Hana sees rain out the window. In rain, the a and i sit together. They make one sound, a long a. When two vowels team up, the first often says its name.
tailaidayay
The long a team
Ai and ay both say long a. Ai likes the middle of a word, like rain and tail. Ay likes the end, like day and play.
treeee: long eleafea: long eboatoa: long o
Long e and long o
Ee and ea both say long e, like tree and leaf. Oa says long o, like boat and road. Ow can say long o too, like snow.
snowlong ocowow sound
Watch out for ow
Ow does not always say long o. In snow and grow, it does. In cow and now, it says ow, like when you bump your knee. Try both sounds and pick the real word.
green
Try this
Hana's list says sail, green and coat. Find the team in each word: ai, ee and oa. Now read them. You should hear long a, long e and long o.
For parents
Goal: Your child learns that vowel teams like ai, ay, ee, ea, oa and ow make one long vowel sound.
Say: when two vowels go walking, the first one often does the talking. It says its name.