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Vowel Team Chart

These vowel teams make new sounds. Read the words and listen.

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Vowel Team ChartName:Date:These vowel teams make new sounds. Read the words and listen.oosays /oo/ as in moonmoonbootfoodspoonoosays /oo/ as in bookbookfoothookgoodou owsay /ow/ as in househousecloudcowowloi oysay /oy/ as in coincoinoilboytoyaw ausay /aw/ as in sawsawpawhaulsauceie ighsay long i as in piepietielightnightew uesay /oo/ as in gluenewscrewglueblueTricky team: owow can say /ow/ like cow,or long o like snow.Try both ways. Pick the onethat makes a real word!k5printables.com · Sheet #46524601 · Aligned with Common Core RF.2.3b

How to do it

  1. Read the team at the top of each box.
  2. Say the sound it makes.
  3. Read the words with the team in blue.

Teaching tip

Teams that make the same sound share a box, so it's easy to see they match. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.2.3b.

Vowel Team Chart for 2nd grade phonics (vowel teams), free printable
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About this chart

The second-grade vowel teams (oo, ou/ow, oi/oy, aw/au, ie/igh, ew/ue) with pictures and words.

What kids practice

In first grade your child learned teams that say long vowel sounds, like ai in rain. Second grade adds teams that make brand new sounds: oo in moon and book, ou and ow in house and cow, oi and oy in coin and boy, aw and au in saw and sauce, ie and igh in pie and light, and ew and ue in new and glue. These vowel teams are a big part of second grade phonics.

Watch for

  • Saying each letter on its own, like o-i in coin.
  • Spelling a sound with the wrong team, like boi for boy. That's normal while the patterns settle in.
  • Reading ow as in snow when the word is cow. Try both sounds.

It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full vowel teams phonics guide for 2nd grade.

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