Lesson 7 Short Vowel o
Lesson 7 Short Vowel o
Lesson 7 Short Vowel o
Phonemic Awareness
Materials: Phonemic awareness worksheet
• Say the word ostrich and emphasize the short /o/ sound: /os/ /trij/. Have students listen
for the short /o/ sound at the beginning of the word as you repeat it. Then have them
say the word.
• Tell students you are going to say some words. Some of the words begin with /o/ and
other words do not. Tell them they should say /o/ whenever they hear the short /o/
sound at the beginning of a word. Say the following words one at a time, allowing time
for student response: apple, omelet, banana, on, often, table, ox, wide, octopus, nine.
• Say the word rock, emphasizing the /o/ sound. Ask students what sound they hear in
the middle. Tell them that sometimes they can hear the short /o/ sound in the middle of
words. Say the following words one at a time, and ask students to say /o/ whenever they
hear the short /o/ sound in the middle of a word: soup, pot, game, top, John, turkey, teeth.
• Slowly read the rhyme below, emphasizing the short /o/ sound in the words, and have
students clap and say /o/ each time they hear the short /o/ sound in a word.
Oscar the dog in blue socks hopped on a log and sang a song,
While the soft fox by the rock swam in the pond all day long.
Repeat the above activity until you are confident that students can identify each short
/o/ sound in the words in the verse.
• Give students the phonemic awareness worksheet for extra practice.
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LESSON 7 Letter Oo /o/ continued
Blend the Sounds
Materials: Decodable teacher word cards
• Place the decodable teacher word cards mop, pot, not, and tot in a pocket chart or along
the chalkboard ledge. Ask students what the four words have in common. If students
don’t respond, point out they all have the short /o/ sound in the middle. Ask them to tell
you the letter that stands for the short /o/ sound.
• Demonstrate sounding out the first word by saying each sound as you run your finger
under the word: /mmm/ /ooo/ /p/. Hold the sounds, except for the stop sound, for one
second. Then say the word quickly: mop.
• Have students sound out the word with you, holding the sounds for one second.
• Repeat the process with the words pot, not, and tot.
• Place the word on in the pocket chart. Ask students where they see the letter o in
this word. Sound out the word, letter by letter, as you run your finger under the word:
/ooo/ /nnn/.
• Have students sound out the word with you, holding the sounds for one second.
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LESSON 7 Letter Oo /o/ continued
Spell Decodable Words
Materials: Letter cards, workmats
• Give students the letter cards and a copy of the workmat. Have them line up the letters
m, o, and p under the boxes on their workmat. Say the word mop slowly. As you say the
sounds, demonstrate how to push up each sound into a box on the workmat. Repeat and
have students do theirs along with you.
• As you model, have students line up the letters p, o, and t under the boxes on their
workmat. Say the word pot. Ask students what sounds they hear in the word. Then have
them push up the letters one at a time as they say the sounds. Have them read the word
they have made.
• Ask students what letters they need to spell not. Have students use their workmat to spell
the word not. Repeat with the words on and tot.
• If time permits, use other letters from the letter card page and have students spell words
they have learned in previous lessons.
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LESSON 7 Letter Oo /o/ continued
Read Words and Phrases
Materials: Practice sheet
• Before students read the book, use the practice sheet to practice reading the words they
will encounter in the book. Have them sound out each decodable word in rows 1 and 2,
sound by sound, as they run their fingers under the word.
• Have them read each high-frequency word in rows 3 and 4 quickly.
• Then have them practice reading the phrases and sentences.
• If students are having difficulty reading the words, provide more practice in blending
and spelling the words before they move on to the decodable book.
More Practice
Materials: Phonics worksheet
• Have students complete the phonics worksheet.
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SOUND/SYMBOL CARD Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
O o
ostrich
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LETTER CARDS Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
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P p a n
s o m t
P p a n
s o m t
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WORD CARDS Decodable Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
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on mop
not tot
pot
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WORD CARDS Decodable Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
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the get
and I
on in
can a
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WORD CARDS High-frequency words 2 Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
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from is
with see
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WORKSHEET Phonemic awareness Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
Name:_________________________ Date:____________
Teacher Instructions: Have students cut out the pictures from the bottom of the page
that have the short /o/ sound at the beginning or in the middle of the word and paste them
in the pot.
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WORKSHEET Phonics Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
Name:_________________________ Date:____________
t___p m___p
p___t p___n
m___p t___t
Teacher Instructions: Have students say the picture name and write the correct vowel
(a or o) to make a word that matches the picture.
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PRACTICE SHEET Phonics Lesson 7: Oo /o/
2 Pam • mat
Reviewed
words
3 see
New
h-f word
on the mat
5
Phrases
see a pot
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