Vowel Sounds Charts
This set of 25 charts was created to assist students in Year 1 and 2 to develop an understanding of vowel sounds. The charts include the following sounds:
- short vowel sounds
- e / ea
- o / a
- u / o
- ai / ay / a_e / a
- ee / e / ea / y / ey
- i_e / y / igh / i / ie
- oa / o_e / ow / o
- ar / a
- ir / ur / or / er
- or / ore / a / aw / au
- oo / u
- oo / ew / ue / u_e / u
- oy / oi
- eer / ear
- air / are
- er
- ar
- or
Learning goals
- We are learning to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words, including some compound words.
- We are learning to use most letter-sound matches including vowel diagraphs, less common long vowel patterns, e.g. igh, consonant clusters and silent letters, e.g. knife, thumb, when reading and writing words of one or more syllables.
- We are learning to understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations, e.g. the long ‘a’ sound in stay, weight, able, make.
- We are learning to use phonic knowledge to read and write words with multiple syllables and complex letter patterns.
- We are learning to use phonic knowledge to read and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations, e.g. journey, your, tour, sour.
- We are learning to use most letter-sound matches including vowel diagraphs, less common long vowel patterns, e.g. ight, consonant clusters and silent letters, e.g. knife, thumb, when reading and writing words of one or more syllables.
- We are learning to use phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write words with multiple syllables, complex letter patterns and known prefixes and suffixes.
- We are learning to use phonic and morphemic knowledge to read and spell less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations, e.g. journey, your, tour, sour.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E2LY10
9
Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words
AC9E4LY09
9
Understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes
AC9E5LY08
9
Use phonic, morphemic and vocabulary knowledge to read and spell words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations
ACELA1824
8.4
Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllable
ACELA1829
8.4
Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations
ACELA1828
8.4
Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes
ACELA1825
8.4
Understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
ACELA1471
8.4
Understand how to use knowledge of digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words including some compound words
EN1-5A
old
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
EN2-5A
old
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
EN3-4A
old
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
EN3-SPELL-01
new
Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
EN3-RECOM-01
new
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN3-VOCAB-01
new
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN2-SPELL-01
new
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
EN2-RECOM-01
new
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-REFLU-01
new
Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning
EN2-VOCAB-01
new
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
EN1-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
EN1-PHOKW-01
new
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
VCELA326
Recognise and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations
VCELA294
Understand how to use phonic generalisations to identify and write words with more complex letter combinations
VCELA239
Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters
VCELA226
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words
VCELA218
Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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