Spelling forms ough and augh

Read these · 20 words

◆ 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

• I bought candy and gum.
• Paul caught the balL He thought the ball was fast.
• Dad taught a tennis lesson.
• Dad has a cough.
• Mom gave him a cough drop.
• The steak was tough.
• The sea was rough.

Write what you hear

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.