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Lesson 97

Vowel Teams & Diphthongs Review

Reading and spelling words with vowel teams and diphthongs

This is a review lesson. For additional instruction and word lists for each concept, see Lessons 93-96.

Today's plan

about 15 min
  1. Step 1Warm up our ears (blend & segment)2 min
  2. Steps 2 & 3Look & Say / Listen & Spell4 min
  3. Step 4Blending drill3 min
  4. Step 5New concept + read/spell6 min
Step 1

Warm Up Our Ears

Say the sounds; students blend them into a word. Then say a word; students break it apart.

Blend it (teacher says sounds → you say word)

/m/ · /ŭ/ · /sh/mush
/m/ · /ŭ/ · /sh/ · /r/ · /o͞o/ · /m/mushroom
/t/ · /oi/toy

Break it (I say word → you say sounds)

Steps 2 & 3

Flashcard Drills

Full-screen cards for the class. Tap a card to check the answer, or press Hear the words to hear the example words read aloud.

Step 4

Blending Drill

Change one part at a time and read the new word.

Initial

gr l p r t thr

Middle

ou

ow

ie

Final

d n nd t

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Step 5

New Concept

Today we review all the vowel teams and diphthongs we've learned and practice reading and spelling big words with them.

Highlighted words are the ones to show and practice reading — tap one to hear it.

We have been learning about vowel teams and diphthongs. When we read and spell words with vowel teams and diphthongs we need to be flexible because the sounds we hear can be spelled different ways and the letters we see can represent different sounds.

Breaking apart big words

When we read and spell big words with vowel teams and diphthongs, we can break them into syllables to help us decode, such as (toi-let), destroy (de-stroy), outside (out-side), and downtown (down-town).

How our mouth moves

Review articulatory gestures for vowels, as needed.

Sound wall

Refer to vowel teams on sound wall, as needed.

Open the digital sound wall →