Kinder Level 5 Intro to Sort It /oa/ & Texts PDF
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Introduction to
Sort It
The / oa
oa// Sound
PreK to Kindergarten
Developed by Marnie Ginsberg, PhD
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The /oa/ Sound
Build It
Build It words: show road go toe home*
New Letter-Sound:
HINT: Most students only need this lesson
once because they grasp the concept quickly.
/oa/
DIRECTIONS:
Today your student is jumping up to a more challenging
level — to Advanced Phonics! Advanced Phonics are those
vowel sounds that have multiple spellings such as the
spellings ow, oa, o, o_e, and oe for the sound /oa/. To
introduce this new concept that one sound can have multiple
spellings, do a variation of Switch It called Build It.
Build It is simple. Lay out just the letter-sound squares of a target word in a scrambled order on the
back of the dry erase board. Ask her to build one of the words by saying each sound as she pulls
each down to the relevant line. Then repeat for the remaining words. Ask her, “Did you know this was a
spelling for the /oa/ sound? Did you know there were so many spellings for just the one sound?”
INTRODUCING THE “VOWEL THAT IS SEPARATED”
“The word ‘home’ includes the ‘vowel that is separated.’ It’s actually the same spelling as in the
word, ‘toe,’ but it’s been separated.” Show that “o_e” is one spelling by attaching the cards in some
way. Perhaps taped together as in the picture above. Or there is an attached o_e card in the
Letter-Sound cards PDF.
Example Layout for Build It of “road”
oa
d
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The /oa/ Sound
Build It
INTRODUCING THE VOWEL THAT IS SEPARATED (CONTINUED)
Teach the o_e pattern by showing how the “oe” got separated. Point out the “oe” spelling
in the word “toe.” Then build the word “home” as “hoem” and let the students know this
isn’t the correct spelling, even though it could be. But since our language is a little bit
tricky this /oa/ got separated (cut the “oe” card), so now we have a separated /oa/ sound
like this….”home.” Notice how the letters are the same, but in “toe” they are together and in
“home” they are separated.
You may want to cut the o_e tile out as one piece to
build words such as “home” on top of it.
o
oa
ow
oe
o
e
oe
o
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boat
to
Joe.
oe
oa
show
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go
road
slow
toe
most
home
show
no
close
know
note
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Key Sentence:
Go home to show the boat to Joe.
to
ow
*BONUS: Which spelling (“oa” or “ow”) would be more likely to be used at the end of the word?
the
home
o—e
Go
o
Sort It List
The /oa/ Sound
Read the words and sort them by their /oa/ spelling. Remember to say the sounds as you write each word.
Sort It
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Read & Search
DIRECTIONS:
Introduce the title of the story “Joe and Joan.” Ask students, “What do you think the story
will be about?” Read story. Afterwards support students to create a good summary of
story. If time allows, have students circle/highlight each /oa/ sound spelling and point to
where it would belong on the previous Sort It page.
Joe & Joan
by Laurie Newell
We both
have soap.
We go to
the tub.
I am Joe.
I am Joan.
We cut
the soap.
We both
have boats.
We both float
Go boats go!
our boats.
teacher tip: “Soap Boat” from www.starfall.com is a good /oa/ sound book to read.
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Joe and Joan
by Laurie Newell
If time and interest allow, have students cut out the boxes on the previous page
from “Joe and Joan.” Challenge your students to put them back in story order.
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Sort It
& Accompanying Texts
The / oa
oa// Sound
(Continued)
PreK to Kindergarten
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The /oa/ Sound
the
to
Joe.
oe
oa
boat
home
o—e
Go
o
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show
boat
hoe
close
those
no
own
grow
shown
told
most
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Key Sentence:
Go home to show the boat to Joe.
to
ow
Do you recall the Key Sentence for the sound /oa/? Read the words and sort them by their spelling. Remember to say the sounds as you write each word.
Sort It
Read & Search
The /oa/ Sound
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mar y had a litt le lamb,
Its
fleece
was
White
as snow;
And
ev er y where
That Mar y went,
The lamb was
sure
to go.
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Write It
toe
Have students read the word and then write the word
saying the sounds as they write each grapheme.
most
road
old
show
own
boat
grow
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Row Your Boat
Read & Search
DIRECTIONS:
After reading this a time or two, circle the spellings of /oa/ in this nursery rhyme. Listen
carefully and don’t be tricked by a spelling that has a different sound!
Row, row, row your boat
Gent ly down
the
stream,
merr i ly, merr i ly, merr i ly, merr i ly,
Life
is but a
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the
to
Joe.
oe
oa
boat
home
o—e
Go
o
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show
know
so
home
road
coast
goes
snow
those
old
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Key Sentence:
Go home to show the boat to Joe.
to
ow
Sort It List
The /oa/ Sound
Read the words and sort them by their spelling. Remember to say the sounds as you write each word.
Sort It
Match It
The /oa/ Sound
Read each sentence. Then draw a line to match it with the picture!
I know this road goes home.
Don’t go so close to the stove.
Frogs and toads can croak so low.
If you hoe your own row,
no bad plants will grow.
Gold is a yell ow, soft stone.
Roast a marsh mall ow
o ver hot coals.
Big toes have two bones. Small toes
have three bones.
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Search & Color
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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Read & Search
The /oa/ Sound
Big and Strong
by Terri Jenson
By
our
home, we plant a small oak.
It has a thin trunk and ti ny bran ches.
I want it to grow strong.
Hard winds will blow on
our
litt le oak.
And the win ters will be cold.
mm er, the hot sun will glow
In summ
glow.
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Big and Strong
Read & Search
(continued)
The litt le oak will have to hold on.
I have hope that it will.
Those hard things will help
our
litt le oak
grow big and strong.
Can hard things help me
grow big and strong al so?
ink so.
I think
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The “o” Spelling
Flex It
DIRECTIONS:
The spelling “o” can be two sounds: /ŏ/ as in “hot” and /oa/ (also known as /ō/) as in “go.” Sometimes
you have to try one sound and if it doesn’t work, try another sound. We call this “Flex It.” Read these
words with the “o” spelling. Sort them by which sound of “o” they have.
/o/
Cut out the cards below to play the sorting game.
/oa/
as in hot
hot
so
go
off
on
old
got
cold
long
o ver
don’t
not
hold
stop
as in go
If student reads “got” as /goat/, then say, “Yes, that’s a word, but what if the sentence were
“I
lost in the woods?”
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Read & Search
The /oa/ Sound
DIRECTIONS:
Ask students, “What do you think this poem titled ‘We Don’t Miss the Cold’ will be about?” Read
the poem. Afterwards, support students to summarize the poem. If time allows, have students
highlight or underline each /oa/ sound spelling. Students can also record the words on a blank
Sort It page.
We Don’t Miss the Cold
by Terri Jenson
When snow starts to fall
And cold starts to set,
We pack up our bags
And jump on a jet.
We go far from home.
And get on our boat.
We bask in the sun.
We row and we float.
Our
litt le boat rocks
With the wind to and fro.
We sip some thing cold,
But we don’t miss the snow.
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Hole Punch It
The /oa/ Sound
DIRECTIONS:
Ask students, “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 squares next to every /oa/ sound spelling. Don’t hole punch out the letters themselves. If you
don’t have a hole puncher, they could be marked with a Dot It paint pen or marker. Tell students, “See if you
can get faster as you do each strip.”
oa
oo
or
oa
ow
ow
o
oo
er
oa
oa
oa
ow
oo
o_e
oa
o
o_e
oo
oa
oa
er
oo
oa
ar
ow
ea
o_e
ow
oo
ow
o
oa
ow
o_e
ea
er
oa
oa
ow
If y o u h ave n’ t t r i e d t h e m y e t “s o ap boat” and “robot and mr. mole ”
f r o m ww w. s t ar fall. c o m ar e good for the /oa/ sound .
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Read & Search
would
could
should
To Know or Not to Know
by Terri Jenson
/w/ /ü/ /d/
“Would you like to go?”
“I could do it.”
/k/ /ü/ /d/
“Should you go?”
/sh/ /ü/ /d/
I know I don’t know all the things I
could know.
I would like to know more, so it is my
goal to know all the things I don’t
know yet.
I do know that I should not put on a
show that I know what I don’t know.
That’s a no-no.
at
When I act like I do know what
I don’t know, I can’t grow.
Write It Bonus! Consider dictating one of the above sentences to students or invite
them to compose their own sentence using the words “would,” “could,” or “should.”
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Make It Stick
The /oa/ Sound
DIRECTIONS:
Have student try to read all the words in 1 minute. At first, you may need to read
them aloud as your student follows along. There are 20 words repeated twice.
go
road
know
home
hoe
own
those
toes
no
boat
hope
oh
so
note
show
Joe
most
coat
row
old
road
toes
note
old
go
those
so
row
hope
most
own
no
Joe
know
hoe
boat
show
oh
home
coat
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The /oa/ Sound
Make It Stick Review
+ Basic Phonics
DIRECTIONS:
Have student try to read all the words in 1 minute. At first, you may need to
read them aloud as your student follows along.
a go
known
po em
wrote
soap
just
al so
close
back
nose
more
well
both
grow
good
told
phone
boat
don’t
could
think
hold
help
from
o pen
a lone
of
post
what
all
low
road
would
cold
your
should
snow
are
coast
gold
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the
to
Joe.
oe
oa
boat
home
o—e
Go
o
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Key Sentence:
Go home to show the boat to Joe.
to
ow
The /oa/ Sound