
- One-syllable words
- Two-syllable words
- Long /ī/ sound
- Long /ē/ sound
- Short /ĭ/ sound
