Applying the new 'oa' spellings, including 'o' and 'oe'
I can apply two new spellings for the 'oa' phoneme: 'o' and 'oe'.
Applying the new 'oa' spellings, including 'o' and 'oe'
I can apply two new spellings for the 'oa' phoneme: 'o' and 'oe'.
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Key learning points
- o' and 'oe' are representations of the 'oa' phoneme.
- ‘oe’ is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme most commonly found at the end of a word.
- The 'o' representation of the 'oa' phoneme is in the high frequency words only, both and over.
- How to spell the common exception words: half and again.
Keywords
Noun - nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea, such as "cat," "school," or "love"
High frequency words - the words or spellings that appear most frequently in written texts
Rare - words or spellings that do not appear very often
Common misconception
'oe' and 'o' can be commonly confused because they often appear at the end of words.
Draw attention to how rare the 'oe' spelling is and that the 'o' spelling at the end has limited use in high frequency words.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
'oe'
'o'
'oe'
'o'
Exit quiz
6 Questions
oe
ow
oa
o-e
o