Long Vowel o Spellings Match Worksheet: o, o_e, oa, ou, ow
Children link each picture to its word and then to its long o spelling (yo-yo: o; home: o_e; goat: oa; arrow: ow; boulder: ou; piano: o). One spelling, o, is used twice.
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- Phonics - Long Vowels > Long Vowel O
How to use this worksheet
Say the picture's name, draw a line to its word, then a second line from the word to the spelling that makes the long sound, as the example shows.
Materials needed
- Pencil or coloured pencils
Extension activities
- 1Write one more word for each spelling
- 2Make spelling cards and sort words under them
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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