Before you teach · about 90 seconds

Grade K · Day 160

L109 · oo as in good food

Today

p.116 — a column of real words on one pattern. 73 words, 27.9 minutes.

The one thing

tongue herevoice ON
/ʊ/ · oo

Almost the same as oooo, but shorter and looser. Lips a little round, but relaxed, and your tongue drops a little — the oo in 'book' and 'good'.

They check it: Say 'food', then 'good'. Feel your lips RELAX on the second one, and notice it is shorter.

Not in Arabic. For those children this is a new physical skill, not a reminder. Do not let the column start until the mouth can make it.

Watch for

/uː/. Arabic has long and short u, but they are the same vowel held for different lengths — this one is a different vowel, not a shorter one, and that is the thing to teach.
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