Vowel teams: ai, ee, oa, oo
I can read vowel teams: two letters, one sound.
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Years 1 and 2 · English
Vowel teams: ai, ee, oa, oo: I can read vowel teams: two letters, one sound.
Here is a train. Listen to its sounds.
/t/ /r/ /ai/ /n/
train! The letters a and i make one sound.
Picture: Sound tiles t, r, ai and n blend into the word "train", with a picture of a train.
Car and star both have /ar/.
Corn and torch both have /or/.
Mouth and cloud both have the sound in out.
Picture: Bins labelled with the letters ar, or and ou. Each card has its word printed under the picture: car and star in ar, corn and torch in or, mouth and cloud in ou.
Your turn: Here is the word farm. Tap the two letters that make /ar/.
Picture: Sound tiles f, ar and m blend into the word "farm".
Tap the right part of the picture.
Answer
The answer: ar
The letters a and r make /ar/. Farm!
Words to know
- vowel team:
- Two letters that work together to make one vowel sound.
- alien word:
- A made-up word. It is not real, but we can still read it.
- haul:
- To pull or carry something big and heavy.
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