AUDIO COMPANION: Lessons 98 & 99
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Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lessons 98 & 99
Broad O Orthoepy (ô as in
gône
) • Nature Poetry: “How Do the Robins Build Their Nests?” • Pages 54–55
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LESSONS 98 & 99: BROAD O PHONICS & ROBIN REDBREAST POETRY
12 Target Words • Socratic Inquiry • Rhyme Studio
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Broad
o
as in
gône
, marked
ô
: Pronounce carefully, write neatly, and mark the circumflex over each
o
.
12 Words • 26px Standard Penmanship
-ong Sound
▶
g
ô
ne
-ong Family
▶
l
ô
ng
-ong Family
▶
s
ô
ng
-ong Family
-off / -oft
▶
ô
ff
-off/-oft
▶
ô
ft
-off/-oft
▶
s
ô
ft
-off/-oft
-ost Sound
▶
l
ô
st
-ost Family
▶
c
ô
st
-ost Family
▶
fr
ô
st
-ost Family
-oss / -oth
▶
m
ô
ss
-oss/-oth
▶
cr
ô
ss
-oss/-oth
▶
cl
ô
th
-oss/-oth
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Wheeler's Socratic Orthoepy: Compare the sound of
o
with other vowels.
Acoustic Vowel Scale
Inquiry 1: Is this sound of
o
the same as
o
in
on, top,
or
not
?
Answer:
No.
The vowel in
not
is the short
Ŏ
(/ɒ/). Broad
ô
in
gone
is more open, prolonged, and rounded in the throat.
Inquiry 2: Is it like the sound of
o
in
or, nor,
and
for
?
Answer:
Yes!
It is almost identical to the deep circumflex
ô
(/ɔː/), but pronounced cleanly without the curling
r
sound.
Wheeler 1901 Acoustic Scale:
Short
ŏ
(
nŏt, tŏp
)
<
Broad ô (
gône, sôft, crôss
)
≈
Circumflex
ô
/ Broad
ạ
(
fôr, nôr, all
)
3
Lesson 99: “How Do the Robins Build Their Nests?” • Phonics Hunt & Rhyme Studio
Poetry Phonics • Rhyme Synthesis
ROBIN REDBREAST
▶ Listen to Poem
How do the robins build their nests?
Robin Redbreast told me.
First, a wisp of yellow hay
In a pretty round they lay;
Then some threads of flax or
floss
,
Feathers, too, and bits of
moss
,
Woven with a sweet, sweet
song
,
This way, that way, and
across
:
That's what Robin told me.
Phonics Detective: Find 4 words in the poem with broad
o
as in
gône
:
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
Directive 2: Rhyme Studio — Write words that rhyme:
Rhyme with:
hay
Write 2 words
Rhyme with:
flax
Write 2 words
Rhyme with:
told
Write 2 words
Rhyme with:
how
Write 2 words
Rhyme with:
song
Write 2 words
Rhyme with:
me
Write 2 words
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Sentence Synthesis: Write sentences using broad
o
words or copy a favorite couplet.
Applied Composition
Use words like
song, frost, soft, lost, cloth
or copy:
“Woven with a sweet, sweet song, / This way, that way, and across.”