Short o words

Grade K · Day 54 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 23 · p.36–37 · 26.9 min · student sheet
tongue herevoice ON/ɒ/short o · back-low vowel
/ɒ/ · short o

Our new sound: /ɒ/   written short o

Open wide like short a, but now pull your tongue BACK and let your lips go round — /o/, as in 'hot'.

Check yourself: Mirror: wide open, but the lips are round, not smiling. That is what separates it from short a.

Read these · 40 words

Short
ock
of
Bob
dock
cod
off
cog
doll
cob
hock
mod
job
lock
nod
fog
gob
mock
rod
hog
mob
Jog
rob
rock
Todd
log
sob
sock
Continued
on
ox
mom
Don
cop
cot
Tom
Ron
hop
dot
fox

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