Two Syllable Long Vowel Words

Clap the syllables of each word with your child before they draw the line. Ask them to say each part on its own, then blend. Check with the answer key.

Split compound words like cupcake, seashell and beanbag and circle the long vowel syllable. A syllable is a word part with one vowel sound. In each word, one syllable has a long vowel and one has a short vowel. The directions on the page read: Read each word. Then, draw a line between its two syllables. Then, circle the syllable with the long vowel. Then, write the long vowel on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade vowels, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with long vowels in longer words. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

An open syllable ends with a vowel, and that vowel usually says its name. In tiger, the first syllable ti ends in i, so the i is long. The open syllables page has children split twelve words like this.

Breaking a long word into two parts turns it into two short words to read. Children find the vowel in each part, say each syllable, then blend them (RF.2.3.C).

At the end of a two syllable word, y usually says long e, as in happy and story. In some words with the stress at the end, like July and reply, it says long i.

Yes. All three sheets have an answer key.

2nd graders tell long and short vowels apart in one syllable words, learn the common vowel team spellings, and read two syllable words with long vowels (RF.2.3.A to RF.2.3.C). They also meet spellings that make the same sound in different ways, like er, ir and ur.

A vowel team is two letters that work together for one vowel sound, like ai in snail or ee in sheep. A diphthong is a vowel sound that slides as you say it, like ou in shout or oy in boy. The diphthong pages also include au and aw and the two sounds of oo, as in moon and book.

Some patterns have a favorite spot in a word. Ay and oy usually come at the end, as in play and toy, while ai and oi come in the middle, as in rain and coin. The sort pages help children notice these patterns, and the sentence pages give practice choosing the right spelling.