Lesson 27

o - O  'Octopus'

The next letter sound to teach is the sound as in ostrich, dog, top, frog, on etc. The semi-circle above the shows your student that it is short sounding. The long sounding letter 'o' has a stripe above it, as in okapi;

Step 1:

1. Quickly review the previous letters learned.

2. Pronounce words beginning with those sounds.

3. Show the coloured letter cards.

Step 2:

1. print: letter 'o' in colour

Step 3:

1. Show the letter to your student and pronounce the sound several times.

2. Ask the student to repeat the letter sound several times.

3. Pronounce words that begin with the sound (on, frog, dog ....).

Step 4: Print and complete the following worksheets in order:

1. letter o worksheet

2. the letter o

3. the letter O

4. print the 'alternative letter'

5. number 9

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