Year 1Split digraphs
o-e words
The letters o and e work together to make the long /oa/ sound.
The split digraph 'o_e' can also spell the long /oo/ sound of 'moon', as in 'move' and 'lose'. The final 'e' is silent.
o-e/ō/ as in bone
Words with o-e
Tap a word to see its sounds and hear it.
o-e in the middle
Read o-e in a sentence.
Every sentence is checked against the sound.
- 1I hope we go home.
- 2The mole hid in a hole.
- 3The rose is by the stone.
- 4Those bones are in a box.
How to teach o-e
- Introduce the split digraph. Explain that a split digraph is two letters that work together to make one sound, even though they are separated by one consonant.
- Model the target phoneme three times.
- Students repeat.
- Check articulation and correct mouth placement.
- Identify the phoneme in the example words.
Decodable stories with o-e.
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Make a whole o-e lesson.
Slides, words and sentences, matched to the sounds your class has learned.