Vowel Teams and Diphthongs Skill Explainer

Flash Card Demo: Vowel Team 'igh'

Name: Flash Card Demo: Vowel Team 'igh'
Uploaded: 2026-03-10T12:18:46-04:00
Duration: 41 s
Description: Flash Card Demo: Vowel Team 'igh'

While the 'igh' spelling pattern might be tricky at first, once students learn this vowel team, it actually becomes one of the most predictable patterns to identify and read. And flash cards are a quick, effective way to build automaticity and reinforce what students already know. In this video, literacy coach Elizabeth Hogan, M.Ed., demonstrates how to warm up with the 'igh' flash card to help that spelling pattern stick.

Here’s what you can say when warming up with these flash cards that have the keyword picture:

'i', 'g', 'h', light, /ī/.

Learn more about how to use flash cards in the classroom (opens in new window) with reading coach Carla Stanford.

And check out Reading Universe’s free skill explainer on vowel teams.

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This is how we warm up the vowel team card 'igh.' 'igh' says /ī/. So we say the card, 'igh,' light, /ī/. And this vowel team can be used in the middle of words or at the end of words. So in the middle of words, this is often followed by a 't', like in the word light, might, night, bright, or it could be at the end of the word like sigh.