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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:
o-e as in rose. oa as in boat. ow as in snow. oe as in toe.

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

We use oa.

We use ow.

We use oe on.

Some examples:
robe
globe
code
rode*
joke
smoke
stroke
hole*
whole*
stole
dome
home
bone
lone*
stone
hope
slope
nose*
hose
those
vote
quote
wrote*
drove
stove
Learn the Words:
Learn the Words: o-e words - set 1
hormone
parole
compose
suppose
provoke
ozone
remote
envelope
microscope
telescope
Learn the Words:
Learn the Words: o-e words - set 2
... and many more		 Some examples:
coach
poach
load*
road*
toad*
loaf
oak
soak
cloak
croak
coal
goal
foal
foam
groan*
loan*
soap
boast
coast
roast
toast
oats
coat
float
goat
moat
stoat
throat
cockroach
approach
encroach
reproach

Learn the Words:
Learn the Words: oa words
Some examples:
bow
low
mow
row*
sow*
tow*
blow > blown
flow* > flown
grow > grown*
know* > known
show > shown
slow*
snow
throw
arrow
below
borrow
bungalow
elbow
fellow
follow
hollow
meadow
narrow
pillow
shadow
shallow
sorrow
swallow
tomorrow
window
yellow

Learn the Words:
Learn the Words: ow words
Some examples:
toe*
foe
hoe
floe*
roe*
sloe*
woe
oboe
Note: Words marked * are homophones. See page 22.

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