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Advanced Phonics

First Grade
CVC to CCVC Words
The /oa/ Sound

Written and Developed by Marnie Ginsberg, PhD

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 Write It
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The /oa/ Sound
1) Read word - remember they all have the /oa/ sound.
2) Then write each separate spelling in a box, saying each sound as you write. Two letter spellings belong in
the bigger boxes.

most hoe

road old

show
own

boat
grow
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 Read /oa/ Nursery
Rhyme & Search for the Sound
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Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was
white as snow;

And everywhere
that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

What would Mary’s lamb do?

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Read & Search
Read /oa/ Story & Search for the Sound
“A Snow Day With Mom” —what do you think the story will be about?” Read story. Afterwards,
support student to create a good summary of story. If time allows, have student find each/oa/
sound word and record it where it would belong on the following Sort It page.

A Snow Day With Mom

By Laurie Newell

Mom shows me the snow.

Yes! I can have fun in the snow.
I can sled in the snow.
My sled can go fast!
The wind blows.
I have my thick coat,
but I still get cold.
I go home.
I sip hot cocoa.
Mmm.
Thanks, Mom!

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 The /oa/ Sound Sort It
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“Can you remember any of the spellings of the /oa/ sound? read off this page. If you use a dry erase board, use a different
Write them on the dry erase board... The key sentence about Joe color to represent the /oa/ sound. Help student to use Blend As
may help jog your memory. What was that key sentence?... You Read method. Ask him to decide where that spelling of the
Now let’s read some words that have the /oa/ sound. Can you /oa/ sound belongs. Finally, student should write the word in the
say /oa---/?” Write 1 word at a time on the dry erase board or relevant column while saying each sound as he writes.

o o-e ow Sort It list

Go home to show
boat own
hoe grow
close shown
those told
no most
oa oe “robot and mr mole”
the boat to Joe. from www.starfall.com
is a good /oa/ sound book
to read.

Go home to show the boat to Joe.

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 Search & Find
5 Color in the area where you find /oa/ sound words.
Be careful! Some words have the letter “o” but don’t say /oa/.

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 The /oa/ Sound Sort It
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“Can you remember any of the spellings of the /oa/ sound? Write this page. If you use a dry erase board, use a different color to
them on the dry erase board... The key sentence about Joe may represent the /oa/ sound. Help student to use Blend As You Read
help jog your memory. What was that key sentence?... Now let’s method. Ask him to decide where that spelling of the /oa/ sound
read some words that have the /oa/ sound. Can you say /oa---/?” belongs. Finally, student should write the word in the relevant
Write 1 word at a time on a dry erase board or point to the list on column while saying each sound as he writes.

o o-e ow Sort It list

Go home to show
know goes
so snow
home those
road old
coast show
oa oe
the boat to Joe.
Go home to show the boat to Joe.

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 Read & Search It
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This is an espcially long story. To help your student not get overwhelmed by it, consider offering to read
every other line yourself. If time allows, circle as many /oa/ sound spellings as she can. Point to where
each would belong on a Sort It page. Be sure to ask her afterwards what Joe and Bo did.

Toad and Goat

By Micki Ginsberg
Joe is a toad.
He lives on an old yellow boat.
Bo is a goat.
“Can you row that boat?” he asked Joe.
“No! I can swim or float, but I do not
know how to row my boat.
“No joke,” said Joe.
“I wish I had a boat,” said Bo.
“You can go on my boat,” said Joe.

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 “Can goats go on boats?” asked Bo.
“You can,” said Joe.
“OK,” said Bo, “so I will go on your boat.”
“Can you row the boat?” Joe asked.
“I can do the goat-paddle,” said Bo.
Joe swam slowly. He showed Bo the way
to a cove.
Then Joe and Bo played on the old boat all
day until Bo heard his farmer call.
“Bo!” “Bo!”
“Oh, Bo!”
“Gotta go home!” said Bo.
“Come back again,” said Joe.
“OK. I will!” said Bo.
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 Hole Punch It
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Hole Punch the /oa/ Sound Spellings
“Can you recall any of the spellings of the /oa/ sound? The key sentence about the boat and Joe
may help jog your memory.” Cut out strips of paper to create 4 strips of 2 rows each. Ask the
student to hole punch in the space next to every /oa/ sound spelling. Don’t hole punch out the
letter themselves. If you don’t have a hole puncher, they could be marked with a Dot It paint pen or
marker. “See if you can get faster as you do each strip.”

If you haven’t tried them yet

“soap boat” and
“robot and m r. m ole” from
www.s ta rfa l l .c om are good
for the /oa/ sound.

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