OA OW OE Vowel Teams – Phonics Activity Packet

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This " Digraph OA OW OE Vowel Teams Activity Packet and Worksheets " is a fun packet of no prep word work and phonics activities for the vowel digraph OA OW OE. These printables are great for improving phonics skills, spelling, grammar, reading comprehension, and writing with digraphs.

These activities are designed for kids at differing levels in Kindergarten, First Grade or Second Grade. Please note that not all activities in this packet will meet your class' particular levels, but there should be enough variation in the resources from your high flyers to those that are more challenged.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify which of three spelling patterns (oa, ow, oe) represents the long-o sound in a given word.
Read, spell, and alphabetize word lists for each of the three vowel-team patterns.
Reflect on prior knowledge and new learning about vowel teams using the closing KWL grid.

Teaching tips

Teach the individual patterns before the mixed “Joe’s Snow Boat” highlighting activity.
Use the combined chart on page 2 and the separate ow reference chart on page 18 as needed.
Have scissors and glue ready for picture and word-part matching. The final mixed picture page instead asks students to circle a spelling choice and write the word.

Skills covered

Vowel-team decoding — students read and spell words using the oa, ow, and oe long-o spelling patterns across three units.
Pattern discrimination — the closing color-highlighting poem and picture-labeling and spelling-choice page require telling all three patterns apart within mixed content.
Word-recognition puzzle solving — oa and ow include crosswords, and all three units include word searches using words from their respective units.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do the three units contain identical activities?

No. They share many word-work formats, but oa and ow include crosswords, and ow has an additional anchor chart; the oe section does not repeat these. All three come together in the closing poem and picture-labeling page.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

CCSS.RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Core concepts

Vowel teams
Long vowel sounds
Phonics patterns
Word recognition

Topics

Vowel Teams OA OW OE Long O

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Vowel Teams Worksheets Phonics Worksheets Long Vowel Worksheets ELA Worksheets Elementary Worksheets 2nd Grade Worksheets

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