Week 5 , ,

Learning intentions

Revise the five vowel letters and their short /a,e,i,o,u/ and long  /ai,ee,ie,oa,ue/ sounds.

Revise the alternative spellings for the long vowel sounds.
Find the digraphs <oa>, <o_e>, <ow> in a set of words

Introduction

How do we write the /oa/ sound?

<oa>, <ow>, <o_e>
The <ow> spelling is most often used at the end of words. There are some exceptions eg ‘own’

Main learning

Let’s look at our target words.Underline the letters that make the long <oa> sound.

Notice the <igh>spelling in tightrope.

            the suffix in slowest