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Unit 7, Part 2: Spelling the long vowel sounds

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Unit 7: Short vowels, Part 2: i, o and u

Unit StartPage 13: Long vowel /i/ : i-e, igh, y, ieCourse Test: Spelling test for long vowel /i/: i-e, igh, y, iePage 15: Spelling test for long vowel /i/: i-e, igh, y, iePage 16: Rules and rule breakers for long vowel /i/Page 17: Homophones for long vowel /i/Page 18: Long vowel /o/ : o-e, oa, ow, oeCourse Test: Spelling test for long vowel /o/: o-e, oa, ow, oePage 20: Spelling test for long vowel /o/: o-e, oa, ow, oePage 21: Rules and rule breakers for long vowel /o/Page 22: Homophones for long vowel /o/Page 23: Long vowel /u/ : u-e, ue, ewCourse Test: Spelling test for long vowel /u/: u-e, ue, ewPage 25: Spelling test for long vowel /u/: u-e, ue, ewPage 26: Homophones, rules and rule breakers for long vowel /u/Course Test: Final test on all the long vowel soundsPage 28: Final test on all the long vowel soundsUnit End

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Spelling the long vowel sound /ō/: o-e, oa, ow, oe

/ō/ as in oval

 Spelling the long vowel sound o

Teaching point How to spell the long /ō/ sound:

Sometimes we just need the letter o, for example:

bogus bonus focus hotel local
poem program protect robot rodent
moment omit total yoga oval

Some short words have just o on the end:

go ago so also Jo no

Sometimes we need to add another letter to spell the long /ō/ sound :
long vowel sound o

o-e as in rose

We use the split digraph o-e to make the o say its name.

Some examples:

globe
code
stole
home
stone
drove
compose
provoke
ozone
remote
envelope
telescope
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long vowel sound o

oa as in boat

Use oa to spell the long /ō/ sound.

Some examples:

coach
road*
loaf
cloak
croak
goal
foam
loan*
soap
toast
coat
approach
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long vowel sound o

ow as in snow

Choose ow to spell the long /ō/ sound at the end of a word or syllable.

Some examples:

low
snow
elbow
meadow
narrow
pillow
blow → blown
flow* → flown
grow → grown*
know* → known
show → shown
throw → thrown
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long vowel sound o

oe as in toe

Use oe to spell the long /ō/ sound at the end of a word.

Some examples:

toe*
foe
hoe
roe*
woe
oboe
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Note: Words marked * are homophones. See page 22.


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