Task Cards · 2nd Grade · 8 pages
AU Diphthong Words Task Cards | 2nd Grade Phonics (8 Cards)
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AU Diphthong Words: cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers. Answer key included.
What’s inside this download
- 8 printable pages of AU Diphthong Words task cards
- 23 items for 2nd grade
- Cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers
- Answer key included
- One print-ready PDF, US Letter
Why choose this over a free worksheet
- Only au words, so /aw/ repeats
- Real words like daughter, sausage and pause
- Prepares children to compare au and aw
Printing, license and file formats
- One PDF, US Letter 8.5 × 11 in. On A4 choose “fit to page”
- One teacher or one household. Print unlimited copies for your own students, this year and next
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How do I get the files?
- The download link is on the order page the moment you pay, and in your inbox at the same time
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Why get the bundle
- Au stays secure with more looks. The bundle offers more formats and an assessment so children read au every time.
The problem
Daughter, sausage, pause: au says /aw/, and the gh is silent
Au is a vowel pair that glides into /aw/. Children read a and u separately, or expect the long a they know from 'ai'.
Reading a, then u
A child says /a/ /u/ and gets 'ah-oo-gh-ter'. Au is one sound, /aw/.
Au or aw?
Pause and paw, haul and hawk. Both say /aw/, so children can't tell which to spell by ear.
Irregular neighbors
In 'daughter', gh is silent. Beginners try to say it and the word falls apart.
Only au words are included, such as daughter, sausage and pause. Children see au in the middle and learn to read it as /aw/.
What’s inside
8 pages of AU Diphthong Words, ready to print.
Cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers. One instruction line and a name line on every page.
Task Cards
Cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers.
AU Diphthong Words
Written for 2nd grade.
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US Letter, black and white, answer key included.
Look inside
Same layout on every page, so kids stop re-learning the instructions.
How it works
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Print
Any printer, plain paper, black and white. Print one page or the whole stack.
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Hand out
Morning work, centers, small groups, the kitchen table. Same format every day, so the routine sticks.
US Letter 8.5 × 11 · PDFOutcomes
Read words with au
Say /aw/ for au in the middle of words.
- daughter — au pattern
- sausage — au pattern
- pause — au pattern
- vault — au pattern
- sauce — au pattern
- author — au pattern
- saucer — au pattern
Who it’s for
Built for the kitchen table and the classroom.
Parents & homeschool
Say 'aw' like a sigh, then link it to the words: pause, sauce, haul.
Teachers
Use as a diphthong center, or paired with aw to compare the two spellings.
Spelling support
Helps children who spell /aw/ both ways and need to learn where each belongs.
Questions
Before you buy.
What's the difference between au and aw?
They say the same sound. Au is usually inside words, and aw comes at the end or before n or l.
Is 'daughter' too hard?
It has a silent gh, so it's tricky. It shows children how the sound pattern works inside a longer word.
How do I get the file?
The download link appears right after checkout and lands in your inbox at the same time. One PDF with 8 pages. No account needed.
Can I print it more than once?
Yes. One teacher or one household can print unlimited copies for their own students, this year and next.
Will it print in color?
The pages are designed to print in black and white, so they print clean on any home or school printer and do not eat a cartridge.
What if it isn’t right for us?
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Au says /aw/, and now they know
AU Diphthong Words: cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers. Answer key included.
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