15+ Diphthong Printables & Activities
There are so many parts when you are learning to read. And diphthong words are just a small part of it.
These are words that kids are going to be learning in second grade or later. Diphthongs can be tough to teach and it is nice to have a few fun things to help learn about them.
These are all my diphthong printables and diphthong activities on the site. You have a mix of hands-on diphthong activities and a few no-prep diphthong activities.
What is a Diphthong?
A diphthong is a sound formed by combining two vowels in a single syllable. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. Diphthong comes from the Greek language meaning two voices or two sounds.
These are words like boy, coin, cloud, and cow.
The common diphthongs are: au, -aw, -ew, -oi, -oo, -ou, -ow, -oy.
The sound that diphthongs words make is a long vowel sound. You will often teach the sounds that are similar at the same time. You would teach the following diphthongs together: oy and oi and ow and ou.
As I said before these are normally taught in second grade or later because of how complicated they are. And there is no wrong or right way to teach them.
These are also taught in tandem with vowel team words.
Things to use with the Diphthongs Printable
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- printer
- white copy paper
- white cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- pencil
- crayons
- colored pencils
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- lacing letters
- 1 inch ring
- clothespins
- The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star: A Book about Diphthongs and R-Controlled Vowels
Diphthong Printables & Activities Menu
A jump to the diphthong printables and activities you are looking for. These are all the sections you will find below.
Diphthong Printable Cards
Diphthong Printable Hands-on Printable Activities
Themed Diphthong Hands-on Printables
Diphthong No-Prep Printables
Themed Diphthong No-Prep Printables
Diphthong Books Printables
Other Diphthong Printables
Diphthong Printable Cards
These are all the card printables for diphthongs. And they are great for helping kids learn and see the different words.
1. Diphthong Wall Cards Printables
Diphthong Wall Cards has the two diphthong letters, a picture example of the letters, and the matching word for the picture.
2. Diphthong Wall Cards & Ladder Set Printables
There is also a Diphthong Wall Cards Selling Set that has a list of words and two sizes of wall cards. Plus a set of cards with just the picture the the vowels. You also have building ladders to use with the cards to build the words.
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Diphthong Printable Hands-on Printable Activities
3. Diphthong Ladders Printables
Diphthong Ladders is a great spelling activity where kids can make words with diphthongs.
4. Diphthong Playdough Mats Printables
Diphthong Playdough Mats with diphthong letters for building words and mats with pictures and playdough mat for the diphthong vowels.
5. Diphthong Playdough Mats with Pictures Printables
Diphthong Playdough Mats with Pictures have a picture of the word, a playdough word, trace the word, and write the word for a fun way to work on diphthong.
6. Diphthong Puzzles Printables
Diphthong Puzzles has fun puzzles that have a picture and each letter of the word for the puzzle. You have a building mat and a recording sheet for the diphthong words kids build.
7. Diphthongs Matching Puzzles Printables
Diphthongs Matching Puzzles has 9 puzzles for kids to match. They have the diphthong vowel and two matching pictures with words for kids to match.
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Themed Diphthong Hands-on Printables
8. Winter Fox Vowel Team & Diphthong Matching Printables
Winter Fox Vowel Team & Diphthong Matching has a mix of vowel team words and diphthong words for kids to sort and then write.
9. Snowman Diphthong Game for AU, AW, EW and OI Word Printables
Snowman Diphthong Game for AU, AW, EW and OI Word has a diphthong game, writing diphthongs and matching diphthongs.
10. Snowman Diphthong & Vowel Team Games Printables
Snowman Diphthong and Vowel Team Games
11. Gumball Diphthong & Vowel Team Games Printables
Gumball Diphthong and Vowel Team Games has two games for vowel team letters. You have sorting the gumballs, recording sheets, game boards and candy jars. A great way to work on vowel team words and diphthong words.
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Diphthong No-Prep Printable Pages
12. Diphthongs Trace Find & Color Printables
Diphthongs Trace Find & Color Printables has you trace the words and then find the matching pictures before for the words and color them.
13. Diphthongs Coloring Pages Printables
Diphthongs Coloring Pages has two coloring pages for each diphthong. You have a trace and color and a write the word and color.
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Themed Diphthong No-Prep Printables
14. Pirate themed Oi & AI trace color and Find Printables
Pirate themed Oi & AI trace color and Find is a great way to work on those vowel with some fun themed printables! You will trace the words at the top and find the words below.
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Diphthongs Book Printables
15. Diphthongs Small Book Printables
The Diphthongs Small Books are a fun 8 page folding book that kids can use to read, trace and color the diphthong words. You have three words for each diphthong.
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Other Diphthongs Printables
You have an older reading series that has some diphthongs and vowel teams words mixed together for kids to learn. You can check out each week to see the diphthongs used in the packs.
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