Review: |ŏ| |ō|

o = |ŏ| oa = |ō|

I REVIEW words containing the short-vowel o (cost, off) and the long-vowel oa that says |ō| (coast, oaf).

Review: |ŏ| |ō|

II – V REVIEW |ŏ| words like off and stop, and |ō| words like road, soul, go, and toe. We also look again at |ōr| words like door, four, and horse. Pay particular attention to horse, the last word in Roman numeral V. This word ends in a silent e.

The challenge words for this lesson include homophones. As mentioned in Lesson 37, homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. [Homo means same and phone means sound; therefore, same sound.] Road sounds like rode, yet these words have different meanings.

Take a moment to remind your student that words often are understood in context. Consider the context of the following sentences (the homophones are in bold print): “The Queen of Hearts began her reign during a rain storm. When lightning struck, the royal guards had to rein in their skittish horses.”

For practice, task your student with identifying the homophones in the following sentence: “Annelise and Maely rode on their grandpa’s horse down the bumpy road.” Talk about the meanings of these homophones.

Always read and spell the challenge words, including any homophones, that are listed at the end of the lessons.

Not in this lesson, but in a future one (number 77), we will talk about homonyms, which are different from homophones. [Homo means same and nym means name; therefore, same name.] The word bat is a homonym. There is a bat that is a piece of baseball equipment, for example, and there is a bat that is a flying mammal.

Another category of words is homographs. Homographs are words that are written the same. [Homo means same and graph means writing; therefore, same writing]. Wind and wind are examples of homographs. They are written exactly the same but have different meanings (one is a verb and one is a noun). Here the words will also be pronounced with different sounds, though they are written the same. “Juan liked to listen to the wind at night as it would whistle and wind around the chimney.” More homograph information can be found in Lesson 88 and on the on the Basic Terms page.