Sail Across the Seas and Practice the Long O Vowel Sound

In this interactive activity, students will be guided to explore their knowledge of the main spelling combinations that produce the long o sound (oa, ow, oe, and o_e). Some of the interactive activities included are:

• Sorting words into the different grapheme categories for this sound.
• Choose either oa, ow, oe, or o_e as the spelling choice for particular words and move these graphemes into the spaces provided.
• Matching words that contain the long /o/ vowel sound with the correct images.
• Decoding a sentence with a word that contains the long /o/ sound and matching an image to each of the three sentences provided.
• Encoding words that contain the long /o/ sound.
• Find vowel teams in words in simple sentences.
• Plus more!

Learning About the Long /O/ Vowel Sound

Teaching kids about the long “o” sound involves helping them understand that the letter “o” can make a different sound in various words. The long “o” sound is pronounced like the name of the letter itself and is commonly found in words such as “go,” “bone,” and “note.” 

The long “o” sound can be represented by various spelling patterns in English. This interactive activity includes teaching students about the most common:

• oa
• ow
• oe
• o_e

Download and Explore Today!

This resource is available to download as Google Slides. This interactive activity needs to be used in ‘edit’ mode to ensure the interactive features work.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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