Sound + Spell: Lesson 6 Set Long Vowel Teams

Sound + Spell is a systematic approach to early decoding and spelling. The idea is to build in scaffolding into the structure of the lessons. Students are compelled to segment beginning, middle, and end sounds. They develop spelling fluency through repetitive application of common spelling conventions. The wonderful thing is, as their spelling improves, their decoding ability improves.

The Lesson 6 set focuses on long vowel pairs. It is assumed at this point that students know the spell-sound correspondences for all letters, blends, and digraphs. This set has the following vowel pairs: ai, ee, ea, igh, y, oa, ow, oo, ui, ew, ui. THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS LESSON 6 ONLY. There are 30 lessons within this set.

There are currently 6 sets of lessons available:

*Lesson 1 Set: CVC word families (3 letter words)
*Lesson 2 Set: CVC short vowel words with blends and digraphs (3-4 letter words)
*Lesson 3 Set: CVCe words (starts off with 4 letters, then adds in blends and digraphs)
*Lesson 4 Set: CVC and CVCe mixed (3-5 letter words)
*Lesson 5 Set: R-Influenced Vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
*Lesson 6 Set: Long Vowel Teams (ai, ee, ea, igh, y, oa, ow, oo, ui, ew, ui)
Please note that Lesson 3 and 4 sets are together in one product.

If you buy the Sound + Spell complete system, you are also getting a growing bundle. That means you will get all of the lessons, plus any future lesson sets that I add.

This system covers 1st grade Common Core standards. I have included a chart that details alignment to CCSS and Words Their Way.

I have used this with 1st grade through 3rd grade, kids with IEPs, kids without IEPs, and ELL students. What I hear the most from them is that it’s FUN, it makes spelling “sooooo easy,” and it turns them into great spellers.

I designed Sound and Spell to work in conjunction with Words Their Way. You can use it as a companion or alternative to Words Their Way, both for whole group and small intervention groups. I highly recommend it for special education or ESL.

For a detailed explanation (with pictures) of how Sound and Spell works, go to my Sound and Spell blog post.

You can also look at the preview to download my freebie, or go to the Sound and Spell Sampler.