31 Vowel Digraph Oo

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Sort Vowel Digraph oo 31 Objectives • To identify spelling patterns of vowel digraph oo Words • To read, sort, and write words with vowel digraph oo o˘o oˉo = uˉ Oddball brook nook fool spool could Materials for Within Word Pattern crook soot groom spoon should Big Book of Rhymes, “The Puppet Show,” page 55 foot stood hoop stool would hood wood noon tool Whiteboard Activities DVD-ROM, Sort 31 hook wool root troop Teacher Resource CD-ROM, Sort 31 and Follow the Dragon Game

Student Book, pages 121–124

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Introduce/Model Small Groups • Read a Rhyme Read “The Puppet Show,” and Extend the Sort emphasize words with the vowel digraph oo. (wood, book, took; soon, noon) Ask students to locate these Alternative Sort: Brainstorming words, and help them write the words in two columns, Ask students to think of other words that contain according to vowel sound. Help students hear the oo. Write their responses on index cards. When different pronunciations of the vowel digraph oo. students have completed brainstorming, ask them to identify and sort all the words they named • Model Use the whiteboard DVD or the CD word according to the vowel sound of oo. cards. Define in context any that may be unfamiliar to students. Demonstrate how to sort the words ELL English Language Learners according to the sound of the digraph oo. Point out Explain that a nook is “a hidden place,” and that that would, could, and should do not contain the groom can have several meanings, including “a digraph oo, so they belong in the oddball category. person who takes care of horses” and “the man Help students sort and explain their sorts. who marries a bride.” Have students repeat each word to be sure they are differentiating between Practice the Sort Independent/Partner the two vowel sounds of oo. • Have students use the Student Book or whiteboard Vocabulary Building Vocabulary DVD to read the words and use the grid to sort. Explain that crook has several meanings, and all • Have students check and explain their sorts. are related to the idea of “not straight.” A person who steals things might be called a crook. A crook Apply Independent/Partner/Small Groups is also the name of the curved staff once carried • Read aloud the directions on Student Book p. 124. by shepherds, or it can name a curved or bent Have students make words by using the provided part of something, as in “the crook of one’s arm.” letters before and after oo and write them in the Teacher Tip correct column, according to vowel sound. Provide extra practice with identifying oo˘ and ooˉ • Game Allow time for students to play Follow the sounds by showing four word cards, three of Dragon, which is on the CD. which have the same vowel sound and one that • Little Book Read The House That Stood on Booker has a different vowel sound. Challenge students to Hill with students. Have them identify words with the identify the word card that doesn’t belong, and vowels oo. repeat with other cards.

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Vowel Digraph oo

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