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A Collection of Vowel Digraph Phonics Worksheets

Vowel Digraphs Phonics Worksheets and Teaching Resources

This is a collection of free, printable worksheets for teaching ESL students English vowel digraphs.

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Vowel Digraphs Worksheets and Teaching Resources


Unit 1: Digraphs AI, EA, EE , OA, and OO (as in moon)


Vowel digraphs are combination of vowels that combine to make a single vowel sound like the OA in boat, the AI in rain, the EE in feet, the EA in sea, and the OO in moon. (The digraphs AW, EW, OW, OU, and OO as in wood are covered in vowel digraphs unit 2).

I usually teach vowel digraphs after teaching long vowel bossy E patterns, but it is not essential to follow this order. However, it is probably best if kids have a good grasp of CVC words and consonant digraphs before going onto vowel digraphs.


Vowel Digraph Word Searches

10 word searches from the phonics wordsearches section that reinforce the EE, EA, OO, OA, and AI patterns. They come with two grids, easy and normal, so as not to frustrate younger learners.

Dragon Words with Vowel Digraphs (links below):

Sets of flashcards with vowel digraphs and no pictures for an emphasis on decoding. These cards come from the Dragon Words Section.