Word Whack: ue and ew
Whack words with ue and ew like glue and grew. Skip look-alikes like grow and blow.
Learning Path · Syllable patterns
DE 6 Vowel Teams & Complex Vowels
Learning common vowel teams in instructionally sensible groups rather than all at once.
In DE 6
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DE 6 games (45)
Match & Remember: Middle or End?
A memory game: match each word to where its vowel team is, in the middle or at the end.
Mystery Reveal: Vowel Team Spelling
Choose the correct spelling: play or plai, boat or bowt. Where does the team go?
Sentence Detective: Where Does the Team Go?
Find words with the vowel team in the wrong place, like plai for play, and fix them.
Word Maze: Teams at the End
Follow words that end with a vowel team, like play and snow. Words with the team in the middle block the way.
Word Sort: ai or ay?
Sort words by where the long-a team is: ai in the middle, ay at the end.
Mystery Reveal: Vowel Team Sounds
Count the sounds in vowel-team words. A team is one sound: n-igh-t has 3.
Reading Race: Mixed Vowel Teams
Read words with different vowel teams and choose the one that fits.
Skill Bingo: Long Vowel Sounds
Bingo by sound: find a word with long a, e, i, or o, however it is spelled.
Word Find: Mixed Vowel Teams
A word search with many vowel teams: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, igh.
Word Sort: Long Vowel Sounds
Sort vowel-team words by the long vowel sound they make, whatever the spelling.
Fill the Story: Tricky Vowel Teams
Stories with tricky vowel teams like bread, great, piece, and eight.
Match & Remember: Tricky Vowel Teams
A memory game with less predictable teams: match each word to its vowel sound.
Reading Race: Tricky Vowel Teams
Read tricky vowel-team words like bread, steak, and eight, and choose the one that fits.
Word Pop: Short-e ea
Pop words where ea says short e (bread, head) and skip words where it says long e (bead, heat).
Word Sort: Three Sounds of ea
Sort ea words by their sound: long e (bean), short e (bread), or long a (great).
Fill the Story: Vowel-Team Stories
Short decodable stories that review all the vowel teams.
Reading Race: Vowel-Team Sentences
Read sentences full of vowel teams and answer a question about each one.
Sentence Scramble: Vowel-Team Sentences
Build and read sentences with vowel teams like goat, sea, and train.
Treasure Trail: DE 6 Review
A cumulative adventure reviewing vowel teams: meanings, spelling choices, sorting, and building.
Word Chain: Vowel-Team Words
Change one letter at a time to build chains of vowel-team words.