ow and ou as in cow and ouch · Sentences

Grade 1 · Day 102 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 112, Lesson 113 · p.119–120 · 26.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 40 words

cow

ouch

bow

brow

chow

how

plow

now

pow

crowd

sow

vow

wow

loud

couch

cloud

pouch

grouch

bound

slouch

found

touch

hound

mound

noun

pound

ounce

round

bounce

sound

pounce

wound

ground

owl

cowl

fowl

howl

growl

prowl

◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.

Read the sentences

How did the cow get out of the house?
A mouse let her out.
"I found the cow near the house," Brother said.
The house fell down.
"Ouch," said the clown.
The clown ran out of the house.
They went downtown.
It took an hour to find the cow.

Write what you hear

cow

ouch

bow

brow

Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.