PLAY Printable Change game from Adrian Bruce (OA/OW & IE/IGH), Long A Train game & Long E Get the Sheep to the Jeep game from themeasuredmom. SORTS Use the words & pictures from Vowel Digraph flashcards at Lanternfish ESL, Long Vowel Match-up from Liz’s Early Learning Spot, AI/AY picture sort & OA/OW picture sort from 1st Grade & Fabulous (B&W), AI/AY words & pictures, OA/OW color pictures from the measured momĪCTIVITY Vowel Team Clip Cards from Fairy Poppins (includes diphthongs) Long Vowel Pattern Chart from This Reading Mama, & Long Vowel Pattern Chart from All About Learning Press (1 page, color) Some online games require flash, which is no longer supported after. WATCH videos and PLAY online games at the Vowel Team tutorial at Wakelet Practice this with the phonemic awareness activity above, an online word sort, and a wordsearch. IE often makes the long I sound, but sometimes a long E sound (pie or thief).ĪY is often used at the end of a word or syllable, AI at the beginning or middle of a word or syllable. EA often makes the long E sound (eat), but sometimes a short E (bread) or long A (steak). This guideline is sometimes not reliable, however. Vowel Teams (with the exception of diphthongs, which usually make new sounds) are often long, making the sound of the 1st vowel & the 2nd vowel is silent.

Two vowels can be a set in a s e at and the first one likes to sp e ak. Two letters that work together, some vowels work as a t e am.

What are vowel teams