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Same Letters, Different Sounds

Grade 2 phonics: sort and read words where ea, ow and oo can say different sounds, then spot them in a short snow day story.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.2.3.e

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify words where ea, ow or oo can stand for more than one sound.
  • Students match words that share a vowel sound even when the vowel letters stay the same.
  • Students find words with tricky vowel sounds in a short story.

How to use

Have students whisper each word to hear the vowel sound before answering. Do the first sort together, then let students finish the sheet on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.2.3.e

Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

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Same Letters, Different Sounds

Read tricky words with ea, ow and oo.

Two sounds for ea

Say each word out loud. Listen for the vowel sound.

Some letters can say more than one sound. The letters ea can say long e, like in eat. They can also say short e, like in bread.
1.
Sort the words by the sound that ea makes.
beachheadleafreadyseatheavydreamweather
Long e (like eat)Short e (like bread)
2.
Which word has the same vowel sound as the ea in eat?
  • A. thread
  • B. cream
  • C. spread
  • D. ahead

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