Learn about the long e vowel sound and read a book about baby animals. Learn about the long e vowel sound and the different spelling patterns that make the long e sound. Then, write a table of ...

Welcome back to "Teaching in Room 9," our region's largest classroom. My name is Julia, I'm one of the second grade teachers at the Soulard School, in here for "Teaching in Room 9," this time around, ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually ...

On-air challenge: Think of a made-up two-word phrase. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable has a long-E vowel sound. Change that to a long-A sound and phonetically you'll get the second ...