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Vowel Teams
ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, oo, ie, igh — two vowels, one sound.
About the Vowel Teams worksheets
This free phonics pack has 15 printable A4 pages: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, oo, ie, igh — two vowels, one sound. You can edit the words on every page, print it or save it as a PDF, and there's a matching PowerPoint lesson to teach it with. It's made for English teachers in Korea and works for kindergarten and elementary classes, hagwons and tutoring.
The rule
When two letters team up, they make one vowel sound. "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking."
What's inside
- Learn It: Vowel Teams
- Long A: ai and ay: Read each word. Look for ai, ay.
- Long E: ee: Read each word. Look for ee.
- Long E: ea: Read each word. Look for ea.
- Long O: oa and ow: Read each word. Look for oa, ow.
- oo as in moon: Read each word. Look for oo.
- Long I: ie and igh: Read each word. Look for ie, igh.
- Which Vowel Team? 1: Say the picture. Circle the vowel team that finishes the word.
- Which Vowel Team? 2
- Which Vowel Team? 3
- Which Vowel Team? 4
- Sort It: Long A, E or O?: Read each word. Write it under its sound.
- Trace Vowel Team Words: Trace each word. Then write it on your own.
Words in this pack
rain, train, snail, paint, nail, chain, bee, tree, sheep, feet, cheese, wheel, leaf, peach, beach, tea, meat, seal, boat, goat, coat, road, soap, snow, moon, spoon, boot, broom, tooth, balloon
Example sentences
- The train goes in the rain.
- A bee is in the tree.
- The goat is in the boat.
How to use it in class
Introduce the sound with the picture pages and have students say every word out loud before they write. Then move on to the circling, matching and writing pages. Short daily practice works better than one long session, so two or three pages a class is plenty.
