Right, we're going to look at the long vowel sounds and first up in lesson one we're going to look at the silent E. You can make a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound simply by adding an E to the end of the word. We call this finally a silent E. The silent E makes the vowel say its own letter name. Sometimes people call it a policeman E because it's very bossy. It's quiet, but it's bossy because it tells a letter to say its own name. For example, if we want to change Matt into mate, we simply add a silent E to the end. Let's sound them out. Matt. Matt has the short vowel sound for A. However, mate sounds different. M-8. You can't hear the E at the end because it's a silent E and that's silent E makes the A say the long vowel sound for A. M-8. It tells the A to say its own letter name. So the long vowel sound for A is A. Tap. To A-P-Tap has the short vowel sound for A. If we put the silent E on the end of tap, the word becomes tape. To A-P-Kit. K-I-T. The short vowel sound for I is I. But if we put a silent E on the end of kit, the word changes into K-T. K-I-T. Notice how the I no longer says I. It now says I. It says the long vowel sound for I. Red-E-D becomes ride. R-I-D. Notice that you cannot hear the E at the end because it's a silent E. Rod-R-R-R-D becomes road. R-O-D. Hop. Her-O-P. Poo a silent E on the end and it becomes hope. Her-O-P. Cut. K-A-T. A is the short vowel sound for you. If we put a silent E on the end, it becomes cute. K-U-T. Us. Us. Here comes U's. U's. The long A sound. I'm going to say the word sounded out and then you're going to do it after me. Page. P-A-G. Page. Your turn. Gate. Good. A-T. Gate. Wave. W-A-V. Wave. Race. R-A-S. Race. Face. F-A-S. Face. Game. Good. A-M. Game. Did you notice the way that you can't hear the silent E in each of those words? And the A sound was always the same as a letter name A because this is a long vowel sound for A. The long A sound. Bike. B-I-K-Bike. Your turn. Cut. K-I-T. Cut. Dive. Dive. Dive. Ride. R-I-D. Ride. Hike. Her-I-K-Hike. R-I-P. R-I-P. R-I-P. The long O sound. Once again all of these words end with a silent E. R-O-P. R-O-P. R-O-P. B-I-N. B-I-N. Nose. Nose. Nose. Stone. St-I-N. Stone. Joke. Joke. Joke. Phone. Phone. The long U vowel sound. Mew. Mew. Mew. Your turn. Dune. Dune. Dune. Cut. K-U-T. Cut. U-T. U-T. Huge. Her-U-T. Huge. Once again all of those words end with a silent E and the vowel says its own name. So U makes the sound of U. Do you like the picture of the huge dog at the bottom? Isn't it massive? See if you can sound these words out. I'm going to be quiet for a little while while you have a go all by yourself. Let's do it together. Safe. Safe. Safe. Mine. Mine. Work. Work. Dune. Dune. Dune. Lime. O-I-M. Lime. Dune. T-U-N. Dune. Vote. V-O-T. Vote. Late. O-A-T. Late. Try this once by yourself. How did you go? Sound them out with me. Smoke. Smooook. Smoke. White. White. White. Use. Use. Use. Grape. Grape. Grape. Five. F-I-V. Five. Cube. C-U-B. Cube. Shave. Shave. Hope. Her. O-P. Hope. Stage. Sto. A. G. Stage. I hope this has helped you to understand how the Salmon E works and how it changes a short vowel into a long vowel. This has been presented by HowToHelpsChildren.com.