Reading Resource
Flower Building Long Vowel Game
Reading can be as lovely as a walk through the garden! Sets of flowers host words that share long vowel sounds, which kids match to the correct flowerpots.
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Here's an Instant Activity for November 5, 2001
Third graders practice spelling ou words. In this phonics and spelling lesson, 3rd graders brainstorm words using the 'ou' spelling pattern. Students review compound words and brainstorm compounds words. Students complete the 'instant...
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Shout Out Loud
Students explore the /ow/ sound using the 'ou' digraph. They recite an /ow/ tongue twister and participate in a letterbox lesson to gain understanding of the ou = /ow/ concept. They read 'The Napping House' to practice reading with /ow/...
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Literacy by Design: Theme 5 & 6
In this literacy and word usage worksheet, students complete several pages of activities that help them learn how to spell and use words with the sounds of ou, ow, oi, and oy as well words with the silent consonant sounds of b, g, gh, w,...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students learn 6 vocabulary words, and each word has the -ow or the -ou sound. First they practice writing each word, then they complete a word scramble and finally they write sentences with the...
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Vowel Combinations
In this vowel combinations practice worksheet, learners respond to 20 questions that require them to unscramble consonants with the provided vowel combinations of oi, oy, ou, and ow.
McGraw Hill
Phonics Teachers Resource Book
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
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Teaching Phonics Through Poetry
Students understand rhythm and rhyming words in poetry. In this poetry lesson, students listen to poetry and are able to find the ABAB pattern. Students recognize the "ow" sound. Students complete various activities to practice the...
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"Loud Cows All Around"
Students practice with vowel digraphs and how letters can correspond with phonemes. The lesson plan consists of students learning the ou=/ow/ correspondence in which they will learn in both spoken and written words through reading and...
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Young scholars read words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy. They write and spell words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy.
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Pronunciation of /aw/ Diphthong
Students comprehend how to produce this pronunciation feature, notice the spellings, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be comprehended by others. They work with a...
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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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Tick Tock /t/
Students review letter recognition for the letter /t/ and the sound of the letter /t/. They write an upper- and lower-case /t/ and recognize the sound of t as well as the letter when combined with other letters in the form of a word.
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D says DUH! Duh?
Students identify the letter D, both upper and lower case and recognize and identify the letter d in various words and illustrations. They identify how the mouth moves with the letter D through various word pronunciations. Finally,...
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The Icky Sticky Igloo
Students focus on the correspondence i=/i/. They explore the sound and spelling of /i/ and discover vowels are used to spell all words in our vocabulary, so therefore it is important for students to understand the phoneme and grapheme of...
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Daily Lesson Plan for a Struggling Reader
Strategy-based programs that are executed with consistency are the best for achieving growth in any learner with a learning disability. Here is a seven-step lesson plan that is highly structured and is intended to help learners with...
Make Take Teach
7 Syllable Types - Classroom Posters
Review r-controlled words, open and closed vowels, and dipthongs with a set of classroom posters. Each page features one concept with a colorful illustration, an explanation, and a list of applicable words.
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B B BEE!!
Students recognize phonemes in spoken words and match letters to phonemes. They focus on the letter /b/ and the meaningful representation of the /b/. They read 'The Honeybee and the Robber' by Eric Carle and hold up their bees when...
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Ta-Ta- Timer
Students identify a letter of the alphabet. They recognize this letter in print and in spoken language. The letter and phoneme chosen is the letter t and /t/. They write the letter in both lower and upper case. They read 'One Tiny...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ow, Ou Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ow" or "ou" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ow, Ou Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "ow" or "ou" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ow, ou" lesson.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sounds
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students identify /ou/ and /ow/ sounds in words.
TES Global
Blendspace: Vowel Diphthongs: Ou,ow; Oi, Oy
A seventeen-part learning module with links to images and videos to help students learn about ou/ow and oi/oy diphthongs.