Rebecca Hof

Song Activity
Grade: Kindergarten 1st
Summary of Activity:
Teach children this song when learning about short and long vowels in Language
Arts. You can switch out different short vowels and even consonants.
(To the tune of Are you Sleeping Brother John)
Where is short e? Where is short e?
Here I am! Here I am!
I am in a pet bed, elephant, and fresh bread
/e/, /e/, /e/
/e/, /e/, /e/.
Connection to Developmental Benchmark or Standard:
TEKS 110.11.3.A- identify the common sounds that letters represent.
What I learned: There are TONS of great little songs like this one to help children
remember the short and long vowel sounds as well as other letter sounds.
Source:
I got this song from my song collection book I made in my Foundations of Music
class a few semesters ago. I am not quite sure how to cite it.