02/24/22 - Pronunciation: LONG and SHORT vowels; SILENT letters

Target Language or Knowledge:

snow. (The weather forecast says that it will snow tomorrow.) snow. snow. snow.
LONG "o"
hot. (This coffee is very hot. I like hot coffee a lot.) hot. hot. hot.
SHORT "o"
cat. (That cat likes to visit Don every day. Do you like that cat?) cat. cat. cat.
SHORT "a"
coat. (I bought a new winter coat in November. I didn't like my old coat.) coat. coat. coat.
LONG "o"
take. (What number bus do you take to go downtown? I will take the cake that I baked today to Pike Lake for a picnic.) take. take. take.
LONG "a"
ice. (Please walk carefully on ice. Walk like a penguin on ice. The sidewalks and the roads are icy. There is a lot of ice on them.) ice. ice. ice.
LONG "i" and SILENT "e"
bin. (My garbage bin is black. My recycling bin is blue. I put different things in different bins.) bin. bin. bin.
SHORT "i"
bed. (Please get out of bed. You need to go to school soon.) bed. bed. bed.
SHORT "e"
meat. (Recently meat has become very expensive.) meat. meat. meat.
LONG "e"
mute. (If you MUTE yourself on Zoom, we can NOT hear what you say.) mute. mute. mute.
LONG "u", SILENT "e"
cut. (I cut my finger yesterday when I was cooking. I have a cut, but I'm fine.) cut. cut. cut.
SHORT "u"
I'm. (I'm busy on Friday. I might fly to China on Friday.) I'm. I'm. I'm.
LONG "i"
home. (What's your home phone number?) home. home. home.
LONG "o", SILENT "e"
done. (This is the last question. I have done the online worksheet. I'm done. I have finished it. Now I can have fun because I'm done. Don is not done, so he can't have fun. "Done" has a SILENT e.) done. done. done.
SHORT "u"