Vowel lesson: long and short /u/

Objectives

Remember that ‘u’ is a vowel
Know how to say the short / ŭ / and long / ū /
Be able to hear the difference between these short and long /u/ sounds
Be able to hear the two /u/ sounds at the beginning and in the middle of words
Know what the magic ‘e’ does to the short /u/ sound.
Be able to hear the short / ŭ / and long / ū / sounds in text.
Remember key pictures and words ‘ŭmbrella’ and ‘ūnicorn’.
Know how to write capital and lower case ‘Uu’. Now that this is different from Vv.
Be able to differentiate between sounds /ă/, /ā/, /ĕ/, /ē/, /ĭ/, / ī /, /ŏ/, /ō/ and /ū/, /ŭ/
Learn a few interesting facts about umbrellas.