Diphthong Vowel Team Lessons Plans – Done! ✔️

A diphthong is a complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel sound and glides into another within the same syllable. Unlike pure vowels, which are single, unchanging sounds, diphthongs are a combination of two vowel sounds. The transition between the two vowel sounds can happen smoothly or quickly.

This set of 23 teaching slides is perfect for your phonics lessons! Created by an experienced teacher, the slides cover the following diphthongs:

• ou
• au
• aw
• oi
• ew
• oy
• ow
• oo
• ue

Each diphthong has examples and activities the students can do in small groups or as a whole class based on your students’ requirements and skill levels.

More Diphthong Activities

If you are looking for activities to do with your students to continue their practice when it comes to diphthongs – we’ve got what you need:

• Diphthong hunt – create a list of words containing different diphthongs. Give each student a list and have them hunt for words around the classroom or in books.
• Diphthong sorting – prepare cards containing diphthongs and a sorting chart labelled with the different diphthongs – students then sort the words based on their diphthongs.
• Diphthong bingo.
• Diphthong puzzles.

Download and Learn Diphthongs Today!

This resource is available to download in Google Slides.

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a teacher in Florida and a Teach Starter collaborator.

More Printable Diphthong Resources

Looking for more resources to add to your collection of phonics resources? We have you covered…

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Diphthong Vowel Team 'AI' Bingo

Practice decoding words that use the AI vowel team convention with this BINGO game for up to 20 players.

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Vowel Team Dominoes - OA, OW, and OE

Decode words with oa, ow, and oe vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds using this set of 28 dominoes.

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"Ow" Words - Illustrated Cards

Practice reading words with OW using this set of word cards.