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Vocabulary
- Decode
- Encode
- Variable vowel teams
- Vowel diphthongs
Knowledge
- Vowel teams are a combination of two, three, or four letters that represent for one vowel sound.
- Variable vowel teams are vowel teams that can make different sounds.
- Diphthongs are single vowel phonemes that glide in the middle.
Skills
- Accurately decode and encode words with variable vowel teams (examples: ea, ie, oo) and vowel diphthongs (examples: oi, ou).
Understanding
- Variable vowel teams are also called unpredictable vowel teams because the graphemes make different sounds, such as in meat, head, steak.
- Vowel diphthongs are a type of vowel team where the mouth position shifts during the production of the single vowel phoneme, such as in boy and cow.
