Spelling o oi ou

Spelling o oi ou

2. Learning outcomes
Read and pronouncewords correctly containing
the phonetic sounds (ou), (o), and (oi)

3. Warming up
Write down as many words as you can think of that
contain the sounds (ou), (o), or (oi).

4. Spelling Words: Words with /ou/, / ô /, /oi/
1. ounce 2. sprawl 3. launch 4. loyal
5. avoid
6. basketball 7. moist
8. haunt
9. scowl 10. naughty 11. destroy 12. saucer
13. pounce 14. poison 15. August 16. auction
17. royal
18. coward 19. awkward 20. encounter
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers

5. Spelling the
/ou/, /o/ and /oi/Sounds
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers
Spelling Tip
The /ou/sound is often spelled owand ou.
The /oi/sound is often spelled oiand oy
The /o/ sounds is often spelled owand oe

6. Check for understanding
Write a word for each sound on your sticky
notes then read the words
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers

7. 1-3Write the Core Words in which the /ou/
sound is spelledow.
4-8Write the Core Words in which the /ou/
sound is spelled ou.
9-12Write the Core Words in which the /oi/
sound is spelled oi.
13-15Write the Core Words in which the /oi/
sound is spelledoy.
16-20Write the Challenge Words. Circle the
letters that spell the /ou/or /oi/sounds.
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers

8. Deep inside its shell the ( 1 )
wondered what it was like ( 2 ).
Would the ( 3 )be all wet and ( 4 )
today? If not, the oyster could leave
its shell to get some sun. Rain, the
oyster felt, was like ( 5 ). With luck,
the rain would not spoil the oyster’s
plans today.
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers
The Oyster That Hated to be Moist

9. Slowly the oyster began to ( 6 )its
way up through the sand. It ( 7 )that
this was hard to do. Soon it had to
( 8 )all its strength to move ahead.
Yet nothing would ( 9 )its hope for a
nice sunbath. Little by little it opened
the movable ( 10 )of its shell. Now it
could ( 11 )itself to see ( 12 )the
weather.
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers

10. The oyster could see a tall building
and ( 13 )in the distance. No rain
would ( 14 )off the oyster’s soft body
in this weather! “When it rains,” the
oyster thought, “I have no ( 15 ). I
must stay inside my shell and sleep
in my shallow water bed.”
plow
found
joint
destroy
allow
ground
moist
employ
tower
bounce
choice
about
oyster
poison
outside
account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers