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LESSON 64 • VOWEL DIGRAPHS ōw & ōu = LONG Ō SOUND (/oʊ/)
Wheeler's Elementary Speller — Page 37
“Dear little blossom, down under the snow,
You must be weary of winter, I know.”
— Emily Huntington Miller
“There’s a fairy in Bluebell Hollow;
She calls and the children follow
Down Bluebell Hollow.”
— Traditional Folk Verse
1
Spell orally, listen carefully, and write each target word on the handwriting line:
low
row
snow
know
owe
grow
pour
four
court
mourn
2
Word Building — Join the beginning consonant or blend with the phonogram to write the new word:
Form words by adding ōw Onsets: s, sh, fl, bl, gl, gr
s + ow  =
sh + ow =
fl + ow =
bl + ow =
gl + ow =
gr + ow =
Form words by adding ōat Onsets: b, c, g, thr, fl
b + oat  =
c + oat  =
g + oat  =
thr + oat =
fl + oat  =
3
Sound Detective & Homophone Match:
A. Digraph Sound Detective
Read: snow, know, and down. Which word has a different vowel sound than long ō? Write it below:
Write two words from the poems where ow makes the long ō sound:
B. Homophone Pairs (Sound Alike, Spelled Differently)
four ↔
know ↔
pour ↔
mourn ↔
Phonics Rules to Remember:
1. Digraph ōw: Often makes the long ō sound (/oʊ/) as in snow, grow, and hollow. (Do not confuse with /aʊ/ in down).
2. Digraph ōu: In words like four, pour, court, and mourn, the letters ou make the long ō sound.
3. Silent Initial K: In the word know, the letter k before n is silent. The word sounds exactly like no!
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lesson 64 • Vowel Digraphs ōw & ōu Page 1 of 2 (Student Worksheet)