AW, AU Diphthong Worksheet
This AW, AU Diphthong Worksheet asks 2nd graders to sort ten words into the aw and au columns, using two labelled anchor pictures as a guide. An answer key is included for quick grading.
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Description
The aw and au vowel teams give young readers one sound spelled two different ways, and telling the two spellings apart is a real second-grade decoding job. This AW, AU Diphthong Worksheet gives students focused practice with the /aw/ sound in words like crawl, dawn, hawk and yawn, and with that same sound spelled au in author, autumn, laundry, pause and sauce. Once a child can hear the sound, what is left is a spelling question: which two letters belong in this word? Sorting real words into the two spellings is the fastest way to build that habit.
This printable vowel teams worksheet puts ten words in a word box at the top of the page and two labelled columns underneath, one headed aw and one headed au. Students read each word, decide which vowel team spells the sound they hear, and write the word on a line in the matching column. Two labelled pictures, a saw and a faucet, sit under the columns as anchors children can look back at whenever they get stuck. It works as morning work, as a phonics center, as homework, or as a quick check after a vowel team lesson, and the answer key makes it easy to grade in seconds.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- A ten-word aw / au sorting activity with two labelled anchor pictures
Three things make this AW, AU Diphthong Worksheet worth the ten minutes it takes. First, it separates listening from spelling: every word on the page makes the same sound, so children stop guessing by ear and start looking at the letters. Second, writing each word by hand instead of circling it builds the spelling memory that shows up later in independent writing. Third, the two anchor pictures give every student a place to start, so a child who is unsure still has a way into the task.
Away from the page, try a word hunt: give children five minutes with a familiar book and ask them to list every aw and au word they find. A pocket chart works well too, since partners can sort word cards, swap, and check each other. At home, listen for the sound in the kitchen with sauce, faucet and straw, or outside at dawn on the lawn, and say each word out loud while spelling it in the air.
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