Build Words with Vowel Teams
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Build Words with Vowel Teams
A phonics worksheet for Grade 1 and Grade 2. Twelve words to build from their sounds, such as r + ai + n and b + oa + t, with ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow and igh. With an answer key.
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Vowel Teams ai and ayA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.Vowel Teams ee and eaA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.Vowel Teams oa and owA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.Long i Spelled ighA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Read and spell words where two or three letters make one long vowel sound: rain and day, feet and seat, boat and snow, and light.
Reviewed by Ms. Emily Bennett, Teacher and Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child circle or underline the vowel team before reading each word.
- Teach the saying "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking" as a first rule, and note that it does not always work.
- Group the words by team, such as all the ai words, then all the ay words.
Common mistakes
- Reading each vowel separately, so "boat" becomes "bo-at". The two letters make one sound.
- Mixing up ai and ay in spelling. Ai is usually in the middle of a word, ay at the end.
- Mixing up ow as in snow and ow as in cow. Try both sounds and choose the one that makes a real word.
