Triangle Challenge Long Vowels

Teaching older kids long vowel sounds can *sometimes* be a bit boring. Spice it up with this (free) Triangle Challenge, the perfect long vowel game that revises long vowel spelling options with a fun twist!

The idea of this triangle challenge is not to look for rhyming words (although there are lots) but rather to look for similar long vowels– similar in sound and spelling. Then, fit those words together to form a picture.

How to play:

Divide the triangles up between the players. The player with the most triangles can start by placing it in the middle. The next player must fit a triangle to the same vowel spelling option and so on. At the end, the picture can be anything you see, so each player will interpret the shape as a different picture. It is interesting to see it the way someone else sees it(almost like finding a picture in the clouds). An individual player can intentionally try to make a picture, but still use the main rule(fitting same sound spelling options together).

There are 4 words of each spelling option, thus each time you play the picture will come out differently. The biggest challenge is to fit the triangles together to form a closed shape.

Try this triangle challenge with your students today and revise those long vowel sounds while having fun! Get this printable on our Freebies page by following the instructions below:

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