Roll a Word: Vowel Digraphs: Long A

Give learners fun word-building practice using the long A vowel digraph with this hands-on worksheet! A vowel digraph refers to two letters that combine to make one sound, as seen in the words rain and weigh. This open-ended worksheet invites students to explore the various vowel teams that create the long A sound using dice and their phonics knowledge to build and decode words. As they roll the dice, students will be prompted to add one of the given word endings to a beginning letter before determining if the word they have created is a real word or a nonsense word. Designed for first- and second-grade readers, this worksheet is a fun and friendly way to prepare students for decoding and reading words fluently in grade-appropriate texts.