Vowel Teams

Regular & Irregular

Vowel Teams

What are Vowel teams?

Two vowels working together to produce one sound

Regular Vowel Teams

​Make the long sound of the first vowel

​Long A sound	Long U sound	​Long E sound	​Long I sound	​Long O sound
​ai	ue	​ee	​igh	​oe
​ay	​	​ea	​ie	​oa

Match

Match the vowel team to the word

• ea

• ai

• oa

• ue

• ie

bead

rain

boat

blue

pie

• bead

• rain

• boat

• blue

• pie

Irregular Vowel Teams

​Make varying vowel sounds

​These words break the "rules"

Some words like Read (rEd) and Read (red) make different sounds depending on the context.

Categorize

Options (20)

rain

train

play

stay

away

see

tree

feel

steal

oatmeal

time

night

shine

right

like

boat

oat

shown

snow

float

Put the words in the correct vowel sound group

Long A

Long E

Long I

Long O