English 3

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English – Grade 3
Quarter 2 – Module 9: Reading Two-Syllable Words Consisting of Short e to u
Vowel Sounds
Second Edition, 2021

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 English 3
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 9
Reading Two-Syllable Words Consisting
of Short e to u Vowel Sounds

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Reading Two-Syllable

Words Consisting of Short e to u Vowel Sounds.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Reading Two-Syllable

Words Consisting of Short e to u Vowel Sounds.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

This is your Self-instructional Learner Module in English 3. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Reading Two-Syllable Words Consisting of Short E to U Vowel
Sounds.

After completing the module, you will be able to:

1. Read with accuracy, appropriate speed, and correct
intonation 2-syllable words consisting of short e to u words.
2. Recognize two-syllable words with short vowel sounds.

PRETEST

Underline the correct two-syllable word with short vowel sound that
should be used in the sentence.

1. A (river, letter) is a body of water.

2. Fred spread (butter, matter) on the slice of bread.
3. Mother puts a (towel, cover) on the pot.
4. A doctor is a community (helper, jumper).
5. The bouncy ball is made from (copper, rubber).

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 RECAP

Study each short vowel sound then read the given words properly.

The short vowel sounds are:

a that has the sound ah.

Example: bat cat mad

e that has the sound eh.

Example: led set leg

i that has a sound ih.

Example: bit him rid

o that has a sound of o

Example: fox mop rod

u that has the sound uh

Example: but mud gum

LESSON

Study the poem. Read it correctly.

My School, My Home

How can I learn to write if I cannot go to school?

Where I use my pencil to record all our lesson
I want to use my crayons, and books and notebooks
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 Sometimes staying under my chair.

I really miss my school,

because it feels like it’s my home.

I miss my every morning routine,

Where we begin with a prayer,
And greet my teachers and classmates,
Who joyfully inspires me to learn.

I miss cleaning our room,

because it’s really like my home
Which I should take care always
To make it like my own
Nothing else can replace it
In learning one’s lesson.

Answer the following questions:

1. Where can we learn to write?
2. What are the things you often used in school? Give at least three
examples.
3. Who inspires the child to learn?
4. How does the child feel about school? Explain your answer.

If you will notice, there are words which are underlined. These
words have two syllables with short e, i, o u vowel sounds.

Can you read the 2-syllable words from the poem?

pencil record morning begin nothing

Let us analyze the words:

The given words have two syllables consisting of e, i, o, u vowel
sounds.

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For example, the word pencil.
Pen is the first syllable and cil is the second syllable to form the
word pencil.

Vowel Sounds First syllable Second syllable

short /e/ pen cil

How many vowels are there in every syllable?

(There is only one vowel in every syllable)

In the word pencil, the first syllable is pen and the vowel is e.
The second syllable is cil and the vowel is i.

So, if the word has two syllables, how many vowels are there in the
word pencil?
(There are two vowels in the word pencil.)
That means that some two-syllable words may use two short
vowels.
How do we read and pronounce these words?
(We read the word correctly.)

Now read the set of words aloud. You will notice that there are two-
syllable words from A to Z, which we often hear or see in school.

answer below cartoon

decide even follow
garden happy image
jolly knowledge letter
magnet number orange
paper quiet reason
singer teacher untrue
very window x-ray
yellow zipper

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Identify which among the words above belong to the category of
words below. The first one is already done for you.

Vowel Sounds First syllable Second syllable

short /e/ de cide
short /i/
short /o/
short /u/

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1
Read the words in the box. Then, encircle all the two-syllable words
with short e, i, o and u vowel sounds.

creamer repeat winner inset

logger minor pumper mostly
crayon remit under lonely
bitter better beater seeker
mentor riot sinner greater

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Activity 2
Read the story properly. Underline the two-syllable words with short
e to u vowel sounds that you can find in the story.

Yes! I Will Be Graduating in March

It’s February now and next is the month of my graduation --

March. I’m so excited because next year I’ll be in high school
already. I’ll be missing everyone in this school, but it’s okay because
I need to move on for the next school level.
Time flies so fast and it’s March already. I and my classmates
are thinking where to enroll in high school. But why is there a hearsay
that classes will be suspended because of the virus? What’s that
virus that can stop classes in the entire Philippines? Oh my! The
Corona Virus is spreading all over the world. Now what? There’s
an enhanced community quarantine in every place and our
graduation is scheduled on March 29. The graduation that I am
expecting might be affected because there is a big possibility that
it will happen in our country since the virus already has spread in
other countries.
Oh no! The number of people infected by the virus is going
up! Community quarantine has been extended. The epidemic is
now a pandemic. What will happen to our graduation? Do I still
have the chance to go up on stage to receive my diploma? That’s
a very big question. Oh my!

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 WRAP-UP

To wrap everything up that we have talked about in this

lesson, answer the following questions to see if you have understood
the lesson today.

How many vowels are there

in every syllable of two
syllable word?

How many vowel sounds are

there in two syllable word?

How do we read words with

short vowels?

VALUING

Learning is fun. Having fun and enjoying what we do is a

powerful tool that can bring lessons to life and get us excited and
interested into learning.
Cite three activities which make you enjoy learning.
1.

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3.

POSTTEST

Fill in the blank with the correct two-syllable word consisting of short
vowels e, i, o, and u. Write the letter of the answer on the space
before the number.

1. My ___________ always cook delicious food for us.

A. neighbor B. brother C. mother

2. I usually use my ___________ in writing.

A. ruler B. pencil C. crayon

3. It’s always fun to go to the beach during ___________.

A. summer B. winter C. Christmas

4. My brother reads a ___________ from his friend in Canada.

A. treasure B. letter C. present

5. We ate ___________ at our aunt’s house last night.

A. breakfast B. snacks C. dinner

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 KEY TO CORRECTION

6. number
10. inset 5. better
5. c 5. happen 5. rubber
9. Sinner 4. remit
4. b 4. enroll 4. helper
3. a 3. thinking 8. Under 3. mentor 3. cover
2. b 2. level 7. pumper 2. bitter 2. butter
1. c 1. missing 6. winner 1. logger 1. river
Posttest Activity 2 Activity 1 (in any order) Pretest

References
Meaning and definitions taken from the internet
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/phonics.rules.html
https://pronuncian.com/introduction-to-short-vowels
https://www.ecenglish.com/en/social/blog/ec-central/2017/08/13/learning-
english-pronunciation-what-are-long-and-short-vowels

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