Monster Phonics Groups
This week teaches the oa grapheme, the oo grapheme that makes the long oo sound (Cool Blue) and the oo grapheme that makes the short u sound (Tricky Witch).
oo Grapheme (Cool Blue)
Very few words end with the letters oo, although the few that do are often words that primary children will encounter,
Example words: zoo food, pool, moon, zoo, soon
oo Grapheme (Tricky Witch)
Example words: book, took, foot, wood, good
oa Grapheme
The digraph oa is very rare at the end of an English word.
Example words: boat, coat, road, coach, goal
oo grapheme (Cool Blue)
1. Download the PowerPoint. Use this to introduce the oo grapheme. Read the oo words and play Guess the Window.
3. Download the activity and fill in the missing oo words.