Skill

RF.1.3.B.xvi: Decode Regularly Spelled One-Syllable Words with Variant Vowel Combinations (e.g. igh, ough) and Diphthongs (e.g. oy, ow)

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.B: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Description

Mastery: Student silently recognizes variant vowel combinations (e.g. igh, au, ough) and diphthongs (e.g. oy, ow) and decodes regularly spelled one-syllable words with variant vowel combinations (e.g. igh, ough) and diphthongs (e.g. oy, ow) with automaticity.

 

Acquiring: Student decodes the word with variant vowel combinations and diphthongs (sound by sound), before blending. Student self-corrects if he/she initially produces the individual sounds of letters in the digraphs/diphthongs, or the wrong sound. Student may need a reminder from the teacher or help from a sound/spelling card (e.g. igh, au, ough, oy, ow).

Probes

T: Read the following words: might, town, bought, coil, cloud, joy, through, foot, stew, hawk, foul, soul, bought, vault, fool.

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

• P.050 Variant Correspondences Flip Manipulating Books
• F.008 Words Word Family Zoom
• P.016 Variant Correspondences How Many Words?
• P.025 Letter-Sound Correspondence Letter-Sound Match
• Reintroduce oy
• ow/ou- Read with a Partner
• Poem: A Pumpkin Sigh
• Bingo

During Transitions

• Nessy Stragegy ou
• Alphablocks Series 3 (/ow/ ow) – How Now Brown Cow
• Alphablocks Series 4 (/ow/ ou)- Cowboy
• Alphablocks ai, ay
• Alphablocks : Mine – Series 4 – Episode 07
• Alphablocks Series 4 – Mine (long i: igh, ie, i_e)
• Long Vowel O Vowel Vowel, Beginning Reading Grammar Phonics Lesson
• Step 22 of Phonics With Diphthong (oy) and (oi) Part 3
• The Electric Company – The Hound Song (/ow/)
• Alphablocks Series 4 – Blue (/ew/ ue and ew)
• Alphablocks : Moon – Series 1 (oo as /oo/ or /ōō/)

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

• P.018 Letter Sound Correspondence Letter Sound Pyramid
• P.018 Variant Correspondences Fishing for Vowel Digraphs
• P.019 Variant Correspondences Vowel Digraph Baseball
• P.049 Vowel Slide
• P.047 Canned Sort
• Fish/Memory Game (ai, ea, ee, oa, oo)
• Space Aces: A Vowel Combination/Digraph Phonics Game
• oy/oi- Four-in-a-Row Game
• oy/oi- I Have Who Has Game
• oy- Phase 5 Roll and Read Mat Game
• ow/ou- Read with a Partner
• ough- student partners read
• igh- Connect words
• Dragon Words with diphthongs:
  • cOW
  • OU
  • EW
  • AW
  • snOW
• Diphthong Word Searches:
  • AW Easy
  • EW Easy
  • OW (snow) Easy
  • OW (cow) Easy
  • OO (book) Easy
  • OU Easy
  • AW Norm
  • EW Norm
  • OW (snow) Norm
  • OW (cow) Norm
  • OO (book) Norm
  • OU Norm

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Considerations & Reminders

• Teach students there are multiple sounds made by ou: /oʊ/ as in “though” (rhymes with “toe”); /uː/ as in “through” (rhymes with “true”); /ʌf/ as in “enough” (rhymes with “tough”); /ɒf/ as in “cough” (rhymes with “off”); /ɔː/ as in “thought” (rhymes with “taut”); /aʊ/ as in “bough” (rhymes with “how”)
• Teachers should focus on students reading words with these digraphs and diphthongs. Begin by locating words with variant vowel combinations and diphthongs in word searches or reading passages; students should recognize the spelling and sound patterns and then be able to read the words.
• This is a difficult skill as there are different sounds that can be associated with one spelling pattern. Remind students to use the “reread” skill to make sure the word makes sense in a sentence and to refer to anchor charts or sound/spelling cards, if necessary.