Phonics Trees Grades K-2

Phonics Trees

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Interior design by Sydney Wright

Illustrations by Teresa Anderko, Maxie Chambliss,
Kate Flanagan, Rusty Fletcher, and Sydney Wright

ISBN: 978-0-545-54135-0
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Contents

Introduction..................................................... 4 oa.............................................................. 36
How to Use the Phonics Trees......................... 4 ow............................................................. 37
Activities to Extend Learning............................ 5 o, oe.......................................................... 38
Connections to the Common Core Standards.... 5
Phonics Word Lists........................................... 6 Diphthongs, R-Controlled Vowels
& Other Variant Vowels
Phonics Trees
Diphthong: ou.......................................... 39
Short Vowels Diphthong: ou.......................................... 40
Diphthong: ow.......................................... 41
a.................................................................. 9 Diphthong: ow.......................................... 42
a................................................................ 10 Diphthongs: ou, ow.................................. 43
e................................................................ 11 Diphthongs: oi, oy.................................... 44
e................................................................ 12 R-Controlled Vowel: ar.............................. 45
i................................................................ 13 R-Controlled Vowel: ar.............................. 46
i................................................................ 14 R-Controlled Vowel: air............................. 47
o............................................................... 15 R-Controlled Vowel: are............................ 48
o............................................................... 16 R-Controlled Vowels: ir, ur........................ 49
u............................................................... 17 R-Controlled Vowel: or.............................. 50
u............................................................... 18 Variant Vowel: au...................................... 51
Variant Vowels: au, aw............................... 52
Long Vowels Variant Vowels: al, aw................................ 53
Variant Vowels: ew, ue............................... 54
a_e............................................................ 19 Variant Vowel: oo (moon)........................... 55
a_e............................................................ 20 Variant Vowel: oo (book)............................ 56
i_e............................................................. 21
i_e............................................................. 22 Initial Consonant Blends & Digraphs
o_e............................................................ 23
o_e............................................................ 24 Consonant Blends: l-blends....................... 57
ai............................................................... 25 Consonant Blends: r-blends...................... 58
ai............................................................... 26 Consonant Blends: l-blends, r-blends........ 59
ay.............................................................. 27 Consonant Blends: s-blends...................... 60
ai, ay......................................................... 28 Consonant Blends: r-blends, s-blends........ 61
ea.............................................................. 29 Consonant Blends & Digraphs:
ea.............................................................. 30
ee.............................................................. 31 l-blends, digraphs................................. 62
ee.............................................................. 32 Consonant Blends & Digraphs:
ea, ee......................................................... 33
i, y............................................................ 34 s-blends, digraphs................................. 63
ie, igh........................................................ 35
Phonics Tree Template.................................... 64

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Introduction

P honics Trees offers an engaging and fun way for kids to master essential phonics skills
and concepts. Research shows that a strong foundation in phonics is an important
component in building reading confidence and fluency. In his book Phonics From
A to Z (Scholastic, 2006, revised), reading specialist Wiley Blevins notes that the faster
children can decode words, the more words they recognize by sight, the more time and
energy they have to devote to the meaning of the text (Freedman and Calfee, 1984; LaBerge
and Samuels, 1974). Blevins cites Cunningham’s (1995) observation that the brain works
as a “pattern detector.” Since blends, digraphs, and many vowel sounds contain reliable
sound-spelling patterns, learning to recognize these common patterns helps children more
easily and automatically decode new or unfamiliar words. This “automaticity” helps lay the
foundation for long-term reading success.

The activities in this book give children lots of practice in decoding words using their
knowledge of phonics. And writing the missing letters to complete the words provides even
more opportunities for children to develop phonemic awareness skills and also helps boost
spelling skills.

You can use the phonics trees with the whole class or in small groups. Or place them in
a learning center for children to use independently or in pairs. The activities are ideal for
children of all learning styles, ELL students, and for RTI instruction. And best of all, the
phonics trees take only a few minutes to complete, making them a quick way to integrate
phonics instruction into the school day.

How to Use the Phonics Trees Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

Completing a phonics tree is easy and fun. To begin, a
distribute copies of the activity page for the phonics
skill you want to teach. Point out the phonics concept ___as ___ap ___amp
on the basket that’s under the tree and name it. Then
have children do the following: ___ath ___ank ___ab ___ack

1 Look at the letter and letter combinations on the ___am ___ag ___at
tree trunk. Sound out the letter(s) in front of each
word stem on the apples to see if it makes an Short a j h m fl
actual word. b p r st
tr l cr c
2 If the letter(s) makes a word, write it on that apple d sn y gr
to spell out the word. (Note that some letters
might work with more than one word stem.) Point Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 9
out that the word on the last apple will name the
item to the right of the tree. Check pages 6–8 for a list
of words that can be created
3 Use a different letter or letter combination with
each word stem. After filling in all the apples, read for each phonics tree.
the words aloud, pointing to each word while
saying it.

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Activities to Extend Learning

Use these activities to give children additional opportunities to practice phonics skills.

Make Your Own Tree: Use the template on page 64 phonics concept (or assign phonics skills to children)
to create your own phonics trees. To prepare, write the and write it on the trunk. Then have children write one
phonics skill of your choice on the basket. Label each word that contains their phonics skill on each page,
apple with a different word that contains the target skill, illustrating those words, if desired. Invite children to
using a blank line for the first letter(s) of the word. List read their completed shape books with partners.
the missing letter or letters from the apples on the tree
trunk. Then copy a class supply of the page, distribute Phonics Memory: To make game cards for this familiar
to children, and have them complete the activity. You game, choose a phonics concept, such as long vowels
might also give copies of the template to children so or consonant blends. Label 20–24 red apple cutouts
they can make their own phonics trees. with different words that exemplify each concept,
creating two apples for each specific skill. For example,
Phonics Apples: Write words that contain the phonics for consonant blends, you might label the apples with
skill of your choice on red apple cutouts (one word per brand and bride, slip and slug, train and truck, and
apple). Put the apples in a learning center. Then have so on. Then invite children to use the cards to play
student pairs use the apples as flash cards. One child Memory. Each time they find the two apples with words
can hold up one card at a time as the other child reads containing the same phonics skill, they keep the match.
the word on it. To extend, have children work together
to put the words in alphabetical order. Musical Word Walk: Label sheets of paper with words
that exemplify several different phonics skills, checking
Phonics Shape Books: For shape books, mask the that each word belongs to a pair. Arrange the pages
apples on a copy of the tree template (page 64) and word-side down in a looped path. Then have children
make colored copies of the tree on sturdy paper. Also, walk along the outside of the path while music plays.
cut a class supply of plain paper into quarters. To make Periodically stop the music, have children pick up the
a book, have children cut out the tree, then stack and nearest sheet, and then find another child with a word
staple 6–8 pages to the treetop. Ask them to choose a that contains the same phonics concept.

Connections to the Common Core State Standards

The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) has outlined learning expectations in English Language Arts
for students at different grade levels. The activities in this book align with the following Foundational Skills for
Reading for students in grades K–2. For more information, visit the CCSSI Web site at www.corestandards.org.

Print Concepts Phonics and Word Recognition

RF.K.1, RF.1.1. Demonstrate understanding of the RF.K.3, RF.1.3, RF.2.3. Know and apply grade-level
organization and basic features of print. phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.1a RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b, RF.K.3c, RF.K.3d
RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c
Phonological Awareness RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b

RF.K.2, RF.1.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken Fluency
words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.2b, RF.K.2c, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e RF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and
RF.1.2a, R.1.2b, R.1.2c, R.1.2d understanding.

RF.1.4, RF.2.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency
to support comprehension.
RF.1.4a, RF.1.4c
RF.2.4a, RF.2.4c

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Phonics Word Lists

This handy list includes the words that can be made with the letters and word stems on each activity page. Each
word in bold print names the item to the right of the tree and should appear on the last apple on that tree.

Short a (page 9) Short e (page 12) Short o (page 16) a_e (page 19)
cab, crab, dab, flab, jab, lab, web blob, fob, job, mob, rob, sob face, grace, lace, mace, pace,
check, deck, heck, neck, peck block, clock, dock, jock, mock,
stab bed, led, red, sled, wed place, trace
back, crack, flack, hack, jack, help rock, shock, sock, stock fade, grade, made, trade, wade
den, hen, men, pen, ten, then clod, mod, nod, plod, pod, cake, fake, lake, make, sake,
lack, pack, rack, snack, bend, lend, mend, rend, send,
stack, track rod, sod snake, take, wake
bag, crag, flag, hag, lag, rag, tend, trend blog, bog, clog, dog, fog, hog, dale, gale, male, pale, sale,
snag, stag bent, dent, lent, rent, sent,
cram, dam, gram, jam, ram, jog tale, whale
yam, tram tent, went mom came, dame, fame, game,
camp, cramp, damp, lamp, chess, less, mess, tress clomp, pomp, romp, stomp
ramp, stamp, tramp best, chest, jest, lest, nest, blond, bond, pond lame, name, same, tame
bank, crank, dank, flank, lank, clop, hop, mop, plop, pop, cane, lane, mane, pane, plane,
rank, stank, yank pest, rest, test, west
cap, flap, lap, map, rap, snap, bet, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, shop, sop, stop, top sane, wane
trap, yap blot, clot, dot, hot, jot, not, cape, gape, grape, nape, tape
has wet date, fate, gate, grate, late,
bat, cat, hat, pat, rat, flat Short i (page 13) plot, pot, rot, shot, tot
bath, math, path brick, flick, hick, kick, lick, box, fox, pox mate, plate
Short a (page 10) Short u (page 17) cave, gave, grave, pave, save,
cab, dab, gab, grab, lab, nick, pick, sick, thick, tick cub, dub, hub, nub, pub, rub,
nab, slab bid, hid, kid, lid wave
back, clack, hack, lack, pack, gift, lift, shift, sift stub, sub, tub daze, faze, gaze, graze, laze,
sack, slack big, brig, fig, gig, pig buck, duck, luck, muck, pluck,
bad, clad, dad, glad, grad, milk, silk maze
had, lad, mad, pad, sad bill, fill, gill, hill, kill, mill, pill, puck, stuck, suck, tuck a_e (page 20)
bag, gag, hag, lag, nag, sag, bug, dug, hug, lug, mug, plug, brace, mace, pace, race
wag sill, till jade, made, shade, wade
clam, dam, ham, slam bin, fin, kin, pin, shin, thin, tin pug, rug, tug page, rage, sage, wage
camp, clamp, damp, lamp brink, fink, kink, link, mink, bum, gum, hum, mum, plum, bake, brake, flake, make, rake,
ban, can, clan, man, pan, than
band, grand, hand, land, sand pink, sink, think rum, sum sake, shake, take, wake
bat, cat, hat, mat, pat, sat, flip, hip, lip, nip, ship, sip, tip bump, dump, hump, lump, bale, hale, kale, male, pale,
slat, that fix, mix, six
batch, catch, hatch, latch, Short i (page 14) plump, pump, rump, stump sale, shale, tale, vale, wale
match, patch crib, fib, rib bun, gun, nun, pun, run, stun, flame, same, shame, tame
Short e (page 11) chick, hick, lick, pick, sick, base, vase
bed, fed, led, red, wed, shed sun baste, haste, paste, taste,
deft, heft, left tick, wick crush, gush, hush, lush, mush,
beg, leg big, dig, fig, gig, pig, rig, swig, waste
bell, dell, fell, shell, smell, tell, plush, rush hate, mate, rate, skate
well, yell wig bust, crust, dust, gust, lust, brave, pave, rave, save,
den, hen, ten, when milk, silk
bent, dent, lent, rent, tent, dim, him, rim, skim, swim, whim must, rust shave, wave
went bin, chin, fin, pin, skin, tin, win but, cut, gut, hut, nut, rut i_e (page 21)
desk chink, fink, link, mink, pink, buzz lice, mice, rice, vice
dress, less Short u (page 18) bide, chide, hide, ride, stride,
best, jest, lest, nest, rest, test, rink, sink, wink dub, grub, hub, pub, rub, sub
west chip, dip, hip, lip, rip, sip, skip, bug, dug, hug, jug, mug, plug, tide, wide
bet, get, jet, let, net, wet, yet fife, life, rife, strife, wife
tip, whip pug, rug bike, hike, like, pike, strike
dish, fish, wish, swish bum, gum, hum, mum, plum, bile, file, mile, pile, rile, tile,
fix, mix, six
Short o (page 15) rum, sum vile, while
cob, fob, gob, job, lob, sob bump, dump, grump, hump, chime, lime, mime, time
cock, dock, frock, jock, lock, fine, line, mine, pine, vine,
jump, plump, pump, rump,
sock, stock, tock trump whine
cod, god, nod, pod, sod brunt, bunt, grunt, hunt, pipe, ripe, stripe, wipe
bog, cog, dog, fog, frog, hog, bunk, dunk, funk, hunk, junk, kite, mite, rite, white
plunk, punk, sunk, trunk chive, drive, five, hive, live,
jog, log brunt, bunt, grunt, hunt, punt,
loft, soft runt strive
doll pup
chomp, pomp, stomp bus, plus, pus
chop, cop, hop, lop, pop, stop, top brush, gush, hush, mush,
cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, plush, rush
bust, dust, gust, just, must,
pot, tot rust, trust
box, fox, lox, pox

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Phonics Word Lists

(continued)

i_e (page 22) ay (page 27) ee (page 32) ow (page 37)
bride, pride, ride, side, slide, wide bay, clay, hay, jay, may, play, bee, free, lee, see, tee, whee bow, crow, grow, low, mow,
fife, life, rife, wife deed, freed, greed, reed,
dike, like, pike say, spray, tray, way row, show, snow, stow,
file, mile, pile, rile ai, ay (page 28) seed, speed throw, tow
dime, lime, mime, prime, slime laid, maid, paid, raid, staid beef, reef bowl
brine, dine, fine, line, mine, fail, grail, mail, nail, pail, cheek, leek, meek, peek, reek, grown, shown, thrown
o, oe (page 38)
nine, pine, shine, wine rail, wail seek, sleek go, no, so
pipe, ripe, wipe gain, grain, main, pain, rain, keel, peel, reel, wheel doe, foe, hoe, roe, toe, woe
rise, wise deem, seem, teem bold, cold, fold, gold, hold,
kite, mite, rite, site stain, strain, vain beep, cheep, deep, jeep, mold, sold, told
dive, five, jive, live faint, paint roll
o_e (page 23) wait keep, peep, seep, sleep ou (page 39)
globe, lobe, robe day, gay, gray, lay, may, nay, cheese couch, grouch, pouch
bode, code, node, rode beet, greet, meet, sleet cloud
broke, coke, joke, stoke, woke pay, ray, stay, stray, way freeze, wheeze foul
dole, hole, mole, role, stole, ea (page 29) ea, ee (page 33) bounce, pounce, trounce
bead, lead, plead, read beach, peach, reach, teach bound, found, ground, hound,
vole, whole leaf beak, creak, leak, peak, sneak, mound, pound, round,
bone, cone, hone, lone, stone beak, leak, peak, sneak sound
cope, dope, hope, mope, nope, deal, heal, meal, peal, real, weak house, grouse, mouse, rouse
deal, heal, meal, peal, real, bout, clout, grout, pout, rout,
rope seal, teal, veal shout, trout
hose, nose, rose, those beam, ream, seam, team seal, steal, teal mouth, south
dote, note, rote, vote bean, clean, lean, mean beam, cream, dream, ream, ou (page 40)
cove, dove, rove, stove, wove cheap, heap, leap, reap loud
doze lease, please, tease seam, steam, team noun
o_e (page 24) beast, feast, least bean, dean, lean, mean, wean flounce, jounce, pounce
lobe, probe, robe beat, cheat, cleat, feat, heat, creed, deed, feed, heed, reed, hound, mound, pound
coke, poke, smoke count, mount
hole, mole, pole, role, sole, vole meat, peat, pleat, seat, treat seed, steed, weed blouse, house, louse, mouse
home, tome ea (page 30) feel, heel, peel, reel, steel lout, pout, scout, snout
clone, cone, drone, hone, flea, sea queen, seen, teen mouth
beach, bleach, reach beep, deep, creep, peep, seep, ow (page 41)
lone, prone, tone, zone bead, read chow, cow, how, now, pow,
cope, hope, mope, nope, bleak, creak, speak, weak steep, weep prow
deal, heal, meal, real, seal beet, feet, meet crowd
pope, rope beam, cream, ream, seam i, y (page 34) chowder, powder
close, hose,nose, pose, bean, dean, mean, wean child, mild, wild dowel, towel, trowel
heap, reap climb cower, power, tower
prose, rose beat, bleat, feat, heat, meat, bind, find, hind, kind, mind, cowl, fowl, howl, prowl
note, rote, tote, vote clown, crown, down, town
clove, cove, drove, rove neat, seat, wheat rind, wind ow (page 42)
froze heave, leave, weave by, cry, my, sky, why bow, brow, cow, pow, vow
ai (page 25) ee (page 31) ie, igh (page 35) crowd
braid, paid bee, fee, flee, see, tee, tree, die, lie, pie, tie powder
bail, fail, hail, jail, nail, pail, high, nigh, sigh, thigh bowel, dowel, towel, vowel
wee bright, fight, flight, light, night, bower, cower, flower, power,
sail, snail, wail beech, speech tower
brain, chain, pain deed, feed, heed, need, reed, sight, slight, tight cowl, growl
faint, paint, saint oa (page 36) brown, crown, down, frown,
braise, chaise, praise seed, speed, weed whoa gown, town
waist beef, reef coach, poach, roach
bait, wait cheek, peek, reek, seek, week goad, load, road, toad
ai (page 26) feel, heel, keel, peel, reel loaf
maid, paid, raid, staid keen, seen, sheen, teen coal, foal, goal
fail, mail, nail, pail, quail, rail, beep, cheep, keep, peep, foam, roam
groan, loan, moan
trail, wail sheep, weep soap
claim, maim beet, feet, fleet, sheet boast, coast, roast, toast
drain, gain, main, pain, rain, teeth boat, coat, goat

stain, train
faint, paint, quaint
raise
gait, trait, wait

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ou, ow (page 43) are (page 48) ew, ue (page 54) s-blends (page 60)
cloud, loud bare, blare, care, dare, flare, blew, chew, dew, few, flew, stand, strand
bounce, flounce, pounce scrap, slap, snap, strap, swap
bound, found, hound, mound, hare, pare, rare, scare, mew, new, pew, stew, scarf
share, square, stare, ware threw spread, stead
pound, sound ir, ur (page 49) newt screech, speech
house, louse, mouse fir, sir, stir blue, cue, due, glue, hue, sue, sleet, street, sweet
bout, clout, flout, pout, shout, bird, gird, third true squirm
girl, swirl, twirl slob, snob
sprout, tout first, thirst oo (moon) (page 55) smooth
bow, chow, cow, how, now, shirt, skirt skunk, spunk, stunk
surf, turf boo, coo, goo, moo, too, zoo r-blends, s-blends
pow, sow curl, furl, hurl brood, food, mood
chowder, powder burn, turn goof, proof, roof (page 61)
bower, cower, flower, power, curse, nurse, purse cool, drool, fool, stool grape
curt, hurt boom, broom, loom, room, scare, snare, spare, square,
shower, tower or (page 50)
cowl, fowl, howl for, nor zoom stare
clown, frown, town porch, scorch, torch boon, goon, loon, moon, soon, start
oi, oy (page 44) cord spend
choice, voice forge, gorge swoon brick, prick, stick
boil, coil, foil cork, fork, pork, stork coop, droop, loop, scoop, gripe, snipe, stripe
coin, join dorm, form, norm, storm prize
joint, point born, corn, horn, morn, scorn, swoop frog
noise shorn, torn, thorn goose, loose, moose brown, crown, frown, grown
poison horse boot, loot, root, scoot, toot snug
foist, joist, moist fort, port, short, sort, tort booth, smooth, tooth l-blends, digraphs
boy, coy, joy forth, north (page 62)
voyage au (page 51) oo (book) (page 56) shale, whale
loyal sauce plane
ar (page 45) caught, taught good, hood, stood, wood sharp
bar, car, char, far, jar, mar, haul, maul hoof, woof bleach
fault, vault book, brook, cook, hook, thread
par, scar, star, tar haunch, launch, paunch, them
march, parch, starch staunch look, shook, took chicken
card, hard, lard, shard, yard laundry cookie chide, glide, slide
scarf cause, clause, pause wool clone, phone, shone, throne
barge, charge, large au, aw (page 52) foot chute, flute
bark, dark, hark, lark, park, sauce l-blends (page 57) s-blends, digraphs
caught, taught place (page 63)
shark, stark cause, clause, pause clad, glad charm, swarm
charm, farm, harm caw, claw, draw, paw, raw, claim snatch, swatch, thatch
barn, darn, yarn saw, straw slice spree, thee, three, whee
carp, harp, sharp, tarp hawk blind cheese
cart, chart, dart, mart, part, bawl, crawl, drawl flower, glower, slower step
drawn, pawn, sawn, yawn r-blends (page 58) there, where
smart, start, tart al, aw (page 53) dragon chick, slick, stick, thick
ar (page 46) balk, chalk, stalk, talk price phone, stone, shone, throne
car, char, jar, mar, par, spar, ball, hall, pall, small, squall, friend should
stall, tall grin shout, snout, sprout, stout
star halt, salt broke
march, parch, starch law, paw, saw, squaw crowd
card, hard, lard hawk, squawk true
garden, harden dawn, lawn, pawn, sawn, yawn l-blends, r-blends
charge, large lawyer (page 59)
dark, hark, lark, mark, park, glance
crane, plane
spark, stark blast
charm, harm bream, cream, dream, gleam
darn, yarn green
cart, chart, dart, mart, part, sleeve
flesh, fresh
start bride, glide, slide
party bloat, float, gloat
air (page 47) closet
chair, fair, flair, hair, lair, pair,

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

a

___as ___ap ___amp

___ath ___ank ___ab ___ack

___am ___ag ___at

Short a j h m fl
b p r st
tr l cr c
d sn y gr

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

a

___ack ___at ___am

___amp ___ag ___atch ___ab

___and ___ad ___an

Short a sb l h
w sl d n
cl p sk c
gr m g th

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

e

___esk ___ent ___eg

___en ___ed ___ell ___eft

___et ___ess ___est

Short e wb f t
y sm j dr
h d sh n
wh r l g

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

e

___et ___elp ___en

___est ___ed ___eck ___ess
___ent ___end ___eb

n tr p ch
rt ld
th w hm
js b sl

Short e

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

i

___ilk ___ix ___ill

___ink ___ift ___id ___in

___ip ___ick ___ig

Short i v sh t f
l n km
th p fl h
g s b br

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

i

___ish ___ig ___ix

___im ___ilk ___ink ___ib

___ip __in ___ick

Short i sk l d sw
s ch cr f
g m wh t
wp r h

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

o

___og ___omp ___od

___ox ___ock ___op ___oft

___ob ___ot ___oll

Short o s l g st
h ch d c
j b fr t
th p n f

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

o

___om ___ox ___op

___ob ___ock ___od ___omp

___ot ___ond ___og

Short o s pl t bl
st j p cl
md f r
n h sh b

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

u

___uzz ___un ___ump

___ug ___ut ___ush ___ub

___um ___ust ___uck

Short u pl l cr p
b st h wh
r c sm
g t dn

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Short Vowel

u

___up ___unk ___um

___unt ___ush ___us ___ust
___ub ___ump ___ug

Short u gr s f br
d tr pl p
j bgk
r v hm

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

a_e

___ame ___ace ___ave
___ate ___ale ___ane ___ape

___ade ___aze ___ake

a_e s w wh m
c tr g d
t n p pl
gr f sn l

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

a_e

___ale ___ave ___age

___ade ___ace ___aste ___ase
___ame ___ake ___ate

a_e m s br sk
sh w j v
k pr t b
r h p fl

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

i_e

___ile ___ide ___ive

___ike ___ite ___ime ___ife

___ine ___ipe ___ice

kp vm
str r lh
w ch t dr
gb f wh

i_e

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

i_e

___ike ___ime ___ipe

___ile ___ife ___ine ___ide

___ive ___ise ___ite

i_e nk fc
l sh j m
pr r sl w
s d p br

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

o_e

___oze ___ove ___obe
___oke ___ole ___ote ___ode

___ose ___ope ___one

o_e v n th j
c st d br
mb h r
gl l wh w

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

o_e

___ope ___ove ___ome
___ole ___oze ___obe ___ote

___oke ___one ___ose

o_e z fr l pr
cl v sm c
phns
r t dr m

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ai

___aist ___aise

___ait ___ain ___aint

___aid ___ail

s n pb
br f sn h
w pr j ch

ai

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ai

___aise ___aid

___aim ___ait ___ail

___aint ___ain

w tr n st
m f cl g
dr r p qu

ai

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ay

____ay ____ay ____ay
____ay ____ay ____ay ____ay

____ay ____ay ____ay

mx pl z
kb jh
cl c w spr
t tr sf

ay

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ai, ay

___ait ___ay ___aint

___ay ___aid ___ay ___ay

___ain ___ay ___ail

gr y n str
v l st r
wm d g
f th p bl

ai
ay

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ea

___eaf ___eap ___ead
___ease ___east ___eat ___ean

___eam ___eal ___eak

r l dt
m pl v ch
cl f sn s
p tr b h

ea

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 29

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ea

___eap ___ea ___eave

___ean ___eal ___each ___eak
___eam ___eat ___ead

k f r fl
w sp h n
s d wh cr
bl b g m

ea

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ee

___eeth ___ee ___eef
___eed ___eet ___een ___eech

___eek ___eel ___eep

sp k tr r
d t n fl
wf hb
p ch sh s

ee

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ee

___eese ___eef ___eep
___eek ___eel ___eeze ___eem

___eet ___eed ___ee

sp p fr d
k wh j gr
sl rt
b m sl ch

ee

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 32

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowels

ea, ee

___each ___eet ___eak
___eam ___ean ___eep ___eel

___eed ___eal ___een

bps l
qu w cr m
f dr d h
st t sn r

ea
ee

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 33

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowels

i, y

___y ___ind ___y

___ind ___y ___ild ___y

___imb ___y ___ild

t j ch sk
cr s w m
f b kh
p wh r cl

i
y

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowels

ie, igh

___igh ___ie

___ight ___ie ___ight

___ight ___igh ___ie

ie l n fl s
igh d sl t f
br h p th

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

oa

___oaf ___oach ___oam
___oal ___oap ___oad ___oa

___oast ___oan ___oat

cg gr l
wh b pd
r st fn
sm t sn

oa

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 36

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowel

ow

___own ___ow ___ow

___ow ___ow ___owl ___ow

___ow ___ow ___ow

ow h thr l d
st v sn m
f cr b g
gr r t sh

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 37

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Long Vowels

o, oe

___oll ___old ___oe

___o ___oe ___oe ___old

___old ___o ___oe

r w hm
f sh s d
t c cl n
fr b g sm

o
oe

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 38

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Dipthong

ou

___oul ___out

___ounce ___oud ___ound

___outh ___ouch ___ouse

ou r h s sh
cl tr b c
p m gr f

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 39

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Dipthong

ou

___outh ___oud

___oun ___ount ___ounce

___ouse ___ound ___out

ou n d sc m
h sn j l
bl p c fl

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 40

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Dipthong

ow

___owd ___owl

___owder ___owel ___ower

___ow ___own

ow tr cl d p
c n cr t
pr f h ch

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Dipthong

ow

___owel ___owd

___ower ___own ___owl

___owder ___ow

ow v cr gr d
br fl b g
p fr c t

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 42

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Dipthongs

ou, ow

___ow ___ower ___ouse
__owder ___ound ___own ___oud

__ounce ___owl ___out

ou t fr sh b
ow ch s p cl
m fl l f
c n spr h

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ Dipthongs

oi, oy

___oise ___oin ___oist
___oison ___oint __oyage ___oil

___oyal ___oice ___oy

tr b g cl
p wh d v
n j l fr
ch f m c

oi
oy

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 44

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ R-Controlled
Vowel

ar

___ark ___art ___arp
___arch ___arge ___arn ___arf

___ard ___arm ___ar

t j st m
b sm h c
sh d ch p
y f l sc

ar

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ R-Controlled
Vowel

ar

___arty ___art ___arm
___ar ___arch ___ark __arden

___ard ___arge ___arn

d sp g l
s z ch c
bl m h st
j r yp

ar

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 46

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ R-Controlled
Vowel

air

____air ____air

____air ____air ____air

____air ____air

air sv fk
l fl st g
h p j ch

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Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ R-Controlled
Vowel

are

___are ___are ___are

___are ___are ___are ___are
___are ___are ___are

are fl b r st
w p sc c
z sh j h
bl d n squ

Phonics Trees © 2013 by Scholastic Teaching Resources, page 48

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________ R-Controlled
Vowels

ir, ur

___urt ___urn ___irt

___urse ___url ___ird ___ir

___urf ___irst ___irl

ir, ur sw n s tw
h sh j f
th t sk c
g b p st

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