Let's Learn Blending Vowel Teams: OU, OW

The video tutorial explains the OU and OW vowel teams, focusing on their role as diphthongs. It provides examples of words containing these sounds, such as 'trout' and 'plow', and highlights their typical positions in words. The tutorial includes practice sessions for reading and blending words with OU and OW sounds. It also covers the less common alternative sounds of these vowel teams, like the long O sound in 'snow'.

What is a diphthong?

• Two vowels making one sound that changes

• A consonant blend

• A silent letter

• A single vowel sound

Where is the OU vowel team typically found in a word?

• Only at the beginning

• Only in the middle

• At the beginning or middle

• At the end

Which of the following words contains the OW vowel team?

• Soup

• Cow

• Count

• Loud

What is a less common sound that the OU vowel team can make?

• Ah

• Ee

• Oh

• Ow

Which word demonstrates the long O sound made by the OW vowel team?

• Glow

• Plow

• Brown

• Cow