25 no-prep word sorts targeting long vowel teams to build decoding, fluency, and phoneme-grapheme mapping!

This focused set includes 5 high-utility long vowel phonics skills — from ai vs. ay to ie vs. y — with 5 engaging sort types per skill. That’s 25 printable activities to help students master common vowel patterns and apply them to reading and spelling.

Perfect for small groups, centers, or targeted intervention, these sorts are decodable, SoR-aligned, and designed for skill transfer.

Whether you’re introducing long vowel teams or helping students sort through tricky vowel pairs, this set provides just-right support without prep.

✨ What’s Included:

• 5 long vowel phonics skills covering:
  • 🔤 Long Vowel Teams (e.g., ai vs. ay, oa vs. ow, ie vs. y)
  • 🌀 Mixed review set (covers common long vowel teams across all five vowels)

🖐️ 5 Sort Types for Every Skill:

• Picture Sort – Sort by vowel team using images only (includes picture key!)
• Word Sort – Decode and sort printed long vowel team words
• Written Word Sort – Read, sort, write, and re-read (with fluency prompt)
• Word Hunt & Sort – Find long vowel words “in the wild” and sort them
• Listen & Write Sort – Dictation sort using a teacher script
  
  

🖨️ That’s 25 no-prep, printable sorts — just print and teach!

💡 Flexible Use:

Use one sort each day of the week to reinforce a single skill

OR use the different formats to differentiate across student needs

Perfect for:

✅ Word Work

✅ Phonics Intervention

✅ Centers & Small Groups

✅ Homework & Take-Home Practice

✅ Assessments (encoding, dictation, and more)

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📂 Includes a clickable Table of Contents so you can quickly find and print what you need.

🎯 Fully aligned to the Science of Reading, with focus on vowel team decoding, orthographic mapping, and visual pattern recognition.

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These Long Vowel Team Word Sorts help students connect sound to spelling — and build long vowel confidence one sort at a time.