© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-51 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide Have them decode and spell the words cowboy, tower, boiling, and newspaper. • Identify words with inconsistent but common sound-spellings Remind children that ow can also be pronounced /ō/, like in show, snow, and grow. Model pronunciation. Say: Sometimes, the letters ow sound like /ow/. But the letters can also sound like /ō/. If you have a classroom word wall for inconsistent sound-spelling correspondences, have children add to it. Page P-75 Practice A • Distinguish between vowel sounds Model the example. Say: You will hear three words. Pay attention to the vowel sound in each. Two words have the same ending sound. Play the audio or say the words now, drew, and new aloud. Ask: Which words have the same vowel sound at the end? (drew, new) Point to or circle the words drew and new. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. toy, enjoy 2. screw, blew 3. wow, how B • Build and decode words with oy diphthong Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters oy. What sound does oy make? (/oi/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound does the letter b make? (/b/) If we add oy to the letter b, what word do we make? (boy) Decode and say boy, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Point out that the letters oy come at the end of each word. Answers: 1. joy 2. soy 3. enjoy C • Build and decode words with oi diphthong Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters oi. What sound does oi make? (/oi/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound does the letter c make? (/k/) What sound does the letter l make? (/l/) If we add oi between c and l, what word do we make? (coil) Decode and say coil, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Point out that the letters oi come in the middle of each word. Answers: 1. boil 2. point 3. soil D • Build and decode words with ow diphthong Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters ow. What sound does ow make? (/ow/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound do the letter cl make? (/kl/) What sound does the letter n make? (/n/) If we add ow between cl and n, what word do we make? (clown) Decode and say clown, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Answers: 1. how 2. brown 3. down E • Build and decode words with ew diphthong Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters ew. What sound does ew make? (/oo/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound do the letters kn make? Remember, the letter k here is silent. (/n/) If we add ew to the letters kn, what word do we make? (knew) Decode and say knew, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Answers: 1. grew 2. flew 3. chew Page P-76 F • Spell words with vowel diphthongs Point to the Letters to Use box and model pronunciation of each diphthong as you point to it. Explain to children that they should look at the picture, name what it shows, and then choose the letters to spell that word. Model the example. Say: The example shows a clown. Say clown aloud, segmenting it into discrete sounds: /k/, /l/, /ow/, /n/. Say: We see the letters cl at the beginning and the letter n at the end. What’s missing? (/ow/) What letters make the vowel sound in this word? (ow) Model writing ow on the line to complete the word. Ask: How do you spell clown? (c, l, o, w, n) Remember, the letters ow make one sound. Then play the audio and have children complete the activity, naming the pictures, saying each word aloud, and writing the missing letters. Help children name the pictures if they are unclear. Answers: 1. oy (boy) 2. ow (frown) 3. ew (blew) 4. oi (coin)
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