Long o as in old; sentences
Grade K · Day 158 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 107 · p.114 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 10 words
old
hold
bold
mold
cold
sold
fold
gold
scold
told
◆ 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
- "Hold my hand," she said.
- He was lost.
- He sold his home.
- I know what he told her.
- In winter it is cold most of the time.
- Bob sold his gold ring.
- Dad sold his boat.
- It had cost him a lot of money.
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.