Long o as oa; sentences
Grade K · Day 156 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 105 · p.112 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 32 words
load
road
toad
coach
poach
loaf
oak
soak
cloak
coal
goal
foam
roam
Joan
loan
oar
roar
soar
board
oat
boat
coat
goat
float
soap
boast
coast
roast
toast
coax
oatmeal
floats
◆ 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
- He bought a loaf of bread.
- The soap can float.
- Dad bought coal for the stove.
- Jan and Joan had oatmeal.
- Mom has tea and toast each day.
- Dad bought a big boat.
- The boat floats on the lake.
- Joan wore her red coat.
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.