AU AW Worksheets | Diphthongs | Free Printable
AU AW Worksheets
Looking for an engaging way to teach au and aw diphthongs? Check out these au aw worksheets. There is an interactive notebook, cut-and-paste activity, and a fill-in-the-blanks reading passage to help teach au and aw.
I liked how we were slowly working our way through word families; the lists were gruesome. My kindergarten boy would groan when the book came out, and I found I was having to create games to make it through those long, boring lists.
Those books have long since been shelved, but I still reference them to ensure that I’m not missing anything when I teach diphthongs.
What is a Diphthong?
Glancing through the book this week, I noticed it was time to study diphthongs. What does that mean? Simply, it is two vowels that are in the same syllable and make one sound.
Not wanting to put my child through the torture of reading a list of words, I decided some fun Diphthongs worksheets would be the perfect activity for him this time around.
Get all my diphthong worksheets here.
Diphthongs AU and AW Worksheets
1. Diphthong Word Family Interactive Notebook
- First, cut out the squares with the pictures on them. Place glue on the back of the black part and glue into a word study interactive notebook.
- Cut out the words. Glue them on the black space above the picture.
- Cut out the reading passages. Have the child read the passage aloud to you, and then highlight any word that has ow, ou, oy, and oi in it. There are two levels here. You can choose to have your child read one sentence, or read the paragraph depending on their reading level.
- Finally, glue the reading passage under the word that it best describes.
2. Diphthong Word Sort
After the students have completed all the interactive notebooks, it is time to work through the word sorts. There are two steps to this.
First, have the students cut out the pictures and glue them under the correct word family. It is important to see if they can glue pictures on before the words.
This will help them to be able to spell the words correctly if they know which word family it goes with.
Secondly, have the students cut out the words and glue them under the correct picture. If they can do this correctly, this lets you know that not only can your student read the word but that they also know the meaning of the word.
3. Diphthong Fill-in-the-Blanks Reading Page
Finally, it is time for a little reading comprehension, vocabulary, and handwriting practice. Ideally, your student should be able to read the sentence and correctly fill in the blanks with one of the words they have worked with all week.
If they are struggling, help them find context clues in the sentence.
“What words in the sentence describe the blank.”
“Beautiful and pink,” the student will hopefully respond.
“Yes, now what word in the word bank might be beautiful and pink?”
“A gown.”
“Yes, now let’s reread the sentence and put in the word gown in it, to make sure that it makes sense.”
Reading should be fun, and full of meaning… not just lists of words. As you work through these diphthongs, enjoy the hands-on, coloring, cutting, pasting, and of course, reading that your students will be engaged in.
AU AW Diphthong Words
This game will teach your children the following diphthong words:
- Haunt
- Hawk
- Author
- Draw
- Autumn
- Crawl
Diphthong Game
Below is the free diphthong game printable. This is a sample of the bundle I sell on my T&T store where I have 6 different diphthong activities available. Enjoy playing these diphthong activities with your kids.
