4th-5th Grade Level 2 Intro to Advanced Phonics /oa/ sound

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Introduction to

Advanced Phonics

Fourth to Fifth Grade
The /oa/ Sound

Build It
1

The /oa/ Sound
Build It words: road show toe go home*
New Letter-Sound: /oa/
Directions:
Today your student is jumping up to a more challenging
level — to Advanced Phonics. Advanced Phonics are those
vowel spellings that have multiple spellings, such as these
spellings (oa, ow, o, o_e, 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 the word by saying each sound as she does. Then
repeat with the next 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?”
*“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”

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oe o

e
o

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e ha e a epa a ed /oa/ o nd like
hi . home. No ice ho he le e a e he ame, b in oe he a e oge he
and in home he a e epa a ed.
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on op of i .)

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home

2020 Reading Simplified

oa
boat

o
Go

oe
Joe.

o_e
home

“Let’s read some words that have the /oa/ sound. Can
you say /oa—/?” Write one word at a time on a dry
erase board or point to list on this page. If you use a dry
erase board, use a different color to represent the /oa/
sound. Help student to use Blend As You Read method.

oa
the

Sort It

stove
coach
Joe
blown
unknown
globe

Sort It list

oak
glow
post
slope
float
frozen

Go home to show the boat to Joe.

ow
show

Ask him to decide where that spelling of the /oa/ sound
belongs. Finally, your student should write the word in the
relevant column while saying each sound as he writes.
Notice the key sentence, “Go home to show the boat to Joe.”
It can help us remember the main spellings of /oa/.

The /oa/ Sound

Read & Search

Read /oa/ Story & Search for the Sound

“Let’s Go Skiing!” —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 Sort It page.

Let’s Go Skiing!
by Laurie Newell

One morning in January, Moe and Rose
woke up early and looked out the window.
“SNOW!” they both yelled!
“Can we please, please go skiing,
Mom and Dad?”
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meme
check
mymy
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check
phone
andand see if
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see if the local
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open,”
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so!”
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so!”Rose.
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said

continued…

“The roads are all open,” said Mom.
“Get on your thick clothes and coats, and
let’s go!” said Dad.
They left home and drove to the slope in
their minivan.
“Look at all the snow!” said Moe.
“It’s the most I’ve ever seen!” Rose laughed.1
They rode to the top of the slope.
“Go slowly over those bumps. Then you
won’t fall down,” noted Dad. “You don’t want
any broken bones! After the bumps, you can
go fast.”
Rose and Moe did go slowly over the
bumps, but then they went fast down the
rest of the slope.

continued…

They rode up to the top. Then they went down
the slope.
Up and down.
Up and down.
“Look out below, Moe!” Rose yelled as she
skied closely past him. “Follow me down!”
Then Rose noticed the wind blowing and said,
“My nose is cold.”
“My toes is froze!” laughed Moe.
“Let’s get a cup of joe or cocoa,” said Mom.
“Mmm-mmm. Now I am as warm as toast!”
said Moe.
“Let’s go home,” said Dad.
“Skiing in the snow is so much fun!” said Rose.
“But home sweet home is good, too,” said Moe.
Take 2-5 minutes to have your student practice re-reading some or
all of this story. Coach her reading towards sounding like she talks.