Color by Vowel Team
Read the word in each square. Find its pattern in the color key and color the square. What picture do you see?
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This is sheet #159324601.
How to do it
- Read the word in a square.
- Find its vowel team in the key: ai, ay, ee, ea or oa.
- Color the square, then find the hidden picture.
Teaching tip
Have your child point to the two vowels that work together in each word. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.1.3c.
About this worksheet
A hidden picture made of vowel team words like rain, play, tree, leaf and boat. Includes an answer key.
What kids practice
A vowel team is two letters that work together to make one long vowel sound: ai and ay say /ā/ (rain, play), ee and ea say /ē/ (tree, seal), and oa and ow say /ō/ (boat, snow). First graders start with these six common teams. Vowel teams are a key phonics pattern for reading longer words.
Watch for
- Reading each vowel separately, like ra-in.
- Mixing up which team to use when spelling. That's normal; it takes lots of reading.
- Reading ow as in cow for snow. Both are right in different words, so try both.
It's free to print, with an answer key. See the full long vowels: vowel teams phonics guide for 1st grade.
More sheets in this set
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1. Vowel Team ChartThe six first-grade vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow) with pictures and words. 
2. Which Team?Ten picture words with the vowel team missing. A hint shows the two teams to choose from.
3. Circle the SpellingEight pictures with three spellings each. Only one is right.
4. Vowel Team SortTwelve words to sort into ai/ay, ee/ea and oa/ow.
5. Find the TeamEight sentences with one to three vowel team words each.