Vowel Team Word Sorts - Use Cut & Sort Activities to Practice Long Vowel Teams, Diphthongs, and CVCe

Oct 22, 2026

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Vowel Team Word Sorts provide simple word-sorting activities to review long vowel teams, vowel diphthongs, and CVCe words. Learners cut and sort words by the same vowel sound (not exact pattern) and explain the word pattern that creates the specific vowel sound. Each set includes clear directions and an optional gluing step on a sorting mat, organized by long vowel sounds such as long a, long e, long i, long o, and long u.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages15

Reading Time38 min

AccessFree to download

Cut & Sort Word Sorts

Cut & Sort 1 (long a, long e, long u)

Cut & Sort 2 (long a, long i, long o)

Cut & Sort 3 (long o, long e, long u)

Cut & Sort 4 (long i, long o, long e)

| Vowel Team Word Sorts
Use these simple vowel team word sorts to review long vowel teams, vowel diphthongs, and CVCe words.
Learners cut, sort by the same vowel sound ( not exact pattern), and explain the pattern they see in the word that makes that particular vowel sound.
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[https://thisreadingmama.com/vowel-team-word-sorts/](https://thisreadingmama.com/vowel-team-word-sorts/) | | | --- | --- | | | [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) | | Terms of Use: This printable pack was created for you to use at home with your child(ren) or with multiple children in your classroom or tutoring setting. Please do not share this PDF between classroom teachers, sell, host, reproduce, giveaway, or store on any other site (including a blog, Facebook, 4Shared, Dropbox, Amazon Inspire, etc.) . Thank you! | | We have MORE! Need more freebies for your learners? Here you go! Click on the images below to find LOTS of free, helpful, and hands-on activities for your learners. [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) Cut & Sort 1 Directions: Cut out the words. Read each word and tell if it has the long a (cake), long e (leaf), or long u (moon/juice) sound. Sort it under the correct column and name the pattern you see that makes the vowel sound. Optional: Glue the words down on the sorting mat. | use | cave | sleep | | --- | --- | --- | | play | flute | speed | | eve | wait | scoot | | tube | cream | same | | broom | tray | theme | | teeth | smooth | train | | snake | beak | cute | | cheat | day | keep | | scoop | braid | loop | Sort 1 [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) Sort 1 Mat | like | | like | | like | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cut & Sort 2 Directions: Cut out the words. Read each word and tell if it has the long a (cake), long i (kite), or long o (boat) sound. Sort it under the correct column and name the pattern you see that makes the vowel sound. Optional: Glue the words down on the sorting mat. | light | grape | robe | | --- | --- | --- | | play | toast | high | | joke | kite | faint | | doze | shine | blame | | might | tray | flight | | plate | thigh | smoke | | roach | brain | boat | | slide | day | croak | | groan | chain | night | [Sort 2 www.thisreadingmama.com](Sort 2 www.thisreadingmama.com) [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) Sort 2 Mat | like | | like |
| like | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cut & Sort 3 Directions: Cut out the words. Read each word and tell if it has the long o (boat), long e (leaf), or long u (moon/juice) sound. Sort it under the correct column and name the pattern you see that makes the vowel sound. Optional: Glue the words down on the sorting mat. | know | Pete | chew | | --- | --- | --- | | suit | toe | feet | | green | tooth | show | | cube | cheap | oak | | snow | grew | speak | | dream | groan | fruit | | doe | week | flew | | juice | these | throne | | spoon | grow | bleed | [Sort 3 www.thisreadingmama.com](Sort 3 www.thisreadingmama.com) [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) Sort 3 Mat | like | | like | | like | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cut & Sort

FAQs

What do learners do in the vowel team word sorts activity?

Learners cut out the words, read each one, and sort them based on the same vowel sound. They then explain what pattern in the word makes that vowel sound.

Are the words sorted by exact spelling patterns or by vowel sounds?

The sorting is based on vowel sound, not exact pattern matching. Learners group words that share the same vowel sound.

What optional step can be used after sorting?

Learners can glue the sorted words down on the sorting mat after they complete the sort.

Oct 22, 2026

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