09/30/2026
Second graders at Hagemann Elementary School began the year learning about words with short vowel sounds. This week, they shifted their focus to words with long vowel sounds.
On Tuesday, students began their lesson by viewing a sentence containing grammatical mistakes. They identified the mistakes and correctly rewrote the sentence. Then, they discussed the difference between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.
Students reviewed how adding the “magic -e” to the end of words alters the sound made by the first vowel in the word. First, they wrote words like rod and slid. Then, they added -e to the end of the words, creating the long vowel sound found in rode and slide.
Second graders finished the lesson by playing the Magic E in a Row Game. Students were given a word containing the long vowel sound, like “snake,” and identified words on the board that rhymed with that word, like bake, shake and make.
Great work, second graders! 💙