Why do some of the alphabet wall cards in the Being a Reader program have long vowel mnemonics and other wall cards have short vowel mnemonics?

The alphabet wall cards are organized so that when you are teaching Letter Names lessons, you will use the long vowel cards as students are learning the letter names. When you transition to Small-Group Reading instruction, you will replace the long vowel cards with the vowel cards for short vowels (cat pictures, cards 31–36).

See the note about alphabet wall cards in the “Do Ahead” section of the Set 1 Teacher’s Manual, Week 1 Overview for more information.