Vowel lesson: long and short /y/

Objectives

Remember that ‘y’ is a vowel in most situations
Know how to say the short / y̆ / long / ȳ /
Be able to hear the difference between these short and long /y/ sounds
Be able to hear the two /y/ sounds at the beginning and in the middle of words
Know what the magic ‘e’ does to the short /y̆/ sound.
Be able to hear the short /y̆/ and long /ȳ/ sounds in text.
Remember key pictures and words ‘y̆ellow’ and ‘ȳMCA’.
Know how to write capital and lower case ‘Yy’. Now that this is different from a hand written’y’.
Be able to differentiate between sounds /ă/, /ā/, /ĕ/, /ē/, /ĭ/, / ī /, /ŏ/, /ō/, /ū/, /ŭ/, and /y̆/ /ȳ/.
Learn a few interesting facts about yellow.