Quick Spotting

Strengthen phonemic awareness with this diphthong odd one out worksheet. Students examine each group of words and circle the word that does not contain a diphthong, encouraging careful comparison of vowel sounds and spelling patterns.

Key Learning Objectives
• Skill Focus: Identifying diphthong vowel sounds within word groups
• Critical Thinking Benefit: Builds analytical skills through comparison and elimination
• Curriculum Tie-In: Supports phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding instruction
• Application Type: Word-level pattern analysis that reinforces visual and sound discrimination

Teacher & Parent Features
• Sharpens attention to spelling and sound patterns
• Builds decoding accuracy and fluency
• Encourages careful reading and word analysis
• Ideal for literacy centers, intervention, or independent practice

This printable diphthong worksheet helps students improve decoding confidence and vowel-sound recognition by identifying words that break established patterns.

This worksheet is part of our Vowel Diphthongs Worksheets collection.