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Spooky Sound
First graders explore the concept of vowel digraphs. They distinguish between the sound made by one vowel and two vowels. Through listening, matching, and writing activities, 1st graders identify the sound in words and sentences they...
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Language Tutorial
Fourth graders practice using vowel teams and pronunciations. In this language lesson, 4th graders complete visual, auditory, and phonemic drills, review spellings of words, and echo dictated words. Students also read chorally and...
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I Said a Boom Chicka Boom
Students explore how to blend words. They distinguish phonemes and practice blending them. Students practice the /oo/ sound and identify words that contain that sound. They read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and identify words that have the...
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The Ghost Says Boo
Students are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and its placement in words. They read a passage with words...
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Secret Code Message
In this letter and number recognition worksheet, students use a secret code box to help them spell 4 short Oo words. Students then draw pictures of the words.
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Vowel Sounds - Short O Sounds
In this short o sounds worksheet, 1st graders use the alphabet and number code box to help them spell out the words. Students use the word bank to help them spell the short 'o' sound words.
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Which Letter Comes First?
In this literacy worksheet, students find the pictures that correlate to the words and they also decide which letter to begin the spelling of each word.
Other
Prezi Laura Manning: Oo and Ould Spelling Words
This Prezi presentation introduces the two ways we spell the short oo sound.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Explicit Phonics Lesson for Ew and Oo
This lesson covers phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation. It can be used as an introduction or a follow up lesson.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Long Vowel Phonemes: Exploring Words With "Oo" Sound, Eg, Boot
In this game students help Uncle Tom get ready for bed by clicking and dragging "oo" sounds to make words and giving him his bedtime bits. Links to lesson plans for the "oo" sound and other games are available.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games/long Vowel Phonemes
This reading game focuses on learning, identifying and using long vowel phonemes to form words, such as adding "y" to the end of a word, or "ou", "oo", etc. to the middle of a word.