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English
Quarter 4 – Module 6:
Reading Approach to Vowel
Digraphs

CO_Q4_English3_Module6
English – Grade 3
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Quarter 4– Module 6: Reading Approach to Vowel Digraphs “ai and ay”, “ea and ee”,
“oo and oa”
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 4 – Module 6:
Reading Approach to Vowel
Digraphs
Introductory Message

This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear

learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home.
Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are
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Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons
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 What I Need to Know
In this module, you will learn to read words with vowel
digraphs: ‘ay’, ‘ai’,’ea’, ‘ee’ ‘oo’, and ’oa’.
This module is designed and written with you in mind. It is here
to help you master how to read and spell words properly with vowel
digraphs “ay”and “ai “,”ea” and, “ee” , “oo” and “oa”.

The scope of this module is applied in different learning

situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary
level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can
be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. read words with vowel digraphs ai (pail) and ay (bay), ea

(tea), ee (teeth),oo (food), oa (road);

2. match words, phrases, and sentences containing these

words with pictures; and

3. spell words that were introduced during word recognition.

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 What I Know
Before you proceed to the activities found in this module, do
the pre-test below.
Find the matching sentences in column B from the pictures in
Column A. Write the letters of your choice in a separate sheet of
paper.
A. Vowel Digraphs with “ai and ay”
Column A Column B

1.
a. The train has just gone.

2.
b. She made a beautiful
clay model of a flower.

3.

c. The snail went back into

its shell.

4.
d. Let us wait until the rain
stops.

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B. Vowel Digraphs with “ea and ee”
Column A Column B
1
a. Chubby eats healthy
food.

2
b. Bernie buys a new pair
of jeans.

c. An eel has no scales.

4
d. I like the green dress.

5
e. Each child has two
feet.

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 C. Vowel Digraphs with “oo and oa”

Column A Column B
1. a. Every noontime, the school
children and teachers
crowd into his place, and
many more stand near the
road.

2. b. Cardo has a small

canteen near the school.

3.

c. He cooks delicious and

nutritious food.

4.
d. The cooked food smells
good.

5.
e. Cardo is a good cook.

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 Lesson English: Reading Approach
1 to Vowel Digraphs

What’s In
Now that you have an idea of what this module covers, are
you excited to get started? Remember that when you do the
following activities diligently, you will have the skills necessary to
help you communicate better in English. Good luck as you begin!
Direction: Read the sentences in Column A and match them with
the pictures in Column B. Write only the letter of your answer on the
space provided before the number.

A. Vowel digraphs “ay”and “ai

Column A Column B

______ 1. My favorite color is gray. A.

______ 2. I will buy a new pail. B.

______ 3. My birthday is in May. C.

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 B. Vowel digraphs “ea”and “ee”

Column A Column B

______ 1. Anton eats lots of foods. A.

______ 2. He got high grades. B.

______ 3. Mely bakes a cake. C.

C. Vowel digraphs “oo”and “oa”

Column A Column B

______ 1. Perla is in her room. A.

______ 2. Jason slices the loaf into B.

four.

______ 3. Rita wears a torn coat. C.

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 Notes to the Teacher
The teacher will give an overview to Vowel
Digraphs in the English Language. You can
introduce a song or a verse applying these
common digraphs to activate their prior
knowledge.

What’s New

Digraphs
A digraph in the English language is a group of two successive
letters that represent a single sound. The common ones are the
vowel digraphs which include the “ay”and “ai “,”ea” and, “ee” ,
“oo” and “oa”.
Now, are you ready for the next activity? Since you are ready,
let us get started.
Activity 1
What did you see in the picture?

Yes, you are right! It is a picture of paint. The word paint is an

example of words with digraphs ai.
Now, write the word paint on the blanks.
1. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

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 How about this picture? What are the children doing?

Yes, you are right! The children are playing. The word play is
an example of words with digraph -ay.

Now, write the word play on the blanks.

2. ____ ____ ____ ____

Activity 2

Can you think of words with “ea” and “ee”?

Try to unscramble these letters for you to create words with
“ea” and “ee”.

l f a e

l e p e

You are correct if you answered leaf on the first box and
peel on the second box!

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Activity 3
Direction: Read the phrases in Column A and match them with the
pictures in Column B. Write the letter of your answers on the space
provided before the number.

Column A Column B

_____ 1. two fat goats A.

_____ 2. round soap in the basin. B. B.

_____ 3. a loose door C.

It is great that you have read and answered the activities

above. Your effort will help a lot in the completion of this module.
Are you ready to proceed?

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 What is It
For you to know more about vowel digraphs “ai” and “ay”,
read and understand the Key Points carefully.
Key Points
Vowel digraphs
➢ Vowel digraphs are a combination of vowels that combine
to make a single vowel sound like the 'ai' in chain and 'ay' in
pray.

chain pray

Since you already know what a vowel digraph is, you are
now ready to read more words with 'ai' and 'ay' on the chart.

rain clay

mail play
ai ay

hair stay

For you to know more about vowel digraphs “ea” and “ee”,
read and understand the Key Points carefully.

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Key Points
Vowel digraphs
➢ Vowel digraphs are a combination of vowels to make a
single vowel sound like the 'ea' in weak and 'ee' in sweep.

weak heel

➢ The basic sounds of both vowels glide together.

Since you already know what a vowel digraph is, you are
now ready to read more words with 'ea’ and 'ee' on the chart.

beat see

lead meet
ea ee

dear breed

Key Points
Words with vowel digraph “oo”. Some words with vowel
digraph “oo” are read with long “oo” or long “u” sound and some
with short “o” or short “u” sound. Words in letter group sound “ook”
are read or pronounced as “uk”, with short “u” sound; Words in
letter group “ood” are read or pronounced as “ud”, with short “u”
sound.
For example:
“Food” is a word with vowel digraph “oo” read with long “oo”
sound. It is not pronounced as “fod” but “food”.

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“Book” is a word with vowel digraph “oo” read with short “u” sound.
It is not pronounced as “bok” but “buk”.
“Door” is a word with vowel digraph “oo” read with long “o” sound.
It is not pronounced as “dor” but “dɔr”.
“Pool” is a word with vowel digraph “oo” read with long “u” sound.
It is not pronounced as “pol” but “pul”.
“Room” is a word with vowel digraph “oo” read with long “o”
sound. It is not pronounced as “rom” but “rum”.
Words with vowel digraph “oa”. Some words with vowel
digraph “oa” are read with short “o” and some with long “o or ow”
sound.
For example:
“Road” is a word with vowel digraph read with “ow” sound. It is not
pronounced as “rod” but “rowd”.
“Board” is a word with vowel digraph read with “o” sound. It is
pronounced as “bord”.
“Coat” is a word with vowel digraph read with long “o” sound. It is
not pronounced as “cot” but “kowt”.
“Goat” is a word with vowel digraph read with “ow” sound. It is not
pronounced as “got” but “gowt”.
“Loaf” is a word with vowel digraph read with “ow” sound. It is not
pronounced as “lof” but “lowf”.
“Soap” is a word with vowel digraph read with “ow” sound. It is not
pronounced as “sop” but “sowp”

What’s More
Did you gain knowledge about words with vowel digraphs
'ai' and 'ay’? Now, you are ready to proceed to other activities.

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Activity 1: Complete Me
Directions: Choose the correct digraph to complete the word.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

ai ai

ay ay
1. t r__ __ 2. h __ __

ai ai

ay ay
3. p __ __ l
4. m __ __ l
ai
ai

ay ay
5. s n __ __ l 6. b __ __

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Activity 2: Which is Which?
Directions: Choose the word that matches the picture. Write
your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. 2.

clean green seen bee see sea

3. 4.

peach meat thread deep sweep tear

5. 6.

bead head bleed beach bear been

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 Activity 3: Watch and Match
Direction: Read the words in Column A and match them with
the pictures in Column B. Write only the letter of your answer
on the space provided before the number.

Column A Column B

_____ 1. foot A.

_____ 2. wood B.

_____ 3. boat C.

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 What I Have Learned
Answer the following questions:
1. What is a vowel digraph?
2. Is it important to learn about vowel digraphs? Why?

1. Vowel digraphs are combination of vowels to make a

single vowel sound like the 'ai' in pain and 'ay' in stray.

2. Vowel digraphs are also combination of vowels which

make a single vowel sound like the 'ea' in plea and
'ee' in keep.

3. It is important to learn about digraphs because if you

do not know that the two letters in a digraph has only
one sound, you wouldn’t be able to read words
correctly.

4. Words with vowel diagraph “oo”. Some words with a

vowel digraph “oo” are read with long “oo” or long
“u” sound and some with short “o” or short “u” sound.
Words in letter group “ook” are read or pronounced
as “uk”, with short “u” sound; Words in letter group
“ood” are read or pronounced as “ud”, with short “u”
sound.

5. Words with a vowel digraph “oa”. Some words with a

vowel digraph “oa” are read with short “o” and some
with long “o or ow” sound.

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 What I Can Do
Activity: Word Spelling
Directions: Look at the pictures and use the letterboxes for you to
write the matching ‘ai’ and ‘ay’ words. Use a separate sheet for
your answers.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Activity: Is it ‘ea’ or ‘ee’?
Directions: Complete the missing word in each sentence with ea
or ee. Write the correct words on a separate sheet of paper.

6. The t_ _ m has five members.

7. We need to protect the coral r _ _f.

8. A bicycle has two wh_ _ ls.

9. I like to r _ _ d books.

10. There are seven days in a w _ _ k.

Activity: Guess and What?

Direction: Look at the pictures below. Then, find the correct words
in the box. Write your answer in the blank space provided under
each picture.

Words with Vowel Diagraphs “oo” and “oa”

cook food book

cloak road loaf
room pool soar
boat goat soap

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 1. 2.e of an eagle

__________________ __________________

3. Picture of 4. Picture of a goat

__________________ __________________

5. Picture of a road 6. Picture of a room

__________________ __________________

7. Picture of a food 8. Picture of a pool

__________________ __________________

CONGRATULATIONS!
You are now ready to answer the assessment on the next page.
GOOD LUCK!

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 Assessment

A. Vowel digraphs “ay”and “ai

Fill in the blank with the name of the picture on the left to complete
the sentence. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Mark sits on a ch ___ ___ ___.

2. Mother and I p ___ ___ our electric bill.

3. I s ___ ___ hello to my friends.

4. During summer, the d ___ ___ is hot.

5. Her h ___ ___ ___ is long.

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B. Vowel digraphs “ea”and “ee”

Look at the pictures in column A and match them with the phrases
in column B. Write your answers on the space provided before the
number.
Column A Column B

________ 1. a. tasty cheese

________ 2. b. a beautiful queen

________ 3. c. big mango tree

________ 4. d. My teeth are white.

________ 5. e. Aurelio likes to eat tuna

sandwich.

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C. Vowel digraphs “oa” and “oo”

Study the pictures carefully. Then, write the correct words under
the pictures.

Words with Vowel Digraphs “oa” and “oo”

coat door look took school

1. Picture of a coat 2. Picture of getting the

coat from the closet.

__________________ ________________

3. Picture of a woman 4. Picture of a door where

looking around finding near it is the coat
the coat

__________________ __________________

5. Picture of a school

__________________

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 Additional Activities

Activity 1
In your answer sheet, write the word that matches the picture.

trail

1. quail

May

2. ray

mail

rail
3.

grain

4. stain

ray

5. Say

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Activity 2
Look at the pictures. Choose the correct vowel blend for each
picture.

ea
1.
sl__ __ p ee
ea

ee
2.
t__ch
ea

3. ee
t h r __ ___

ea

4.
p_ _ n u t ee

ea

5. ee
w_ _d

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Activity 3
Directions: Encircle the words with vowel digraphs “oo” and “oa”
found in the puzzle.

R A B C D C E
F O G F O O L
H I A G K A L
M S N M O L P
Q C R S T U C
V H W X Y Z L
G O O D A B O
C O D E F G A
H L O O K I K

Were you able to encircle the words with vowel digraphs “oo”
and “oa” in the puzzle? Did you find it easy or difficult?

You may now check your answers in the self-check section at

the end of the module.

Now, you have completed all the tasks in this module.

Congratulations! You are now ready to proceed to the next
module.

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What I Know? What’s In? What’s new?
A. 1. d B. 1. c C. 1. e A. 1. B B. 1. C C. 1. A Act. 1
2. a 2. e 2. c 2. A 2. A 2. C 1. paint
3. b 3. a 3. b 3. C 3. B 3. B 2. play
4. c 4. b 4. d Act. 2
5. d 5. a 1. leaf
2. peel
Act. 3
1. C
2. A
3. B
What’s More? What Can I Do? Assessment
Act. 1 Act. 2 Act. 3 Act. 1 Act. 2 Act. 3 A. 1. chair B. 1. b C. 1. coat
1. ay 1. green 1. B 1. brain 1.ea 1. boat 2. pay 2. c 2. took
2. ay 2. bee 2. A 2. sail 2. ee 2. soar 3. say 3. e 3. look
3. ai 3. meat 3. C 3. nail 3. ee 3. cook 4. day 4. a 4. door
4. ai 4. sweep 4. way 4. ea 4. goat 5. hair 5. e 5. school
5. ai 5. head 5.gray 5. ee 5. road
6. ay 6. beach 6.room
7.food
8. pool
Additional Activities Additional Activities Additional Activities
Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3
1. quail 1. ee
R A B C D C E
2. May 2. ea
3. rail 3. ee
4. grain 4. ea F O G F O O L
5. say 5. ee
H I A G K A L
M S N M O L P
Q C R S T U C
V H W X Y Z L
G O O D A B O
C O D E F G A
H L O O K I K
Answer Key
References
DepEd. 2016. K to 12 Curriculum Guide English. Mil Flores Ponciano,
et al.,2015

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