Election Day Color by Vowel Sound – Free Printable!
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Are your students practicing long vowel sounds this fall? Get this fun and FREE color-by-code worksheet where students must color in Election Day imagery as they identify long or short vowel sounds in written words.
Why We Love It
We love incorporating holidays and seasons into phonics skills instruction! It makes learning and practicing important concepts align with things that kids are currently experiencing. And that helps keep kids engaged!
So if your students are practicing identifying long and short vowel sounds this fall, this Election Day color-by-code freebie is for you!
Using red or blue crayons, students will practice reading words and identifying short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.
They’ll color in Election Day-themed imagery like ballot box, stars, Uncle Sam hats, and banners, all in red and blue. When they’re finished, the picture is super cute!
About the Worksheet
👉 Who is this worksheet for? This worksheet is appropriate for students around a second grade reading level.
For the words to be decodable, students should know all five short vowel sounds, blends, digraphs, and the most common long vowel spellings like VCe, ai/ay, ee/ea, y as vowel, and -igh.
👉 What do I need to get started? After printing, every kid needs a red and blue crayon. That’s it!
Long Vowel Words
Pain, say, need, nine, hay, hole, hide, hope, my, neat, mane, tune, scope, skate, feet, file, we, tape, fail, read, maze, so, kite, lake, meet, use, play, Pete, tube, high, stay, fly, sheep.
Short Vowel Words
When, must, hog, rugs, mat, gap, fun, shed, cast, dot, chip, sad, chess, fuzz, dot, risk, west, mad, fun, skull, ten.
Free Related Resources
- Words Lists: Long a, long e, long i, long o, & long u.
- Words Lists: Short a, short e, short i, short o, & short u.
- Long & Short Vowel Sounds Posters
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✅ More Election Day Freebies: Election Day Word Search
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I would love to have them. Thanks
Hi! Just click the blue “Download” button in the “Download & Print” section to get it instantly! 🙂 -Katie & Laura
I am Canadian if I were to vote it would be for Kamala she is amazing.
Hi Brenda!
We love that people from other countries also utilize our resources. Thanks for commenting 😉
Katie and Laura