Flip strips are ideal for illustrating short/long vowel patterns.

Abstract verbiage confuses students. This hands-on, concrete method is unbelievably effective. The flip strips show that when a word has one vowel, it is short. As the second vowel is flipped over, the first vowel becomes long and the second is silent.

Flips strips can be used at any level for decoding or encoding instruction. The large size (1.5" x 8") works well with groups.

The 105 in this set include nearly every possible short to long word combination. They cover the final “e” and two-vowels-together patterns.