short a (æ)
Resources, activity lists, and more
| Name | short a |
|---|---|
| IPA symbol | æ |
| Arpabet symbol | AE |
| Alternative notation 1 | /a/ |
| Alternative notation 2 | ă |
| Sound category | Short Vowel (Vowel) |
| Vowel height | Near-open |
| Vowel backness | Front |
| Voiced? | |
| Rounded? | |
| Examples | cat, plaid, and, as, after, black, apple |
Appears in the following high frequency words (top 30):
- and (conjunction)
- that (conjunction)
- at (preposition)
- have (verb)
- that (determiner)
- an (article)
- as (conjunction)
- had (verb)
- has (verb)
- can (verb)
- as (preposition)
- than (conjunction)
- back (adverb)
- after (preposition)
- last (number)
- as (adverb)
- man (noun)
- family (noun)
- national (adjective)
- black (adjective)
- fact (noun)
- after (conjunction)
- hand (noun)
- program (noun)
- back (noun)
- having (verb)
- yeah (interjection)
- asked (verb)
- actually (adverb)
- had (verb)
Appears in the following activity lists:
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7th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of 7th grade vocabulary words and the definitions.
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9th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
3
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6th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions for each.
3
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Reading Comprehension: Predictions for a Car Story
Anonymous
This resource is geared towards a student on a 2nd grade reading level interested in cars who is working on making predictions and expanding vocabulary. Short story is adapted from Josef, the Indy ...
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11th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
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Vocabulary for Story Starters
Virginia Ingram
This is a list of 165 words related to school, household, professions, playground, and cafeteria students can use to write stories. School, household, professions, playground, and cafeteria are...
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December Holiday Multisyllabic Word Paragraphs
Virginia Ingram
A collection of multisyllabic words in Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and December paragraphs.
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12th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
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My Morning Routine: Directions for Movements
Dana Parker
A collection of paragraphs with directions for acting out morning routine activities. Use this activity list alone or pair with My Morning Routine PDF Resource. Target physical therapy goals for gr...
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10th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
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December Holiday Multisyllabic Words in Sentences
Virginia Ingram
A collection of multisyllabic Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and December sentences.
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Thinking traps
Ian Quillen
A list of thinking traps/unhelpful thinking patterns. Use this list when discussing negative thoughts about communication with individuals who stutter, or individuals with communication challenges.
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5th Grade Complex Sentences
Anonymous
Sentences can be used for recall/repetition of complex sentences, increase student MLU and give examples on how to expand sentences
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Comparative and Superlative lists
Shaylee Garrett
A list of adjectives, comparatives, and superlatives.
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Holiday Idioms
Janette Hreish
10 Holiday idioms are provided. Each idiom is in a sentence then the meaning of each idiom is provided. Use this activity list to teach idioms and also test knowledge of idioms after teaching.
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Spring Figurative Language
Virginia Ingram
11 Spring idioms are provided. Each idiom is in a sentence then the meaning of each idiom is provided. Use this activity list to teach idioms and also test knowledge of idioms after teaching.
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Appears in the following resources:
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Letter/sound Correspondence A&M
Sara Lowczyk
This is a short activity for matching A and M pictures to their appropriate pages.
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