Vowel Teams is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on the long vowel spellings ai, ee, oa and igh, aligned to Common Core standard RF.2.3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
RF.2.3
Sort each word into the right column.
Sort: train, seed, throat, feet, float, wait
Sort: groan, wait, queen, train, throat, sleep
Sort: wait, queen, soap, groan, street, chain
LessonPrint · RF.2.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises the long vowel spellings ai, ee, oa and igh — 3 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RF.2.3: Read words with vowel teams, prefixes, suffixes and two syllables. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each word into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3 — RF.2.3, in the Reading: Foundational Skills domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Vowel Teams is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RF.2.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Vowel Teams, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “Vowel Teams and Word Parts” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for RF.2.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Vowel Teams is the practice that follows it.
Read words with vowel teams, prefixes, suffixes and two syllables.
Teaching this next? Vowel Teams and Word Parts is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.2.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.