After we do handson activities, i like to finish with a few printed worksheets to assess what hes learned. After working our way through the silent e words, we tackled oo words. Each page has a variety of words that all have the same target vowel phoneme sound. Long oo, like food book cook foot good look hook stood took wood wool food moon noon roof room school soon too zoo zoom. Those tricky oo sounds often, the oo sound is long, as in words like school, room, boot, moon, and goose. Its the main way we say this sound, so these make good elementary esl phonics worksheets.
When encountering an unfamiliar word, the beginning reader is taught to try the first sound first. An ideal video for kids to learn the short oo sound. Sep 15, 2011 most of my students learn to create a perfect other u sound simply by staring with the oo sound, and then relaxing the lips. But occasionally, it has a shorter sound, as in book, took, look, cook, foot, and cookie. In this weeks lessons, you students will learn to spell words with the short oo sound. In this worksheet, children will complete each sentence using a word with a long a. For example, the ow sound list has 2 and 3 syllable words in which the ow sound is spelled either ow or ou. The long sound as in boot, the short sound as in book. Or use our unscramble word solver to find your best possible play. What is the phonics short oo sound and the phonics long oo sound. Point out the long and short oo sounds and how they make the words rhyme. The problem for most learners is that the spelling looks like a long vowel sound because it has two vowels.
Long u spelled oo, ue, ui, ew, oe by laura manning. I st oo d on one f oo t and hopped over the w oo d. Students list the long u sound words on the back of the. Looking at some sentences with examples will make things easier. They may either glue them onto the word sort page provided and glue directly into their books. Kids will be introduced to lots of words that contain the short oo sound. Next weeks words have the long oo and long u sounds. In spalding the four sounds of the phonogram ou are presented in this order. Words containing oo, words that contain oo, words including oo, words with oo in them. The oo sound phase 3 phonics oo words bbc bitesize.
Place the poster in a loose leaf folder to create a book or personal sounds the student needs to work on. And any words that are variations or compound words, like bookshelf, bookstore, bookworm, bookmark, booking, books. Long u vowel letter combinations there is trouble in the land of oo. Apr 20, 2020 the spelling double o oo can have more than one sound in english. Phonics read and color books mixed words dolch sight words dolch sight words unit. Your child is learning how vowels, a, e, i, o, u can make different sounds. The site is easy for students to navigate independently and theyre really enjoying the activities and spelling games. Student objective read and spell words with vowel digraph oo. Spellzone can be used to teach english spelling in schools, colleges, language schools and by individual students. Multisyllabic word lists organized by vowel sound ontrack. Browse our scrabble word finder, words with friends cheat dictionary, and wordhub word solver to find words that contain oo. Students spell and read 20 words that contain a long u sound in the oo spelling. If you have to guess which one it is, guess the long oo u, because that pronunciation is much more common.
Phonics printable books, worksheets, and lesson plans. Historically this is a long o sound that was written with oo, the pronunciation of which has shifted to u as a result of the great vowel shift. Spelling words list 21 vowel patterns for u oo, ue, ew and ui challenge words for those who miss no more than three words on the pretest spelling word practicewrite the word write the word highlight letters that make the u sound 1. However, there are a number of common words which have. Learning the building blocks of words sounds, their spellings, and word parts menu skip to. The printable phonics worksheets on this page were designed to help you teach students to read words with the short and long oo sounds.
The letter group ook is mostly pronounced with a short oo as in put the only exceptions are spook and snooker, which are. The logical place to start learning then, is with those words that are not long, those pronounced with short. Short oo and long oo examples, videos online math learning. Long u word list and sentences this esl phonics lesson features an extensive word list introducing students to the long u sound u e, oo, ew, followed by several sentences that use these sounds. The r oo kie f oo t ball player l oo ked pretty g oo d. Create better lessons quicker create activity log in sign up english. For example oo can have a short vowel sound oo as in wood or a long vowel.
Feb 4, 2014 sorting words with the oo sound as in book and the oo sound as in moon. Please help by practising these words with your child. A vocabulary word list word bank of long u and long oo words. These are words that are used frequently by young children, and words that appear in many favorite books and videos that young children like to watch and can learn from. Nov 26, 2014 this set has three books with ee words, one book with oo as in book, and two books with oo as in moon.
Also, the word poor, which is a homophone with the word pour, po u r, like when you pour water out of a pitcher. Phonics books for ee and oo words the measured mom. Discuss the meaning of the words and try to think of a. One is the same as long u as in moon, whereas the other is the sound in foot. Consonant sounds b sound as in barbecue, bed, bay, and badge. How do you know which pronunciation of oo to use when you see it in words. Most oo words are pronounced using the long oo sound. Long oo phonics sound a free printable phonics flip book covering the oo sound. Your child should read the first page by saying the sound of oo rather than naming the letters. These are phonics words with long oo many of which are on the first two pages of the download above, yet these are also alphabetized.
There are some words that pronounced with the short oo. Spellingreading pattern long double oo sound as heard in m oo n this spellingreading pattern oo has two sounds long, and short. This second grade level b spelling list has 12 words with double o. Intermediate put the words into the correct columns. I was trying to come up with some oo as in hook words, longer than one syllable, that would also be useful vocabulary words, and i wondered if you might like to add. The short oo sound using look, say, cover, write, check, spelling games, spelling tests and printable activities. The spelling oo causes confusion for learners of english pronunciation because it is commonly pronounced as both short. After reading the first page, your child can practice reading the sound with the first big word. This page has worksheets and spelling lists to use with stw spelling series, unit 5. For example, the a in baby, the a in cake, the ai in rain, the ay in hay, an. On the other hand, words like good, took, shook, etc. Multiple choice each picture has three words that describe it. In this word search worksheet, students spell words with oo letters to complete the word search puzzle. Learn the phonics letter oo sounds by red cat reading.
Long u sound as in newspaper, parachute, costume, and boot short a sound as in ranch, photograph, tackle, and diagonal. By the way, if you like what you find here, the ontrack reading comprehensive word lists book shown below contains all of the lists on these three word list pages in one convenient publication. The words loose, poodle, food, and most other words with oo have the vowel u, which is usually spelled u or uh in german. Spelling words list 21 vowel patterns for u oo, ue, ew. The b u lly p u shed me then p u lled my w oo l sweater off. Vowel phonics patterns picture and word sorts long u u, u.
I have come up with a rule that works in most situations. So, lets get back to the oo spelling for these sounds. This course teaches english spelling rules with interactive exercises and spelling tests, helping learners with problems such as dyslexia to improve their english spelling and helping others to learn english as a foreign language. The digraph oo as in moon sounds very much like the u for esl learners. I was trying to come up with some oo as in hook words, longer than one syllable, that would also be useful vocabulary words, and i wondered if you mig. Usually it is either the long oo u, as in the word food, which is the same thing as the long u sound, or else its the short oo. Help the wizards to make oo words and sentences in this fun phase 3 phonics guide from bbc bitesize. Long oo spelled u e long oo spelled ew more ways to spell short oo more ways to spell long oo thank goodness for spellzone during this remote learning phase.
All these words contain the short and long oo sound. One activity you can do with children to create a fun learning experience by doing. The oo phonic words have two sounds, long and short. It might sound a little difficult for beginners but it is not. Words that start with oo, words that end in oo scrabble words with friends wordhub crossword 44 letter words containing.
Spelling words list 21 vowel patterns for u oo, ue, ew and ui. They found many fishh oo ks as they st oo d by the br oo k. The long oo sound using look, say, cover, write, check. Pronunciation worksheet sorting words with short and long oo sounds at intermediate level. English words containing oo usually use a cvvc pattern, meaning that there are one or more consonants on either end of the phonogram in a one syllable word. Words and clipart mixture of long and short oo sounds for the children to sort into their correct piles this was done as a whole group with a boot and a book in the. The short oo sound is the uh sound in crook, hood, full, pudding, and cushion. Students will cut and paste words with picture support for long and short vowel sounds for these spelling patterns phonogram, digraph, or phoneme. The short oo has a short sound but, most oo words have a long sound. The following are some patterns that may help you remember some of the short oo words.
Fourth grade spelling unit d5 super teacher worksheets. Long and short oo sound words phonics list englishbix. This set has three books with ee words, one book with oo as in book, and two books with oo as in moon. For example oo can have a short sound oo as in wood or a long. Little oo and long oo digraph worksheets teaching resources.
The letters oo are used to spell two slightly different sounds. Includes book, took, floor, pool, crook, poor, loops, and cookies. Long vowel stories free printable reading elephant. Use bone, hose, rope, and phone to teach students to recognize the vce long o pattern and hear its sound in the medial position of words. Help them to discover that when oo is followed by the \s\ or \z\ sound, it is usually followed by an e goose. Students cut out the picture word cards and sort them into the two different sounds. Long oo word list flip book ideal for phonics practice.
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