So, let's move on to our last vowel - Long and Short U. Or click on the File in this lesson to print it out. It's easy to tell that without the e at the end, the word has the short o sound. Try teaching the difference between con and cone or cop and cope. The e will always be silent, and you'll hear a long vowel sound for the o. What about 'one'? What sound is that? Yep - it's 'won' not 'own'. In this long o pattern, the 'bossy e' at the end of the word tells the vowel to say its name. Long vowel sounds in the English language can be represented by various graphemes (combinations of one or more letters). If you are an intermediate English speaker or above, this will be simple - but the pronunciation is what is important as always. (Owl is a little different - 'ow' not 'aw')Īre you getting more comfortable with distinguishing between 'long' sounds and 'short' sounds? Want more Short O practice? Here's another list of short O words from Dr Seuss - notice how they all are in one-syllable words (for beginning readers) and are the only vowel in that syllable.Īlso, notice the silent letters in some words like 'knob' and 'knock'.and the 'ck' combo sound in many of these words = 'k'.

Short O - Octopus - Otter - Otto - Oliver - Olives (Some of these words are funny - Olivia didn't like 'oozy' eggs since are runny, not hard or scrambled.:>)Do you see the 'oa' and 'oi' long vowel sounds? There are also a few words that are long with just the first O Long O - Ocean - Oak - Ohio - Oh - Owen - Overalls - Overcoat - Over easy - Oink

Here's a cute video about some Pirates that know a lot of O words - can you hear the difference between the Long O and the Short O words? Short O - octopus - stop - rock - song - cloth.Long O - cone - road - know - hello - open.I hope that the variety of worksheet layouts I create will help you find a way that is most engaging for each child. To help you engage your children pages include mazes or other small activities to add a little fun for children. My hope is that these are fun for them! I will continue to work to include different formats that will add a little fun to phonics practice that can sometimes get boring for children. I wanted to create worksheets that will engage your children in phonics practice. These pages might fit into your second or third grade word work practice.Ĭhildren will be ready for these pages after mastering short vowel words, magic e words and words with digraphs and blends. Students will complete words and color pictures while identifying the missing letters. Each one will have a long O sound within the word. This set contains 12 printable pages where students will work with words containing the vowel teams oa, oe and ow. Ay words you can use are pay, stay, tray, birthday, sway and play. Some words to suggest if your children get stuck are trail, mail, sail, paint, braid and brain. Have students name words with the long a sound as you write each word in the correct column. To help students get started, make an anchor chart for practicing words with the different letter combinations. These words will have the vowel teams oa, oe and ow. These words with the long O sound can be a challenge because students must determine the vowel combination each word contains. Practice with Words Containing Long O Sound The letter combinations making the long O sound are oa, oe and ow.Įxamples of words found in this set include boat, toe and snow. The words on these pages all contain a long o vowel sound.

Long o sound words