4th-5th Grade Level 9 Sort It /oo/ & Texts PDF

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The /oo/ Sound

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The /oo/ Sound

KEY SENTENCE: As a rule, I love to wear my new, cool, blue shoes!

u_e
As a rule,

oo
cool

o
I love

wear my

ue
blue

new

oe
shoes!

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LIST

chewing
altogether
smoothly
jewelry
crude
spoon
Jewish
approval
foolish
who’s
avenue
Andrew
fortune
canoe
statue
loop

Read & Search for It

The /oo/ Sound

Read and re-read the famous nursery rhyme. Circle the /oo/ spellings with one color.
Then circle other sounds you have studied recently with a different color.

Hey, Diddle Diddle
Hey, Diddle Diddle
The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped
over the moon.
The little dog laughed
to see such sport,
And the dish ran away
with the spoon.

Can you memorize this rhyme?

The /oo/ Sound

Make the Connection

These are famous sayings to discuss and learn. After you understand their meanings, connect
them to a picture and circle all the /oo/ spellings you can find. There is one uncommon /oo/ to
watch for that is not in our key /oo/ sentence.

Beggars can’t
be choosers.
once in a blue moon

“Do unto others

as you would have
them do unto you.”

-Jesus
man in the moon
rule the roost
Jesus is the central figure of Christianity. He lived about 2000 years ago in what is now
Israel. His disciples believe he is the Son of God. They also believe he was killed for the sins
of the world, rose back to life, and went to heaven.

The /oo/ Sound

A Tooth That’s Loose
by Micki Ginsberg

A tooth that’s loose
Will fill your day
With hours and hours
Of happy play.

A piece of gum-A chunk of fudge
Is handy when
Your tooth won’t budge.

You move it up—
You move it down
Twirl that tooth
All around!

Just chew and chew
And in awhile…
Your tooth won’t be there
When you smile!

‘Round and ‘round
And round it goes
Then back and forth
To touch your nose!
Search for the /oo/ sound
words and sort below.

o
I love

wear my new

oo
cool

ue
blue

oe
shoes!1

A shorter version of the /oo/ sound key sentence.

o_e

ou
(bonus)

The /oo/ Sound
Do you ever feel so silly and happy, that you just have to dance? This may be the
song for you then! Enjoy the rhymes and the nonsense. Sing along if you can, too!
Finally, circle the /oo/ sound spellings and point to where they would belong on
the previous Sort It page.”

Boom, Boom,
Ain’t It Great to Be Crazy

Sing
Along!

Boom, boom, ain’t it
great to be crazy!
Boom, boom, ain’t it
great to be crazy!
Giddy and foolish all day long,
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a curb stone shooting dice
The horse, he slipped and fell on the flea.

“Whoops,” said the flea,

“there’s a horse on me!”

continued…

Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy!
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy!
Giddy and foolish all day long,
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Way down South where banana trees grow
An ant stepped on an elephant’s toe.
The elephant cried with tears in his eyes,
“Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?”
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy!
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy!
Giddy and foolish all day long,
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?