Applying the new 'oa' spellings, including 'o' and 'oe' | English

Starter quiz

How many syllables in the word moment?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 4
Choose two words that are nouns.
- doe ✓
- go
- toe ✓
- below
- no
Match the word to the spelling it uses for the 'oa' sound.
- foe
  
  ⇔
  
  'oe' ✓
- bonus
  
  ⇔
  
  'o' ✓
- woe
  
  ⇔
  
  'oe' ✓
- so
  
  ⇔
  
  'o' ✓
Choose the three common spellings of the oa sound.
- o
- oa ✓
- o-e ✓
- oe
- ow ✓
Pick the spelling that matches the sentence. I will wait for you __________.
- hear
- here ✓
- her
- heer
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: It is important not to lose foacus in your lesssons.
- 'focus' ✓

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I can't wait to visit the museum __________
- again ✓
- agen
- agane
- agan
Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I only ate ___________ the pizza
- have
- haf
- half ✓
- halph
Choose the 'oa' spellings that match the words.
- woe
  
  ⇔
  
  oe ✓
- know
  
  ⇔
  
  ow ✓
- loan
  
  ⇔
  
  oa ✓
- phone
  
  ⇔
  
  o-e ✓
- potato
  
  ⇔
  
  o ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: The two friends became terrible fos.
- 'foes' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: They were a highly skilled banjoe player.
- 'banjo' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. When the light went green we knew the car could gow.
- 'go' ✓

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o' and 'oe' are representations of the 'oa' phoneme.
‘oe’ is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme most commonly found at the end of a word.
The 'o' representation of the 'oa' phoneme is in the high frequency words only, both and over.
How to spell the common exception words: half and again.

'oe' and 'o' can be commonly confused because they often appear at the end of words.

Draw attention to how rare the 'oe' spelling is and that the 'o' spelling at the end has limited use in high frequency words.

Noun - nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea, such as "cat," "school," or "love"
High frequency words - the words or spellings that appear most frequently in written texts
Rare - words or spellings that do not appear very often