Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Fishing for Vowel Digraphs
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.
Jumpstarting Journeys
Vowel Digraph Activities for au and aw
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...
Curated OER
Vowel Digraphs - Long i or Long e
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.
Arcademics
Coconut Vowels
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.
Kiz Club
Long Vowel "E"
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.
Curated OER
Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Digraphs
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Digraphs
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Digraphs
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Combinations
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.
Lerner Publishing
Teaching Vowel Combinations
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Combinations: ai
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Combinations: ou
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.
Curated OER
"A" All Around
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...
Curated OER
Teddy Bear Vowel Combinations
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...
Arcademics
Turtle Dash
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.
American English
Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart
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...
Helping Dyslexia
Vowel Sound Posters
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,...
Curated OER
"Name Those Vowels"
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...
Curated OER
Sound Practice 1
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.
Curated OER
Phase 5
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...
Curated OER
E Vowel Combinations
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.
Curated OER
Vowel Digraphs: ay, ai, au, aw, oa, ow
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.
Curated OER
ai Sound
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.