Vowel Pairs ow, ou

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou
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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• Grammy takes her brown lunch bag outside.
• Notice the ow in brown says /ow/ and ou in
  outside also says /ow/.

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• shouted
• What letters make the /ow/ sound?
• ou
• Notice the ending ed added the base word shout.
• How may syllables does shouted have?
• shout / ed two

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• scowling
• What letters make the /ow/ sound?
• ow
• Notice the ending ing added the base word scowl.
• How may syllables does scowling have?
• scowl / ing two

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• about
• What letters make the /ow/ sound?
• ou
• How may syllables does about have?
• a / bout two

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• downstream
• What letters make the /ow/ sound?
• ow
• How may syllables does downstream have?
• down / stream two

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• raindrop
• How many syllables to you hear?
• rain / drop two
• What vowel sound do you hear?
• a
• How is it spelled?
• ai

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• cake bike
• Remember that the words end in silent e and have
  a long vowel sound.
• mouse
• The ou says /ou/ and the e is silent.

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Vowel Pairs ow, ou

• Read the following words.
• ounce
• drown
• houses
• without
• couch
• crouching
• trout

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Your Turn

• Turn your practice book to page 202.