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LESSON PLAN
for Lesson 59
Variant Vowel /oo/
(as in hoop, blue, new)

Materials
Lesson plan and
teaching materials

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  • Variant vowel /oo/ picture cards
  • Word cards
  • Variant vowel /oo/ cards
  • Word-family cards
  • Letter cards
  • Game board
  • Practice sheet
  • Workmats


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Background

The variant vowel oo letter combination, as in hoop, blue, and new, is fairly consistent in its pronunciation. The oo letter combination can also make the short /u/ sound, as in book. Other letter combinations that make the same vowel sound as in hoop are eu, as in sleuth, ew as in chew, o as in do, ue as in cue, and the VCe pattern in the words tube and lute.