Sep 15, 2011 most of my students learn to create a perfect other u sound simply by staring with the oo sound, and then relaxing the lips. After introducing students to a letter using reading azs alphabet books, you can use soundsymbol books, decodable books, and readaloud books in combination to make vital connections between letters and sounds to support key early reading skills. They may either glue them onto the word sort page provided and glue directly into their books. Learning the building blocks of words sounds, their spellings, and word parts menu skip to. If your child is in year 1 and needs help with spelling, this enjoyable ks1 quiz will teach them about words with the sound oo. Jun 03, 2009 shut is not pronounced with an oo sound. Word families oo sound words with ook, ood, ould loads of layout choicesjust words, just pictures, one letter missing etc. The words that are spelled with none of these are onomatopoeia sounds, also called. These words include cube, cure, cute, few, fuel, feud, mule, mute, you, yew, and view. This list will help you distinguish between some of the more common words that sound alike. Place the poster in a loose leaf folder to create a book or personal sounds the student needs to work on. Soundsymbol books can be used as a bridge between letter recognition and decoding. The oo letter combination can also make the short u sound, as in book.
Which oo sound is it the oo in look or the oo in cool. I like a lot of the girls names listed, gertrude, judy, junia, prudence and ruth. I could have used fluttered or rustled for lighter books. Vowel sounds oo and yoo worksheet is suitable for 5th 6th grade. Words that end in oo, words that end with oo, words ending in oo, words ending with oo. Listen to both sounds, ill say the oo sound first, then the other u sound oo sound, other u, oo sound, other u. Watch uk school teacher mr thorne and youtube sensation geraldine the giraffe take you on a learning journey through the world of phonics, grammar, spelling and punctuation, learning letters and. The long sound as in boot, the short sound as in book. Type the word in which the oo makes the sound as in the. The digraph oo as in moon sounds very much like the u for esl learners. This sound word lists is a great addition to any homeschool or common core curriculum. A third activity for the phonics oo sound is to read books with your child that feature the phonics long oo and short oo sounds. After reading the first page, your child can practice reading the sound with the first big word. Dec 18, 2016 a phonics story resource pack, focusing on the sound oo, including a simple story using the sound oo, and common exception words the, to, we, be, as well as other resources.
Frustration, obedience, conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, life skills openingsynopsis. This craziness is most evident in english homophones. Phonics read and color books specific sounds b sound bears, bubbles, and boats. It is referred to as the short oo sound on index cards write the words.
Fiftyseven years in this business, you learn a few things. Sound of the week lesson for oo written and compiled by katrina lybbert. The oo sound appears in english words such as moon, too, and blue. Sounds are the building blocks of language, so its important that kids learn them really well. But occasionally, it has a shorter sound, as in book, took, look, cook, foot, and cookie.
Those tricky oo sounds often, the oo sound is long, as in words like school, room, boot, moon, and goose. All normal words have at least one vowel sound, as indicated by a spelling of a, e, i, o, u, y i, or w oo. This oo word list worksheet is suitable for kindergarten 3rd grade. This page brings back any words that contain the word or letter you enter from a large scrabble dictionary. The spellzone interactive course is intended to be used online and may not be printed. Your child should read the first page by saying the sound of oo rather than naming the letters. Learn this spelling list using the look, say, cover, write. We like the look and, of course, the smell of books. Spellingreading pattern long double oo sound as heard in m oo n this spellingreading pattern oo has two sounds long, and short. A list of words that contain oo, and words with oo in them. Begin by introducing the oo sound heard in the word look. List all words containing oo, sorted by length words formed from any letters in oo, plus an optional blank or existing letter list all words starting with oo, words containing oo or words ending with oo. Be careful not to say oooooh thats the long oo sound that we are. Mar 05, 2014 an ideal video for kids to learn the short oo sound.
I created this oo vowel teams sort so that the students can practice reading words and determining if the word makes the oo sound like book or the oo sound. That trendy oo sound you can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. I have a lot of words which kinda qualify to be in this list. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. Thudded, as well as adding sound, implies that the books are heavy. You can hear this sound in many common words with any spelling or on the unstressed syllables of longer words.
Kids will be introduced to lots of words that contain the short oo sound. Students read the words, circle to oo, then cut, sort and glue the words into the correct category. A trip to the zoo, phonics story pack, long oo sound. Say these words aloud and listen to the vowel sound. Word bank increases as each letter sound is taught. Students gain insight into the correspondence oo oo in both written and spoken words. What words in english sound as though they should mean one. Sorting words with the oo sound as in book and the oo sound as in moon. The letters ou are sometimes used to spell the long oo sound. So, lets get back to the oo spelling for these sounds. A good book short oo sound printable skills sheets and. Learning the building blocks of words sounds, their spellings, and word parts.
They also feature popular words that your child might use on a regular basis, making them great practice. The long oo sound and the short oo sound for second grade. A yammer is a whining or complaining voice, loud and sustained or repetitive. Words with oo in them are generally easy to spell, except for those that dont sound like a double o, such as the word book. More oo sound printables select grade level, words, and then build printables sample worksheets draw lines from words to pictures beginning sounds includes pictures and word bank beginning sounds includes pictures pick the word that matches the picture. Students cut out the pictureword cards and sort them into the two different sounds. Word is shown on the slide and narrator says the word showing emphasis on the oo sound in ue words.
We have made these quite big 4 to an a4 page so that you can choose to keep them this way or just adjust your printer settings to print 2 or more to. The long oo sound using look, say, cover, write, check, spelling games, spelling tests and printable activities. Words with friends enable2k scrabble us twl06 scrabble uk sowpods list all words ending with oo. These 10 words dont mean anything close to what they look like lisa a. The humor potential of the letter k has been part of comic lore for years. In simple words and pictures, a young girl describes the life cycle of the apple from tiny seed to tree. However, some of these words are not long u pronounced yu, but are instead the variant vowel sound long oo as in flute or rude. Ook learn to read english phonics ending word sounds.
Ow can sound like o as in snow or the double vowel as in down or now. Words with oo and ou and words that end in er or est. We also have lists of words that end with oo, and words that start with oo. Words list for long o words words with long o sound and bone coal cope coat foe short ogo froze sound hope nose oat cone ocean oval phone robot rose slope snow so toad toes tone zone cope. In general, if oo is followed by a k, it is short, and otherwise, it is long. Girls names that end in the oo sound im talking about names where final sound is oo milou, lulu, anju, emmylou, and so on. In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that contain the long sound of oo or yoo. Other letter combinations that make the same vowel sound as in hoop are eu, as in sleuth, ew as in chew, o as in do, ue as in cue, and the vce pattern in the words tube and lute.
Words that sound alike many words sound alike but mean different things when put into writing. Amazon second chance pass it on, trade it in, give it a. My name is rj, and i just dont like the sound of the word no. This weeks printable focuses on one of my favorite sounds, oo, like in the word spoon. The oo sound is featured in this activity designed to help kids develop the conscious awareness of the sound structure of words. List words containing oo shortest first more words. The four sounds of the spelling ou daily writing tips. Words that dont mean what they sound like readers digest.
As a kid, when i learnt about the womens suffrage movement, i always associated it with some kind of brutal torture inflict. Short oo phonics sound a free printable phonics flip book covering the oo sound. They recite tongue twisters with the oo sound and use letterboxes to spell oo words. Spellings, sound and meanings free worksheets oo sounds. Homophones are words that sound alike, but are different in spelling and meaning. Actually, there are several english words in which the spelling ou represents the oo sound. Afterwards, we practised recording oo words together on the carpet. Books such as this book for short oo sounds and this book for long oo sounds are ideal for helping your child to identify the sounds in the book with ease. If it did use a long oo, it would sound the same as shoot. But a y sound is heard in some oo sound words that sounds like the letter u in uniform. I dont think that there are that many out there, but im curious to see what other people can come up with.
This spellingreading pattern oo has two sounds long, and short. Weve now createdsubgroup index pages so its easier to find a particular sound within any given sound group click through to a subgroup from the table below, to reach words with the stress on that sound. The printable phonics worksheets on this page were designed to help you teach students to read words with the short and long oo sounds. The sound this week is the long vowel combination oo as in zoo.
Learn the phonics letter oo sounds by red cat reading. How do you know which pronunciation of oo to use when you see it in words. Improve success with reading by studying words with similar word parts at the same time. Learn how to correctly pronounce the oo sound with these explanations, video and exercises. We love our designated reading areas, which granted, could be anywhere, but some are more preferable than. So which words with oo shall be pronounced like the oo in good. Look, being the kid with the big vocabulary might not always be an in with the popular crowd very few people seem to want to hear. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i comment. While a lot of words are on a first grade level there plenty of challenges as well. Through varied activities your students will explore the short oo sound as in good made with the letters u, oo, and ou. These are words that are used frequently by young children, and words that appear in many favorite books and videos that young children like to watch and can learn from. Send home a family activity booklet that provides a poem, a game, and daily activities focused on words with oo and ou, and words that end in er or est.
A good book short oo sound printable skills sheets and word searches my file cabinet. Words with the ksound like kidneys are inherently funny. In the neil simon play the sunshine boys, the character willy explains it to his nephew. Oo vowel team sort oo like book and oo like moon phonics. English words containing oo usually use a cvvc pattern, meaning that there are one or more consonants on either end of the phonogram in a one syllable word. Type the word in which the oo makes the sound as in the word book. Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans for primary and junior high school students in united states. Skip this exercise and go to the next part of this unit.
A book full of words that sound like other words but dont mean the same thing at all. I created this oo vowel teams sort so that the students can practice reading words and determining if the word makes the oo sound like book or the oo sound like moon. The short and long phonics oo sounds make up words that are seen every day, such as look, book, choo choo and zoo. English is a crazy language where one word can have different meanings and different words can be pronounced alike.
View more spellzone course lists or curriculum word lists. This video focuses on combining ending word sounds to decrease confusion while learning to read. Phonics read and color books specific sounds b sound bears, bubbles, and boats a big boy. Phonics lesson plan oo short sound teaching resources. The letters oo are used to spell two slightly different sounds. Its the main way we say this sound, so these make good elementary esl phonics worksheets. Ru20 commented on the list words inwhichuispronouncedyu. Teaches words with consonant clusters making more than one sound, and revises ck, x. It is important to fully get this sound and pronounce it correctly. Skill reading comprehension name 00 like book the letters 00 make many sounds. Flowers think twice before you use words like lackaday or nonplussedthey may mean something quite different. Original illustrations using watercolours by myself. The underlined words fall into different types, such as.
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