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Vowel Sounds Charts

Vowel Sounds Charts
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Description

This set of 25 charts was created to assist students in Year 1 and 2 to develop an understanding of vowel sounds. The charts include the following sounds:

  • short vowel sounds
  • e / ea
  • o / a
  • u / o
  • ai / ay / a_e / a
  • ee / e / ea / y / ey
  • i_e / y / igh / i / ie
  • oa / o_e / ow / o
  • ar / a
  • ir / ur / or / er
  • or / ore / a / aw / au
  • oo / u
  • oo / ew / ue / u_e / u
  • oy / oi
  • eer / ear
  • air / are
  • er
  • ar
  • or
Curriculum Codes

AC9E2LY10 9

Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words

AC9E4LY09 9

Understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes

AC9E5LY08 9

Use phonic, morphemic and vocabulary knowledge to read and spell words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations

ACELA1471 8.4

Understand how to use knowledge of digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words including some compound words

ACELA1824 8.4

Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllable

ACELA1825 8.4

Understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

ACELA1828 8.4

Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes

ACELA1829 8.4

Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations

EN1-5A old

Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words

EN2-5A old

Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words

EN3-4A old

Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts

EN1-PHOKW-01 new

Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

EN1-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts

EN2-VOCAB-01 new

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words

EN2-REFLU-01 new

Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning

EN2-RECOM-01 new

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN2-SPELL-01 new

Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts

EN3-VOCAB-01 new

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts

EN3-RECOM-01 new

Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN3-SPELL-01 new

Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words

VCELA218

Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations

VCELA226

Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words

VCELA239

Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters

VCELA294

Understand how to use phonic generalisations to identify and write words with more complex letter combinations

VCELA326

Recognise and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations