Lesson 30 Vowel Pattern (oa, -o)

Skill: long (o) spelling pattern (oa) and (-o)

Review long vowel rule: When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking (it says its name), the second one does the walking (it is silent).

Read the words listed below.

boat	float	loam	roast
cloak	foam	loan	soak
coach	goal	oak	soap
coal	goat	oat	throat
coast	load	oath	toad
coat	loaf	road	toast

If a one syllable word ends with a vowel, the vowel is usually long. Ex: no

Cover the three words listed above. Can you spell them? Write them on the lines below.

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Dictation/Spelling Practice for (oa) words

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lunch image

Read these sentences.

Is Joe taking a nap in his boat?
Did you go home after lunch?
Did the goat eat the soap?
I had a sore throat so I stayed home.
Did you see the toad on the road?
Will this boat float to the kelp beds?
No, I did not reach the goal.
I will slice this loaf and make toast.
I left my coat on the boat.
Can you hear the toad croak?
The coach likes oatmeal and toast.
An armload of charcoal fell on my toe.
The coach gave us pot roast on toast.
I hope to see an oak tree when I go up the coast.
Did the oil soaked dolphins float to the coast?
The freeloading cockroach ate all of the oatmeal.
They were unloading the load of coal on the railroad.
The toad on the road puffed its throat at the goat.
The pot roast on toast made my stomach bloat.

Create two or more sentences. Please include words with the spelling pattern (oa, -o). Remember all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation point (!). Do not mix upper and lower case letters. Please be attentive to good penmanship.

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Please illustrate your favorite sentence.