Exploring /ɔː/ and /ɑː/ Sounds

1st Grade•30 minutes

Learning Objective

I can distinguish the vowel sounds /ɔː/ and /ɑː/ in spoken words.

The letter O is a vowel and makes two sounds.

The short sound of the letter O is /o/ as in otter and pot.

The long sound of the letter O is /o/ as in ocean and rose.

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Which word has the short /o/ sound like in 'otter'?

2. Say the word 'snows'. Does it have the short /o/ sound or the long /o/ sound?

3. Think of a word that has the same short /o/ sound as 'octopus'. Write the word.

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