Examples of short vowels taught in second grade include the following:
• trap, flat, nest, bench, lunch, bush, moth, bath, pinch, stink, clock, stop, spin, grab, trip, flock, thin, shot, smell, fell, punch, crush, frog, dress, west, math, pick, truck (one syllable)
• basket, cactus, happen, disgust, until, picnic, tennis, kitten, napkin, single, tickle, rabbit, velvet, expect, collect, insect, random, cotton, insult, pretzel, distant, absent, admit, jungle (two syllable)
Examples of long vowels taught in second grade include the following:
• cane, gain, train, stay, rake, feel, treat, beam, street, high, bike, tie, light, boat, go, toad, hole, phone, nose, bow, low, grow, cute, blue, chew, knew, use, tube, food, too (one syllable)
• railroad, airplane, table, between, snowflake, female, sideways, maybe (two syllable)