Vowel diphthongs

Today I wanted to stop by and share some strategies for teaching vowel teams and diphthongs in our classroom! It’s always challenging to teach spelling patterns that aren’t easily decodable! […]

A diphthong is two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable (for example, 'ou' in hound and 'ee' in jeer). There are 8 diphthong sounds. The word 'diphthong' comes from the Greek for two sounds.

Help your second grader master sounding out and reading "ow" words like cow and towel. Download to complete online or as a printable!

Today, we’re sharing some diphthong color the chunk pages. Find all our free Color the Chunk Phonics Pages or grab our Color the Chunk Phonics Bundle! *The free download can be found at the END of this post. Look for and click on the teal, download button. **I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, ... Read More about Diphthong Color the Chunk Pages

Today I wanted to stop by and share some strategies for teaching vowel teams and diphthongs in our classroom! It's always challenging to teach spelling patterns that aren't easily decodable! Growing up, I remember the rhymes "when 2 vowels go walking, the 1st one does the talking" and "I before E except after C and

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Working on diphthongs with your learners? These free diphthong worksheets get learners spelling and writing those tricky patterns! You might also like our Spell the Chunk Diphthong cards. *This post contains affiliate links. **The free download can be found at the END of this post. Click on the teal, download button. FREE Diphthong Worksheets ... Read More about Diphthong Worksheets – Build & Write

This Long Vowel Coloring Pages resource makes learning long vowel sounds fun and interactive! Perfect for reinforcing phonics skills, each page focuses on a specific long vowel sound, allowing students to color pictures that match the sounds they’re learning.

Hi teacher-friends! Do you know you need to teach your students how to read words with vowel diphthongs, but aren’t sure where to start? In this blog post, I'll go over what vowel diphthongs are and provide a step-by-step 5-day plan for teaching each group of diphthongs. After your students have ma

Enhance your 1st and 2nd-grade students' phonics skills with these comprehensive "Diphthong Vowel Sound Worksheets." This carefully designed collection focuses on the most common diphthongs (aw/au, ew/oo, oi/oy, ow/ou), helping students master these important vowel combinations through engaging exercises.

There are so many phonics rules! It’s really amazing that most of our little ones are able to break the code and become fluent readers. After students learn the letters and sounds of the alphabet, we kind of rock their world a bit by teaching them that certain letters can have different sounds depending on […]

Get help teaching the vowel team diphthongs oi and oy with free games anchor charts and decodable stories. Help students with spelling and reading with science of reading resources.

Just had to share a little project I've been working on to help my firsties understand how "bossy e" works at the end of certain words. I f...

In this post, I answer the question, "What are dipthongs?”. I offer tips for how to teach this phonics skill and provide a FREE variant vowel and diphthong word list. Finally, I leave you with activities and resources you can use to teach your students diphthongs.

Word Lists: Long Vowels, Vowel Team Rule Page 2 of 2 -ee bee fee lee see tee wee flee free glee tree -eed deed feed

Are you looking for anchor charts that will help your students learn spelling patterns and rules for vowel diphthongs? These anchor charts are a fantastic resource to go along with any phonics program, and are fantastic visual reminders for your students as they learn the skill of decoding and encoding words with vowel diphthongs. This resource is based on the Science of Reading (specifically Orton Gillingham), but can be used with any structured literacy or phonics program.Anchor Charts…

Enjoy these vowel team color coded word cards with your students. They are great to hang in your classroom for students to learn and reference. Ideal for grades Pre-K through 3rd grade. Each vowel sound is highlighted within each word with the same color to match the focus sound on the poster to help students isolate patterns and identify the vowel team. Important: This product is part of another product. It pairs perfectly with my Vowel Team Sentence Posters and Reading Passages. All the…

Young Learners Practice recognizing and writing vowel combinations

Free printable word list to teach all the teams.