Regular Vowel Team and Long Vowel Chunks Definitions:
VV stands for Vowel, Vowel, which is the Vowel Team syllable. Here we are learning the regular Vowel Teams, which are ie, ai, ay, oa, ow, oe, ea, ee, and ey. In step 9 we will learn the irregular vowel teams which are oo, oi, oy, au, augh, aw, ui, ue, ew, ou, and oe.
Long Vowel Chunks are specific combinations of a vowel(s) and consonants where the vowel consistently says its name even though it is most often a closed syllable. Some examples are igh, ang and old. See detour in yellow box below.

Written Stories

• AE and the pyramid teaching story
• AE and the pyramid teaching story FLIP UP ACTIVITY (Use this to retell the story and practice the sounds.)
• Alternate story: (no video) After watching the e help his vowel friends say their own names, the vowels want to help too.  The vowels figure out that they can be much braver when a friend runs up and holds their hand and encourages them! So when it is possible, a vowel runs up to a vowel friend before a consonant gets there to trap him into a closed syllable.  If the vowel gets there fast enough he will hold his vowel friend’s hand and whisper: “you can do it – you can say your name!”  The first vowel becomes brave enough to say his own name. This story is fun and easy to act out as suggested in open, closed and magic e syllables.

• Vowel Team Regular Poster
• Vowel Team Pyramid Poster from story
• Vowel Team Cover Sheet includes ui, ue

For the formatting of PowerPoints to be correct, click FILE, then DOWNLOAD, and download in Microsoft PowerPoint.

• PowerPoint: Vowel Teams from Teaching Video
• PowerPoint: Vowel Teams to support alternate story and reading in chunks practice.
• PowerPoint: All Syllable Types with Practice (Directions in notes section on each slide) Use only slides that are relevant to where you are in the steps.

TEACH ALONG THE WAY ●●●

Teach and add the relevant sounds/flashcards (ie, ai, ay, oa, ow, oe, ea, ee, ey, ui, ue) from the Big Sounds Pack to daily practice.

Some VV Explanations:

y and w are not vowels since they can not say their own names but they do work with vowels in regular vowel teams ay, ow and ey.

When we see two vowels next to each other often they are “holding hands” making one sound.
—-In regular vowel teams (ie, ai, ay, ue, ui, oa, ow, oe, ea, ee, ey) the sound is almost always the first vowel’s name. Except:
– –ie usually says long /ē/. The i begged “I want to go first, I want to go first” and the silly e agreed to let the i go first, as long as the e still got to say it’s name. ie only says long /ī/ in a few short words like pie and die. This is why “ie” is in the top row saying /ī/, and also in the bottom row saying /ē/.
– – ea is our messed up vowel team and can say long /ē/ (meat), long /ā/ (steak), or short /ĕ/ (bread). Usually it says long /ē/ as in meat.
– – ow says long /ō/, but in Step 9 we learn is also says /ow/ as in down.
—-In irregular vowel teams (step 9 – oo, oi, oy, au, augh, aw, ui, ue, ew, ou, ow) vowels come together to make completely new sounds.

Occasionally a word is split between 2 vowels and they are in different syllables like the word diet (dī/ĕt, open syllable /dī/, closed syllable /ĕt/ ) and fluid (flū/ĭd).

-ey says the long /ā/ sound in 10 reasonably common words: they, convey, obey, hey, survey, prey, purvey, whey, osprey and the English spelling of the color grey (in the USA it is spelled gray).

KEY:
K-1 Beginning
1-2 Growing
Intervention/Challenge

Bundle: Multiple types of materials (games, activities, stories…) bundled together.
Pack: Multiple pieces of the same type of material, for example a pack of books.

Directions for everything else:

More on the Directions Page

• Highlighting Lists
• Working with Flashcards
• Flashing Words with flashcards
• Games with Picture Cards
• Games with Words/Phrases on Game Board
• Game I Have, Who Has
• Game Bang!
• Game Bingo
• Spelling help found on the Spelling Page in the Teach Along The Way section
• Small Book Assembly 
• Small Book 4 pager Assembly
• Syllable Sort Directions
  • Syllable Sort Headings
  • Strategy for Splitting Syllables

Sample Bundle

Regular Vowel Team Bundles

Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle ai, ay Words words, phrases, pyramids, games, stories
Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle oa Words words, phrases, pyramids, game, stories
Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle ow Words words, phrases, pyramids, game, stories
Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle ea Words words, phrases, pyramids, game, stories
Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle ee Words words, phrases, pyramids, game, stories
Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle ie Words words, phrases, pyramids, game, stories
Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle ey Words words, phrases, pyramids, game, stories

Regular Vowel Team VV Bundle Mixed VV Words words, phrases, game, stories, syllable practice

Regular Vowel Team Pack

Regular Vowel Team VV Pack Full Page Story and List ALL

Regular Vowel Team VV Student Practice Poster to Fill In (click here for reference poster)
Regular Vowel Team VV Double Vowel Pyramid Flip Up

See Highlighting Word Lists.

Regular Vowel Team VV regular words by type with visual (without ue, ie)
Regular Vowel Team VV regular words by type with visual (with ue, ie)
Regular Vowel Team VV regular word list by type

Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay word list Aid, Day
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay words and phrases Wait for the Rain
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay phrases Afraid of the Chick
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay phrases Box (with timing option)
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay phrases Quail
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay words advanced vocabulary Strain with definitions

Regular Vowel Team VV oa oe word and phrase lists Toad (with timing option)
Regular Vowel Team VV oa, oe word and phrase lists expanded Loaf of Bread

Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ sound words Time to Mow
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ sound words and phrases Arrow
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ sound phrases Row the Boat

Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ word list Tea
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ word and phrase list Leaf (with timing option)
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ phrase list On the Beach
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ā/ word list Break
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ advanced sound word and phrase list Don’t Release That Creature!
Regular Vowel Team VV ea short /ĕ/ advanced sound word and phrase list Spread the Bread

Regular Vowel Team VV ee word list See, Tweed, Beep
Regular Vowel Team VV ee words and phrases See, Sheet
Regular Vowel Team VV ee word and phrase list See the Wee Bee
Regular Vowel Team VV ee phrase list Take the Wheel

Regular Vowel Team VV ie long /ī/ and /ē/ sounds word list The Thief Stole My Cookie and Pie
Regular Vowel Team VV ie long /ī/ and /ē/ sounds word and phrase list Zombies Like Movies and Cookies

Regular Vowel Team VV ey long /ē/ and long /ā/ word and phrase list Turkey (with timing option)

Regular Vowel Team VV mixed word list Pay

Regular Vowel Team VV regular Flashcards
Regular Vowel Team VV regular Flip Chute Cards (Directions for Flip Chute cards on this page.)

Pyramids are great for automaticity with words, feeling successful and fluency.

Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay 4 mini fluency pyramids ai ay
Regular Vowel Team VV oa 4 mini fluency pyramids oa
Regular Vowel Team VV oa fluency pyramid goat, float, soak, moat, soap
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ fluency pyramid know, grow, yellow, rows, window
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ fluency pyramid each, heap, meat, wheat, cream, peanut, weak, tea
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ fluency pyramid eagle, squeal, scream, steal
Regular Vowel Team VV ee 4 mini fluency pyramids ee
Regular Vowel Team VV ee fluency pyramid see, feet, green, fourteen, bean
Regular Vowel Team VV ie long /ē/ 4 mini fluency pyramids ie

Game Directions

Regular Vowel Team VV ai words game Snail Trail
Regular Vowel Team VV ay words game Snail Trail 2
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay Bingo, VV ai ay Bingo Flashcards
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay phrase game Wait for the Train
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay sentence game A Fun Day to Play

Regular Vowel Team VV oa word game Joe on the Boat
Regular Vowel Team VV oa word game Frog or Toad
Regular Vowel Team VV oa word game Float in a Moat
Regular Vowel Team VV oa card game I Have, Who Has?

Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ word game Snow Will Blow
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ word game Yellow Fellow
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ card game I Have, Who Has?

Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ word game Which Is Your Favorite Leaf?
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ word game The Eagle Flies
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ word game Eager Beaver
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ words in word families and phrases game Peaches
Regular Vowel Team VV ea short /ĕ/ word game Mummies are Dead

Regular Vowel Team VV ee word game Sweet Honey
Regular Vowel Team VV ee words game Chicks That Cheep and a Few Sheep
Regular Vowel Team VV ee phrases game Run with Glee

Regular Vowel Team VV ie long /ī/ and /ē/ word game Call For Help!

Regular Vowel Team VV ey long /ē/ word & phrase game Honey Can You Find my Key

Practice with words from the lists, games etc., or use the lists below.
* Having learners spell with word chains where the coach says “change one sound in (chop) to spell (chip), now change one sound in (chip) to spell (sip)” is a powerful way to draw student’s attention to individual sounds in the words!

Regular Vowel Team VV Spelling *Spelling Vowel Teams Pyramid Teacher tells student that “ie” says /i/ in the following words, then reads the “ie” words.  Always have students read spelling words back when finished.
Regular Vowel Team VV Spelling oa Word Chain Boat to Toad
Regular Vowel Team VV Spelling ow long /ō/ Word Chain Low to Snow
Regular Vowel Team VV Spelling ea long /ē/ Word Chain Team to Peach
Regular Vowel Team VV Spelling ee Word Chain Bee to Sheep

Syllable Sort Directions
Syllable Sort Headings
Breaking up words strategy page

CVC CV VCE VV reg Syllable Sort Challenge1
CVC CV VCE VV reg Syllable Sort Challenge 2

CVC CV VCE VV Syllable Practice Sheets

Small Book: 8 page assembly directions, 4 page folding directions, OR use horizontal format for reading on screen in distance learning.

Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay small book Nimo and Sagal horizontal and foldable formats
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay small book No Rain and Hail for Today horizontal and foldable formats
Regular Vowel Team VV ai ay small book Ray and Gail’s Play horizontal and foldable formats

Regular Vowel Team VV oe oa small book Joe’s Boat foldable format

Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ small book Can You make Bow and Arrow Plants? horizontal and foldable formats
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ sound 4 page What Grows Under the Snow? horizontal and foldable formats

Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ small book with flashcards How Little Flea Got Big foldable format

Regular Vowel Team VV ee small book with flashcards I See a Bee foldable format
Regular Vowel Team VV ee small book The EE Sheep horizontal and foldable formats
Regular Vowel Team VV ee small book Green Weeds and Seeds horizontal and foldable formats
Regular Vowel Team VV ee 4 page EEL horizontal and foldable formats

Regular Vowel Team VV ey long /ē/ small book Joey and Mickey horizontal and foldable formats

Regular Vowel Team VV regular mixed small book Green Peas horizontal and foldable formats
Regular Vowel Team VV regular mixed small book This Week horizontal and foldable formats

See Highlighting Word Lists

Regular Vowel Team VV Full Page Story and List ALL Pack (also above)

Regular Vowel Team VV ay list and story May’s Play Date

Regular Vowel Team VV oa list and story My Goal

Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ list and story Pillow Fight
Regular Vowel Team VV ow long /ō/ list and story Bubble Gum

Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ list and story How to Go Sea Fishing
Regular Vowel Team VV ea long /ē/ list and story I Like Peaches

Regular Vowel Team VV ee list and story The Queen’s Sweet Sheep

Regular Vowel Team VV ie long /ē/ list and story Zombie