The 'oa' spellings, including 'oa', 'ow' and 'o-e' | English

Starter quiz

Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- cried
  
  ⇔
  
  4 ✓
- final
  
  ⇔
  
  5 ✓
- sky
  
  ⇔
  
  3 ✓
Which of these are a proper noun?
- bike
- Wednesday ✓
- tall
- Joe ✓
Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. You __________ not do that.
- shud
- shood
- shuld
- should ✓
How many syllables are there in the word pilot?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 4
Choose two more spellings that can also represent the phoneme oa as in boat.
- ie
- ow ✓
- ay
- o-e ✓
Choose the word that rhymes with 'float'.
- note ✓
- night
- slope

Pick the spelling that matches the sentence. __________ is that over there?
- Whoo
- Who ✓
- Woo
Choose the 'oa' spellings that match to the words.
- groan
  
  ⇔
  
  oa ✓
- hole
  
  ⇔
  
  o-e ✓
- below
  
  ⇔
  
  ow ✓
Match the grapheme to where they commonly appear in a word.
- oa
  
  ⇔
  
  in the middle ✓
- o-e
  
  ⇔
  
  'last but one' ✓
- ow
  
  ⇔
  
  at the end ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. They followed the river's flo upstream.
- 'flow' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. We took a cowch for the school trip.
- 'coach' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. I had a long phoan call with my relative.
- 'phone' ✓

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‘ow’ is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme that often comes at the end of a word.
‘o-e’ is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme that is often found 'last but one'.
‘oa’ is a representation of the 'oa' phoneme that is often found in the middle of a word.
How to spell the common exception words: who and how.

Pupils may read the 'ow' in words such as 'below' and 'snow' as an 'ou' sound, such as in 'growl'.

Explain to pupils that when the 'ow' digraph appears at the end of the word, it is typically making an 'oa' sound.

Split digraph - has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph like in "make" where the "k" separates the digraph "ae"
Phoneme - the smallest units of sound that make up words
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Common - a spelling pattern that is most often found in written language