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1st Grade Vowel Teams EE, EA and OA worksheets

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Vowel Teams EE, EA and OA

Grade 1 Reading Worksheet

NameDate

Say the picture's name. Circle the letters that finish the word.

1.
- ee
- ea
- oa
2.
- ee
- ea
- oa
3.
- ee
- ea
- oa
4.
- ee
- ea
- oa

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About this worksheet

When two vowels sit side by side in a short word, the first one usually says its name and the second one stays quiet: boat says /bōt/, tree says /trē/. Pairs such as ee, ea and oa are called vowel teams. Children learn them as patterns, because the same sound can be spelled more than one way: ee and ea both say /ē/.

On this grade 1 worksheet each box shows a picture and its word with the vowel team missing, and your child says the picture's name and circles the team that finishes the word from ee, ea and oa. The pictures are not labelled. Ask your child to say the word and then check that it looks right.

What your child will learn

Know that ee, ea and oa are vowel teams
Hear the long e and long o sounds
Spell words such as tree, leaf and boat
Notice that ee and ea can make the same sound

Common Core standard: RF.1.3

Worked example

The picture is a boat and the word shows b _ _ t. The word says /bōt/, a long o, and oa makes that sound, so circle oa.

Common mistake

Picking the team by the sound alone, since ee and ea sound the same, instead of remembering the way the word looks.

Helpful hint

Say the picture's name and think how the word looks in books.

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Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with vowel teams ee, ea and oa?

Picking the team by the sound alone, since ee and ea sound the same, instead of remembering the way the word looks.

How can I help my child with vowel teams ee, ea and oa?

Say the picture's name and think how the word looks in books.

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