Questions about the Long A poster

What’s on the Long A poster?

One large A, with the detail around it. A says its name: A. HOW IT HAPPENS; cake — the e on the end makes the a say its name.; READ THESE; cake · rain · day; gate · tail · play; SHORT OR LONG?; cat is short. cake is long. Same letter, two jobs.. If the vowel says its own name, it is long. That is the entire test.

Who is the Long A poster for?

Long A is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Long A poster?

Read the pairs aloud: the short word, then the long one. The difference is the lesson. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Long A belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Long A?

Long E, Long I and Long O sit alongside Long A in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Long ELong ILong O

Is the Long A poster free to download and print?

Yes. Long A downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Long A poster print at?

Long A is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Long A loses nothing.Printing guide