E-W and U-E. Vowel teams are letters that work together to make one vowel sound. In this case, they both work together to say the long ue sound that can ew or ue. Those are the two long sounds ...

Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode long o vowel teams oa and ow.

The first syllable has a long-E vowel sound. Change that to a long-A sound and phonetically you'll get the second word of the phrase. Example: Jewish roll for a long-eared dog --> BEAGLE BAGEL. 1.