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Toad Night: Vowel Team Words

Grade 1 phonics: read a poem about helping toads cross a road, then sort and read words with vowel teams like ai, ay, ee, ea, oa and igh.

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Aligned toRF.1.3.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students read words with vowel teams such as ai, ay, ee, ea, oa and igh.
  • Students sort words by their long vowel sound.
  • Students match words that sound alike but use a vowel team or a silent e, such as road and rode.

How to use

Read the poem aloud once, then have students read it with you. Let them answer on their own and read each vowel team word aloud as they check their work.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.1.3.c

Use final -e and common vowel team patterns to read words with long vowel sounds.

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Toad Night: Vowel Team Words

Read words with vowel teams in a poem.

Read the poem

Read the poem. It has 4 numbered parts. Then answer the questions.

Toad Night

1It is a cool, wet night.
Dad and I each hold a light.
The road is closed for toads, so we wait
with our pails by the big oak gate.

2Hop, hop! Here comes a toad,
brown and bumpy, on the road.
I put on gloves and lift it with care.
Then I set it in my pail. "You are safe in there!"

3More toads hop up. We fill each pail.
Some are quick. One is as slow as a snail!

4We cross the road to the grass and weeds.
We tip our pails by the marsh and reeds.
Out hop the toads, one by one.
Dad counts ten. Our job is done!

1.
Read part 1. Why is the road closed?
  • A. It is too dark.
  • B. It is too wet.
  • C. It is for the toads.
  • D. It has a big hole.
2.
Read part 2. What does the child put on to lift the toad?
  • A. boots
  • B. gloves
  • C. a coat
  • D. a hat
3.
Read part 4. How many toads does Dad count? Write the number.

Dad counts   toads.

4.
Read part 1 again. Circle the words that have a long o sound, like boat.

cooleachlightroadtoadswaitbigoak

Vowel teams

Two vowels can work as a team to make one long vowel sound: ai and ay (pail, stay), ee and ea (weeds, each), oa (road). The letters igh make the long i sound (night).

5.
Read each word. Sort it by its long vowel sound.
highsoaptrayleafstaygrowfeetbright
Long a, as in pailLong e, as in weedsLong i, as in nightLong o, as in road
6.
Write ai or ay to finish each word. Use ai in the middle of a word. Use ay at the end of a word.
Word bank: ai · ay

st 
p l
w t
gr 

7.
Some words sound the same but are spelled in different ways. Match each word to the word that sounds the same.
  1. pail
  2. road
  3. sail
  4. week
  1. A. weak
  2. B. pale
  3. C. rode
  4. D. sale

Words from the poem

Look back at the poem to answer.

8.
Write the word from the poem that rhymes.

In part 1, night rhymes with  .
In part 3, pail rhymes with  .
In part 4, weeds rhymes with  .

9.
Which word has the same long e sound as feet?
  • A. pet
  • B. pit
  • C. pot
  • D. seat
10.
Which sentence tells about the poem?
  • A. The toads hop out by the reeds.
  • B. The toads ride home in a boat.
  • C. The toads eat oats from a bowl.
  • D. The toads sleep on a gray tray.

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