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THE READING ROAD Chapter 8: Regular Vowel Teams Contents Introduction to Regular Vowel Teams .........................2 Long Vowel Sounds ....................................................3 The Vowel Team oa .....................................................4 The Vowel Teams ai & ay .............................................7 Hair We Go ................................................................11 The Vowel Team ee ...................................................20 The Vowel Teams oi & oy ..........................................24 Bacon 2 .....................................................................28 Detective Game ........................................................42 Review .......................................................................43 Tower Game ..............................................................44 1 Introduction to Regular Vowel Teams You already know a lot about the sounds vowels make when they are on their own or paired with silent-e. Now it’s time to learn about the sounds vowels make when you group two of them together into vowel teams. Some vowel teams make the same sounds almost all of the time, with very few exceptions. Because their sounds are easy to predict, these vowel teams are called regular. In this section, we will explain the sounds vowel teams make by giving examples of words you already know. Some of the information might seem hard to learn at first, since vowel teams can use different letters to make the same sounds. Don’t worry! With some practice, you’ll be decoding vowel teams like a pro. In this section, the words with regular vowel teams are colored magenta. The colored words are the most important ones for you to practice reading. 2 Long Vowel Sounds Remember how silent-e changes a short vowel into a long one? Well, there are other ways of making long vowel sounds besides using silent-e. In some words, the long vowel sound is spelled with a regular vowel team. Regular vowel teams can do the work of silent-e without silent-e! The vowel teams oa, ee, ai, and ay make long vowel sounds. The vowel team oa sounds like long-o. The vowel team ee sounds like long-e. The vowel teams ai and ay sound like long-a. See the teams in action! Here are some words spelled with the oa, ee, ai, and ay vowel teams. Practice reading the words with your tutor. pray pail goat bee 3 The Vowel Team oa The vowel team oa sounds like long-o. Words with oa can rhyme with silent-e words that have long-o. oak rhymes with joke coat rhymes with vote soap rhymes with hope 4 Word Math: Adding letters to oa The vowel team oa almost always sounds like long-o. First say the sound that ai and ay make. Then add different consonants to ai and ay to make words. oa + t = s + oa + p = l + oa + n = g + oa + l = r + oa + d = f + oa + m = Can you think of any other words with oa? 5 Word Detention: oa These oa words are in Word Detention because they do not have the long-o sound: boa broad koala The oa team in broad sounds like the squawk vowel. The squawk vowel is the vowel sound in hawk and dog. In boa and koala, the o and the a don’t team up to make a single vowel sound. In those words, the o sounds like long-o and the a makes a different sound. What is it? 6 The Vowel Teams ai & ay The vowel team ai sounds like long-a. Words with ai can rhyme with silent-e words that have long-a. rain rhymes with cane paid rhymes with fade Sometimes there are two words that sound exactly the same, but one is spelled with ai and the other is spelled with silent-e. Do you know the different meanings of these words that sound the same? mail sounds the same as male fair sounds the same as fare sail sounds the same as sale main sounds the same as mane The vowel team ay also sounds like long-a. You can think of ai and ay as one vowel team that can be spelled two different ways. The only difference is the ai team appears in the middle of a word, and the ay team is usually at the very end of a word. 7 Word Math: Adding letters to ai & ay Remember, both ai and ay sound like long-a. First say the sound that ai and ay make. Then add different consonants to ai and ay to make words. s + ay = g + ai + n = w + ay = w + ai + t = d + ay = m + ai + n = p + ay = t + ai + l = Can you think of any other words with ai or ay? 8 Practice Reading Words with ai and ay My brother and I went to Grandma’s house yesterday. It was cold and rainy so she told us to stay in. My brother was sad because he wanted to play outside. I said “Don’t worry! We can still have fun!” I got some paint and we started to decorate the walls. I drew a daisy and he made an ugly gray snail. When grandma saw the walls, she got really mad. I tried to say that it wasn’t my fault it had rained, but she made us both sit in the time-out chairs anyway. 9 Word Detention: ai Now you know the basics about the ai and ay vowel teams. Most words with these vowel teams have the long-a sound, but some troublemakers do not follow the rule. This word is in Word Detention because it does not have the long-a sound: said Said is a really common word that does not follow the rule. It’s so common that you might already know to ignore the rule without even thinking about it! The ai vowel team in said sounds like short-e. 10 Introduction to Hair We Go This story is about the good side and the bad side of getting a new hair style. It has plenty of words that will help you practice reading regular vowel teams. Challenge Words ready shrug classic maintain through imagine reason yanking accidentally 11 12 Every three weeks it’s Hair Day for us. That’s when my brother Shayne and I get our haircuts. Until our parents are ready, Mom lets us play with the foam. I like to spray it on Shayne’s head but he just moans and groans. 13 Mom calls me to the kitchen and sits me in a chair. She asks if I want braids, curls, or twists. I shrug, “I don’t care!” “Micro braids then!” she says, “Classic but not plain.” I’m okay with braids because they are easy to maintain. 14 Mom runs her fingers through my hair to help me relax. Then she says “Okay, sweetie, time for you to kick back.” I rest my head in her hands, grit my teeth and shut my eyes. As soon as she starts pulling braids, I feel the pain rise. 15 I imagine Dad and Shayne at the barber on Main… (Mom’s yanking so hard, it’s hurting my brain!) 16 Shayne’s lucky, there’s no reason for him to be afraid. Though I think he gets scared when he sees the sharp razor blades. One time the barber accidentally clipped Shayne’s ear. He started to bleed and moaned, “No way! Get me out of here!” 17 Later Shayne said that braids, not fades, were the way to go. I said, “Just ’cause there’s no clippers? Boy, you don’t even know!” At the end of the day our hair looks really good. That’s why we put up with Hair Day— because we knew that it would. 18 That night, we pray our new looks will stay put for a year. The styles look good now, but it’s a pain getting here! THE END 19 The Vowel Team ee When you see the vowel team ee in a word, that word has the longe sound. It’s the same vowel sound as in the names Pete, Zeke, and Steve. Practice reading these ee words: beet feet bee deer 20 Word Math: Adding letters to ee First say the sound that ee makes. Then add different consonants to ee to make words. s + ee = s + ee + n = f + ee = n + ee + d = t + ee = m + ee + t = Now try reading these ee words: seem beep seed keep weep Can you think of any other words with ee? 21 Practice Reading Words with ee The queen sat under a huge evergreen tree, eating a block of cheese and drinking sweet tea. A light breeze blew by and made some pine needles fall on her food. As she brushed them off, the queen heard a loud buzzing sound. She looked up and saw a big black cloud rushing toward her with great speed. “I’ve got to get out of here before I’m stung by those bees!” she yelled. She jumped in her jeep and drove away as fast as she could, leaving the bugs to finish her cheese. 22 Word Detention: ee This word is in Word Detention because it does not have the long-e sound even though it looks like it has the vowel team ee. been The vowel in the word been sounds like short-i. 23 The Vowel Teams oi & oy Both oi and oy make the vowel sound you hear in the word boy. Here are some more words spelled with oi and oy: coin toy voice Can you hear how oi and oy make the exact same sound, even though they have different letters? 24 Word Math: Adding letters to oi & oy First say the sound that oi and oy make. Then add different consonants to oi and oy to make words. b + oy = f + oi + l = t + oy = v + oi + d = j + oy = j + oi + n = s + oy = s + oi + l = Can you think of any other words with oi or oy? 25 Practice Reading Words with oi & oy A boy named Roy got twenty coins to buy a toy. He asked his sister Joy to join him for a ride to the toy store on their bikes. Joy went with him, hoping to get a toy for herself. Joy got annoyed when Troy picked out a toy for only himself. “He is so selfish and spoiled!” she said in a quiet voice. Then Roy gave Joy six coins. “Pick out any toy you want,” he said. “And enjoy it!” 26 Word Detention: oi and oy These words are in detention because they do not have the regular vowel sound you hear in the word boy. doing going choir When you add the suffix -ing to words that end in o, you get words like doing and going. Even though i comes right after o in these words, the oi is not really a vowel team because the i is part of the -ing suffix. The oi team in choir is pronounced like the word why. Also, the ch sounds like k. 27 Introduction to Bacon 2 Here is another story about Bacon and Clara. Remember that Clara jumped into the purple book at the end of the first story about Bacon. Do you remember what page it was? It was page 34! Well, here is Clara now, on page 34, where she gets into some real trouble. Let’s see what happens to her. Keep an eye out for words with the regular vowel teams oa, ee, ai, and ay. They are magenta so you will be able to find them. Make sure you use what you learned in this chapter to read those words. Challenge Words ouch break surprised donkey excuse tunnel Here is a word that you know how to read, but maybe you don’t know what it means: moat. Do you know what a moat is? It’s important in this story. Maybe you can draw one before you get started. 28 29 Bacon: Let me see. What happened after Clara jumped into the book? She found herself in a room on the top floor of my house. 30 Clara: Where am I? Let me peek out the window. I don’t see any other houses. It’s just green fields. Bacon: That girl just won’t stay put! She had to go downstairs. The stairs were steep, so she had to hold on to the railing, tight. 31 The Railing: Groan! Don’t squeeze me! Clara: This railing looks good to eat. I’m going to break off a piece of it. The Railing: Ouch! Don’t break me! Clara: You taste like Bacon. This must be Bacon’s house. The Railing: Don’t you dare eat me! Clara: I like you. I want another piece. The Railing: Don’t squeeze me, you nasty girl! And don’t break me! 32 Clara: I really am in a cartoon. How do I get out? Bacon: Clara got down the stairs at last. She peeked out the front door and was surprised to see my moat. 33 Clara: There’s water, water everywhere. And no boat! The Railing: Put me down! I hate water. Clara: Maybe I can float across. Bacon: It’s hard water; those points are are sharp. Clara: Ouch! It hurts my butt! 34 The Railing: Good. I’m glad. Clara: I better walk on my bare feet. Clara: This green field feels good on my feet. But I’m still hungry. The Railing: Why don’t you eat the grass, donkey? 35 Clara: But where am I? The Railing: You’re on the road, dummy! Clara: I’m going to shut you up in this bag. 36 Clara: Excuse me, you are in my way. Boy One: You don’t have a way. Clara: Yes I do. This road is for everybody. Boy Two: You aren’t everybody. Who are you? Clara: I’m a friend of Bacon’s. Boy Three: Don’t believe her. Bacon doesn’t have any friends. 37 Clara: Yes he does. See? I got this in his house. The Railing: She’s a thief! She stole me out of Bacon’s house. 38 Boy One: I knew she was no good. Get her out of here! Clara: Yes, that’s what I want to do. Get out of here. Boy Three: Let’s put her into page 35. NOBODY wants to be on page 35. 39 Clara ran up the road. The road turned into a street. The street turned into a path. The path turned into a trail. The trail turned into a slide. The slide went through a tunnel. 40 Clara: Where am I? 41 The Detective Game It’s time to play the Detective Game! Detective Mack Jackson is very busy, so he needs more people on his team to help get the facts straight. He prepared some worksheets you can use to help him get some answers. Find a worksheet about a story from this chapter. Before you get started, you might want to spend a couple minutes reviewing the story with your tutor. Also, you might want to re-read some parts of the story after you start the questions. That’s okay! The better you know the story, the better your answers will be. When you are done reviewing the story, read the directions on the worksheet and make sure you know the meaning of all of the words in the Detective Game Dictionary. 42 Regular Vowel Team Review The vowel team oa sounds like long-o. The vowel team ee sounds like long-e. The vowel teams ai and ay sound like long-a. The vowel teams oi and oy make the sound like in boy. 43 The Tower Game Let’s play the Tower Game! You get two dominoes to start. Every time you read a word right, you get another domino from your tutor. See how tall you can make your tower and don’t let your tutor win! 44 1. coin 2. paid 3. goat 4. seed 5. pray 6. moan 7. keep 8. soy 9. main 10. deep 11. foam 12. road 13. seek 14. voice 15. feed 16. soap 17. jail 18. gain 19. pain 20. join The Tower Game 2 Let’s play the Tower Game! You get two dominoes to start. Every time you read a word right, you get another domino from your tutor. See how tall you can make your tower and don’t let your tutor win! 45 1. void 2. laid 3. goal 4. need 5. play 6. coat 7. deep 8. joy 9. vain 10. seek 11. loan 12. oat 13. peek 14. cheese 15. deer 16. boat 17. fail 18. rain 19. oak 20. join