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What Is a Vowel Team?

Grade 2
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What Is a Vowel Team?

A vowel team is two vowels that work together to make one long vowel sound. The first vowel says its name; the second is usually silent. Learn all eight vowel teams below.

ai
rain
sound: /ā/
ay
day
sound: /ā/
ea
beach
sound: /ē/
ee
tree
sound: /ē/
oa
boat
sound: /ō/
oo
moon
sound: /oo/
ow
cow
sound: /ow/
ue
blue
sound: /oo/
Exercise 1 — Say and Trace

Say each word aloud. Then trace over the vowel team with a coloured pencil.

1. rain ai
2. day ay
3. beach ea
4. tree ee
5. boat oa
6. moon oo
7. cow ow
8. blue ue
Exercise 2 — Complete the Vowel Team

Write the missing letters to complete the vowel team in each word.

1. r__n (ai or ay)
2. pl__ (ay)
3. b__ch (ea or ee)
4. f__t (ee)
5. g__t (oa)
6. sp__n (oo)

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