Yes — "long" is a Dolch 3rd Grade sight word. It follows regular phonics rules, but it's taught for instant, automatic recognition because it appears so often in early reading.
It was a very long day.
"Long" is fully regular — short o followed by the "ng" ending, as in "song" and "strong" — but it's a common describing word taught early on for instant recognition in everyday sentences.
Group "long" with "song" and "strong" — words that share the same "ong" ending sound.
Word Wizard teaches "long" with Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It, and Write It — four game modes that turn repetition into play.
See "long" with its picture, syllables, and example sentence — with native audio.
Hear "long" spoken aloud and pick it out from similar-looking words.
Build "long" letter by letter from shuffled tiles.
Word Wizard turns sight word practice into a game — Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It and Write It, from Pre-K through Grade 5.