2nd Grade Reading & Language Arts — Growing in Reading — Fluency and Bible Stories
Students will learn common vowel teams (ai, ea, oa, ee, oo) and how two vowels work together to make one sound.
Sometimes two vowels sit next to each other in a word. When they do, they often work together to make one sound. We call these vowel teams.
Here is a helpful rule: when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking! In the word 'rain,' the a and i are a team. The a says its name, and the i is silent. R-AI-N says rain.
Common vowel teams include: AI (rain, train, wait), EA (read, team, clean), OA (boat, coat, road), EE (tree, feet, green), and OO (moon, food, zoo).
The Bible tells us that two are better than one. Just like people work better together, vowel teams work together to make reading easier!
Make a vowel team chart with five columns (ai, ea, oa, ee, oo). Find and write at least 3 words for each vowel team. Then write sentences using your favorite vowel team words.