Fun Vowel Team Practice Worksheets
Individual vowels with the standard sounds a, e, i, o, and u often pair up as what is known as a vowel team to create one sound.
Since many words incorporate vowel teams, young learners must explore and identify this unique spelling pattern for correct reading and spelling.
What is a Vowel Team?
When two or more consecutive vowels make one long vowel sound, we refer to them as a vowel team. Some examples of the most common vowel teams in English:
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea
- ie
- oa
- oe
- ue
- ui
Vowel teams can be tricky and are often behind many reading and spelling errors. Why are they so difficult? Let’s take the long o sound. Vowel teams oa, ow, o, o_e, ough, and ew all make up that one long o vowel sound. To help get your child started, we’ve gathered our favorite vowel team practice sheets for you and your child to enjoy.
ABCmouse Vowel Teams Activity Sheets
Recommended for: First grade learners
⭐ Missing Letters Worksheet: ai, ay, ea, ee
What is the name of a large bundle of grass or a dried grape? Hint: the answer is in one of the three vowel teams next to the picture. Have your child select the correct option and use those letters to complete the word.
⭐ Word Writing Worksheet: Vowel Teams
Ask your child to match each word in the top box to its corresponding picture. Next, have them write the word in the blank line. We’ve helped get them started with the first example. They can also color each picture to track their progress or at the end as a bonus activity.
⭐ Word Writing Worksheet: Vowel Teams ai, ay, ea, ee, and ie
We’re ramping up the challenge with a vowel-matching activity. Start out by having your child look at the picture and read the corresponding word. Next is the fun part! From two options, ask them to select the word with the same vowel sound. For example, the word train from the first picture has the same vowel sound as the word play.
⭐ Word Writing Worksheet: Vowel Teams Practice
Knights, pie, and pumpkin seeds: here are 10 pictures with a matching word in the box. Ask your student to match them all up and write each word underneath the corresponding picture. Your child can complete the activity in order or randomly choose which vowel team to tackle next. And don’t forget to color!
⭐ Word Writing Worksheet: Vowel Teams igh, oa, ow, ew, and ue
Help your child end their Word Writing activity on a strong note by combining what we practiced in previous sheets. This time, there are six pictures, each with a word next to them. Have your child find a word in the word boxes with the same long vowel sound. We’ve included an answer key for you to review their answers.
