Phonics - My Resource Station Grade One - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve this problem.

We are given a list of words inside a fishbowl. Our job is to sort them into six categories based on whether they have short or long vowel sounds for the vowels a, e, and i.

First, let’s remember what short and long vowels sound like:

- Short a sounds like in “cat” — /æ/
- Long a sounds like in “cake” — /ā/ (says its name)
- Short e sounds like in “bed” — /ĕ/
- Long e sounds like in “beet” — /ē/
- Short i sounds like in “sit” — /ĭ/
- Long i sounds like in “bike” — /ī/

Now, let’s look at each word from the bowl and decide which category it belongs to.

List of words:
late, sit, jam, pin, same, tip, pen, line, pine, feet, men, rain, seal, ten, side, sat, bit, time, meat, deer, pan, jet, bag, make

Let’s go one by one:

1. late → long a (says “layt”) → long a
2. sit → short i → short i
3. jam → short a → short a
4. pin → short i → short i
5. same → long a → long a
6. tip → short i → short i
7. pen → short e → short e
8. line → long i → long i
9. pine → long i → long i
10. feet → long e → long e
11. men → short e → short e
12. rain → long a → long a
13. seal → long e → long e
14. ten → short e → short e
15. side → long i → long i
16. sat → short a → short a
17. bit → short i → short i
18. time → long i → long i
19. meat → long e → long e
20. deer → long e → long e
21. pan → short a → short a
22. jet → short e → short e
23. bag → short a → short a
24. make → long a → long a

Now let’s group them:

short a: jam, sat, pan, bag
→ That’s 4 words

long a: late, same, rain, make
→ That’s 4 words

short e: pen, men, ten, jet
→ That’s 4 words

long e: feet, seal, meat, deer
→ That’s 4 words

short i: sit, pin, tip, bit
→ That’s 4 words

long i: line, pine, side, time
→ That’s 4 words

Perfect! All 24 words are sorted, and each column has 4 words.

Final Answer:
short a: jam, sat, pan, bag
long a: late, same, rain, make
short e: pen, men, ten, jet
long e: feet, seal, meat, deer
short i: sit, pin, tip, bit
long i: line, pine, side, time