First, students complete the worksheets "Help Nellie the Gnome Identify Short and Long Vowel 'A' Words" and "Help Nellie the Gnome Find Objects on a Short and Long Vowel 'I' Trail." They write the number of gems she collected in the two boxes on this worksheet, add them together, and write the answer in the third box. They also have to write a sentence about what they would do if they had five gems. It gives students math practice, in addition to giving them a little bit of creative writing practice.