The purpose of phonics is to help students read new words by sounding them out. The student who uses phonics to decode a word can associate the printed letters with the speech sound the letters represent and then blend them together to pronounce the word. This book presents the most common and regular short and long vowel sounds. Lessons for each vowel consist of six sections. First, the vowel is introduced as a cartoon. The next two sections help students recognize the sounds by saying the names of pictures and completing short vowel words. The remaining sections provide practice in using the sound in context: matching words to their meanings, naming pictures, building words, and completing sentences.