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2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Vowels Worksheets

Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.

Long and Short Vowel Review

In this worksheet, children will complete each sentence using a word with a long A sound.

Long A Sound

Give your second grader practice reading and decoding &quot;ew&quot; words with this worksheet that asks her to choose the word that completes each sentence.

Practice Reading Vowel Diphthongs: ew

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

Short and Long Vowel Review

In this worksheet, learners will work with syllables in words with the VCE pattern, or Vowel, Consonant, Silent E pattern.

Syllable Practice: Syllables with the Silent E

Children learn to identify, pronounce, and sort words with R-controlled vowels in this grammar and phonics worksheet.

Word Sort: Multisyllabic Words with R-Controlled Vowels

Is your second grader learning vowels? This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

Long "u" Sound

Give your students practice identifying R-controlled vowels and breaking words apart into syllables!

Syllable Partners: Ar, Er, and Or

The sentences on this worksheet are missing a word, each containing the long &quot;e&quot; sound. Choose words from the box to complete each sentence!

Long "e" Sound

In this worksheet, choose words from the box to complete each sentence. This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

Long "o" Sound

This worksheet helps students fine tune their understanding of letter-sound relationships and spelling patterns.

Practice Reading Vowel Diphthongs: AW

The vowel team "ee" stars in this second grade review. Students will use context clues and a word bank to practice “ee” words.

The "ee" Vowel Team

These sentences are each missing a word, and each missing word has the long &quot;i&quot; sound! Your child will choose words from the box to complete each sentence.

Long "i" Sound

Help your second grader master sounding out and reading &quot;ow&quot; words like cow and towel.

Practice Reading Vowel Diphthongs: ow

Children will look at a list of 20 words and sort them according to whether they make a long or a short /oo/ sound.

Word Sort #1: Long and Short /oo/

Get to know some awesome vowel teams in simple words that you already know. You'll identify the team, fill-in-the-blanks, and complete a fun wordsearch!

Vowel Teams

Assess student understanding of common spelling patterns for vowel sounds with this quick sorting exercise. Young readers will read words and then write them out in the appropriate column for long or short vowel sounds.

Long & Short Vowel Check-in

Focusing on the letter blends ar and or, this worksheet helps build your child's repertoire of letter and sound combinations.

Phonics Fun: Ar and Or Words

Ready for some vowel team review? Students will distinguish between the long and short e sounds for the &ldquo;ea&rdquo; vowel team.

Vowel Team Review: "ea"

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort words ending in "y" into two categories: the long "e" sound as in baby, or the long "i" sound as in spy.

Vowel Sounds: Y as Long "E" and Long "I"

Children will work on their understanding of the -OW sound, and build vocabulary too, as they solve 14 clues to complete the crossword puzzle.

-OW Sounds Phonics: A Cow in the House

These words need sorting! Give your second graders some needed vowel practice with this sorting activity. Students will read words and then sort them into long and short O words.

Long & Short Sort: O

Early readers determine if words are spelled with OU or OW in this appealing phonics and spelling worksheet.

Sound of OW and OU

Understanding letter sound relationships is a vital skill for young readers. Have your students practice reading common and inconsistent word patterns in this long “e”/ short “e” search. Kids will love coloring this autumn-themed worksheet as they learn!

Fall Leaves: Short E/Long E

Improve your second grader&#39;s reading fluency by helping her practice reading and recognizing ea words.

Practice Reading Vowel Digraphs: ea

Use a dice to build words and grow your vocabulary with this open-ended phonics worksheet!

Roll a Word: Long I CVCe

In this worksheet, kids practice decoding and understanding words with the diphthong ou.

Practice Reading Vowel Diphthongs: ou

As your students have learned, different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the au/aw or ou/ow vowel teams. Assess your students' abilities to distinguish between differently spelled aw/ow sounds with this end-of-year phonics check-in.

Aw/Ow Sound Check-in

R-controlled vowels can be tricky, but they provide a great way to help kids expand their phonics skills!

R-Controlled Vowels

Give students word-building practice using the long E vowel digraph with this hands-on worksheet!

Roll a Word: Vowel Digraphs: Long E

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2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Vowels Worksheets

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