Instructions for Lesson 41
Introduce the long-vowel o sound |ō| found in the spelling patterns oa, ou, oe, silent e, ore, oar, oor, and our, as in coat, soul, toe, hope, more, oar, door, and four.
Does your student understand the words being taught? Some of these words are homophones, which tend to be intriguing to new readers. Examples of homophones are sore and soar.
oa = |ō|
I – III LEARN the oa spelling pattern for the long-vowel o sound |ō|, as in boat.
ou and oe = |ō|
IV LEARN the ou and oe spelling patterns for the long-vowel o sound |ō|, as in soul and toe.
silent e = |ō|
V REVIEW the silent e spelling pattern for the long-vowel o sound |ō|, as in hope.
ore, oar, oor and our = |ōr|
VI LEARN words like more, oar, door, and four. These words have the long-vowel o sound, but this sound is modified a bit by the presence of the letter r. These words are sometimes referred to as r-controlled words. Some students might pronounce the word your with more of a murmur diphthong sound |ǝr|. We will learn more about the murmur diphthong and words spelled our in Lessons 69 and 86, respectively. Be sure that your student includes the silent e when he spells the last word in Roman numeral VI, course.