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OO OU Worksheet

A mixed word list is sorted into oo and ou columns, prompting learners to compare two vowel spellings across fourteen examples.
Grades
Grades 1–3, Elementary
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Updated Aug 02, 2021

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Phonics
Topic
Digraphs, Vowels
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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What's inside this resource

This resource is great for helping students learn to distinguish between the OO and OU vowel sounds. The OO OU Worksheet has students sort words by sound, so they can see the differences between the two. This is a valuable skill for students to have, and this resource will help them learn it.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish oo spellings from ou spellings within words

  • Sort vocabulary according to its internal vowel pattern

Teaching tips

  • Ask learners to box the target vowel letters in each bank word before transferring it to a column.

Skills covered

  • Orthographic sorting — Classify words by oo or ou

  • Pattern attention — Locate vowel groups inside written words

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • OO spelling

  • OU spelling

  • Word sorting

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