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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Fishing for Vowel Digraphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
After teaching vowel digraphs, reinforce the concept with an activity! Young scholars fish from a pile of 60 cards to match words with the same sound. Featured vowel digraphs include ea, au, aw, ow, oa, ai, ay, and ee.
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Activity
Jumpstarting Journeys

Vowel Digraph Activities for au and aw

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
It can be awfully hard teaching young children how to read, but this phonics resource will make the job a little easier. Focusing on the au and aw vowel digraphs, this collection of engaging activities teaches beginning readers how to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Digraphs - Long i or Long e

For Students 1st - 2nd
Do you hear the long /i/ or the long /e/ sound? Kids read through 11 examples and decide which of the two sounds is used. Example words include die, flies, and shield. Correct the spelling error (sheild) before distributing this worksheet. 
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Interactive
Arcademics

Coconut Vowels

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars show what they know about vowel digraphs with a quick coconut-themed learning game. Players fill in the blanks of falling coconuts to make words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
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Worksheet
Kiz Club

Long Vowel "E"

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore the ea and ee digraphs with a worksheet full of images. For each drawing, kids choose between these two digraphs to complete the matching word and master the long /e/ sound.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Digraphs

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vowel digraph activity, students write either long E or long A for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 17 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Digraphs

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this vowel digraph worksheet, students write either long O or long U for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 12 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Digraphs

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vowel digraph instructional activity, students write either long E or long A for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 16 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Combinations

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vowel combinations practice worksheet, students respond to 20 questions that require them to unscramble consonants with the provided vowel combinations of oi, oy, ou, and ow.
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Activity
Lerner Publishing

Teaching Vowel Combinations

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Need some fun activities to augment your lessons on vowel patterns and phonemic awareness? Peruse a series of worksheets designed to help little ones with their early reading skills.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Combinations: ai

For Students K - 1st
For this vowel combinations worksheet, students note the vowel combination ai as they trace the words snail, train, and rain and read the 2 sentences at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Combinations: ou

For Students K - 1st
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students note the vowel combination ou as they trace the words mouse, house, and cloud and read the 2 sentences at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"A" All Around

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Spell and read words containing ai and ay. First and second graders identify vowel digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, they practice reading and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Teddy Bear Vowel Combinations

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics learning exercise, students examine teddy bears with 28 vowel combinations. No words are written on these posters, just letter combinations such as oa, ee, oe, ai. No directions are given but these could be used as part...
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Interactive
Arcademics

Turtle Dash

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Vowel digraphs are the focus of a turtle-themed learning game. Players race against three others, filling in the blank space of words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
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Lesson Plan
American English

Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate where to put the...
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Printables
Helping Dyslexia

Vowel Sound Posters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Adorn your walls with these posters to support your pupils as they learn various vowel sounds and digraphs. Each poster includes a focus sound (the ai digraph, for example), a large image paired with a word that demonstrates that sound,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Name Those Vowels"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...
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PPT
Curated OER

Sound Practice 1

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Practice reading and identifying various vowel blends and spelling patterns. Each slide contains a vowel combo sound, and a word containing that sound. Learners will practice vowel blank e, /oi/, /oa/, and /oi/ sounds.
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PPT
Curated OER

Phase 5

For Teachers K - 1st
A colorful presentation on common vowel blends awaits your class. Each of the 25 slides has a two-letter vowel blend in a large circle, accompanied by a smaller circle that has the phonetic sound that the blend makes. Pretty fish and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

E Vowel Combinations

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this recognizing words with the e vowel combinations ee, ea, eu/ew, and ei/ey/eigh worksheet, students identify words with e vowel combinations. Students underline 33 answers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowel Digraphs: ay, ai, au, aw, oa, ow

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this two-letter vowels worksheet, students complete 15 words by writing in the correct digraph: "ay," "ai," "au," "aw," "oa" or "ow." Students practice printing these digraphs.
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PPT
Curated OER

ai Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a well-designed presentation for young readers on the ai vowel blend sound. Nice photographs, graphics, and text are embedded in the slides along with lots of examples for practice.