56. Vowel Teams with u: ou, au, eu
New Concept Words and Sentences: ou /ou/
| List 1 |
| clouded |
countless |
| scouts |
surrounded |
| mound |
flouncing |
| louse |
denounced |
| house |
ploundy |
| clout |
frounder |
| rebound |
gloundle |
| pouch |
squounder |
| rounding |
disbround |
| discount |
introundle |
| couches |
relound |
| ounces |
declound |
- You’d better not park in that space or more than likely, your car will get impounded.
- The eagle gained momentum as she found her way back to her chicks in the nest at the top of the bluff.
- I like the crunch of alfalfa sprouts in cold dishes, but I prefer bean sprouts when I’m making a stir fry.
- The mouse scampered under the couch, but it didn’t take the cat long to find it and bounce it around until she got tired of playing.
New Concept Words and Sentences: au /ŏ/
| List 2 |
| saucy |
daub |
| fraud |
pause |
| haul |
flaunted |
| taunt |
taut |
| fault |
audit |
- What is the place where she does her laundry called?
- She likes to put hamburger meat in her tomato sauce.
- The back end of a cat is its haunch and can launch the cat up when it jumps.
New Concept Words and Sentences: eu /ōō/ & /ū/
| List 3 |
| sleuth |
eulogy |
| therapeutic |
feudal |
- Eureka! I won ten million on the lottery.
- Don’t forget to get all your pets spayed or neutered.
Review Words
| saucer |
studded |
| activation |
lawful |
| flout |
sleuthing |
| tangent |
pit |
| scowling |
pitted |
| disinfecting |
smelt |
| cloudy |
smelts |
| grumble |
feuding |
| grumbling |
applause |
| augment |
blouse |
| augmentation |
pausing |
| flinchingly |
exploit |
| parched |
neutered |
| fewer |
shouted |
| stud |
botched |
What Says?
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6. |
| 2. |
7. |
| 3. |
8. |
| 4. |
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Spelling and Sentence Dictation
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6. |
| 2. |
7. |
| 3. |
8. |
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Review
Vowel Teams with ‘u’
ou – ouch – /ou/
au – August – /ŏ/
eu – feud – /ū/
eu – deuce – /oo/
Practice
- Scoop the syllables. Mark above the type of syllable (VCCV, VCCCV, V/CV, VC/V). Mark vowel teams with one V.
| steeple |
cabin |
| underdog |
mayday |
| complain |
ample |
| soya |
refrain |
- Is it ‘ai’ or ‘ay’?
| st____n |
for____ |
| m____nt____n |
portr____ |
- Is it ‘oi’ or ‘oy’?
| sirl____n |
depl____ |
| carb____ |
m____st |
- Place a checkmark in the column with the ‘ey’ sound you hear in these words.
| Word |
ā |
ē |
| whey |
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| abbey |
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| obey |
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| parsley |
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| valley |
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| jersey |
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| heyday |
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| barley |
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| chutney |
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| volley |
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- Underline the prefix.
| precede |
unsettled |
| readjust |
dismantle |
| detained |
intervene |
| translation |
present |
