Vowel Patterns Picture/Word Sorts

Each page has a variety of words that all have the same target vowel
phoneme (sound). However, there are a variety of grapheme (letter)
patterns that are seen in English words that all have the same phoneme
(sound). For example, the “a” in baby, the “a” in cake, the “ai” in rain, the
“ay” in hay, and the “eigh” in eight ALL have the same phoneme (sound),
but different graphemes (letters). There are also blank spaces on each
sort for students to draw/write their own words.

The goal of these sorts is to see the phoneme and grapheme patterns that
are present in different words. Students can practice with both the
pictures/words together or for a bigger challenge the students can cut off
the words and try sorting only the pictures into the correct grapheme
categories.

These sorts can also be separated into smaller parts – for example sorting
only the “ai” and “ay” words (not the “a” or “eigh” or “a_e” words). The
sorts can also be combined to increase the level of difficulty by using
multiple phonemes. Sorts can also be used to compare words that have
the same graphemes (letters) but different phonemes (sounds) – for
example, “a” in acorn and “a” in swan.

Sorts are sold as separate products that can be purchased in my TPT store:
• a, a_e, ai, ay, eigh (long a) • er, ir, ur, or (r controlled)
• e, ee, ea, ey, y, ie (long e) • a, au, aw, o
• i, i_e, igh, y (long i) • oi, oy
• o, o_e, oa, ow (long o) • ow, ou
• u, u_e, ui, oo, ue, ew (long u) • blank sort

There is also a blank sort template included with each product so that
teachers (or students!) can make up their own sorts.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through

Teachers Pay Teachers.

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a a_e ai
ay eigh rain

hay game acorn

eight skate paint

chain alien pay

neigh maid stay

apron gate sleigh

play baby bake

shake tail say

clay weigh frame

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