Grade 2 · Writing · Lesson 5

Spelling Patterns — Vowel Teams, Word Families, and Sight Words

Good spellers look for patterns inside words. Once you spot a pattern, you can spell dozens of new words using the same trick.

What this lesson teaches

1Recognize common vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa) and the long vowel sound each one makes
2Identify words that belong to the same word family by sharing an ending pattern and read
3Spell eight common sight words by memory

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