Spelling o_e and -ow words

Spelling o_e and -ow words

Ages 5–7 · 6 minutes · English

Use flashcards to practice intermediate spelling words with the o_e and -ow pattern

Use flashcards to master spelling words from the previous two lessons: plow, grow, cow, snow, note, nose, bone and rose. Help Mochi the Monkey reach the finish line!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Alabama

  • ELA21.1.31e — Encode words with vowel-consonant-_e_ syllable patterns.
  • ELA21.1.31f — With prompting and support, encode words with the common vowel teams and diphthongs.
  • ELA21.1.7 — Apply knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and word analysis skills to decode and encode words accurately both in isolation and within decodable, grade-appropriate texts.
  • ELA21.1.7b — Decode and encode regularly-spelled, one-syllable words with closed syllables, open syllables, and vowel-consonant-_e_ syllables, including words with blends in initial and final position.

Alaska

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Arizona

  • 1.WF.3.a — Spell common, regular, single-syllable words using:
  • 1.WF.3.a.4 — Long vowel patterns spelled correctly, including VCe (Vowel-Consonant-silent e) (e.g., came, like), common vowel teams (e.g., boat, play, wait, see, team, right), and open syllables (e.g., go, cry).
  • 1.WF.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words.
  • 2.WF.3.a — Spell on-level, regular, single-syllable words that include:

Arkansas

  • 1.FR.17.PE — Encode one-syllable words with initial or medial VCe patterns (e.g., use, lake, slime, choke, these).
  • 1.FR.19.PE — Encode one-syllable words with the most common spellings for final long vowel sounds (e.g., say, play, cry, why, tree, snow).
  • 2.FR.14.PE — Encode one-syllable words with diphthongs (i.e., oi, oy, ou, ow).
  • 1.FR.15.PE — Encode one-syllable words containing single consonants with multiple spellings for /z/ and /k/ (e.g., is, nose, zip; kite, cat, luck).

California

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Colorado

  • RWC20-GR.1-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.v — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.3-EO.c.iii — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RWC20-GR.2-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.iv — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (for example: cage → badge; boy → boil).

Connecticut

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Delaware

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Florida

  • ELA.1.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Decode words using knowledge of spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs, trigraphs, and blends. • Decode simple words with r-controlled vowels. • Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words. • Decode words with inflectional endings. • Decode two-syllable words with regular patterns by breaking the words into syllables. • Decode words that use final –e and vowel teams to make long-vowel sound.
  • ELA.1.C.3.1 — Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
  • ELA.2.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words. • Decode words with variable vowel teams (e.g., oo, ea, ou) and vowel diphthongs (e.g., oi, oy, ow). • Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long and short vowels. • Decode words with open (e.g., hi, baby, moment) and closed (e.g., bag, sunshine, chop) syllables and consonant -le (e.g., purple, circle, stumble). • Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. • Decode words with silent letter combinations (e.g., knight, comb, island, ghost).

Georgia

  • ELAGSE1L2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • ELAGSE1RF3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Hawaii

  • 1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • 1.RF.3c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • 1.L.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Idaho

  • 1.FR.PH.3c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds (e.g., ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, and oe).
  • 1.GC.M.3a — Use conventional spelling for words with common, taught spelling patterns and frequently occurring irregular words.
  • 1.GC.M.3 — Use knowledge of spelling in writing.

Illinois

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Indiana

  • 1.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing the first word of a sentence, dates, names of people, and the pronoun I. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, and exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using commas in dates and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Spelling unknown words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. II. Correctly spelling words with common spelling patterns. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration
  • 2.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing greetings, months and days of the week, titles and initials in names, and proper nouns, including holidays and geographic names. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, or exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using an apostrophe to form contractions and singular possessive nouns. III. Using commas in greetings and closings of letters, dates, and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Correctly spelling words with short and long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, and consonant-blend patterns. II. Generalizing learned spelling patterns (e.g., word families) when writing words. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration

Iowa

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words with final-e (VCe) patterns. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with common vowel team patterns that represent long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics, which includes word analysis skills to support decoding and encoding words.

Kansas

  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team patterns for representing long vowel sounds.
  • W.1.11.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently-occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Kentucky

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.2.3.e — Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

Louisiana

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Maine

  • L.2.1.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • R.3.1.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Maryland

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Massachusetts

  • L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Michigan

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Minnesota

  • 1.2.1.2 — Accurately spell words in common word families and high-frequency words; use phonetic spelling for other words.
  • 1.1.1.2.b — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: decode regularly spelled one-syllable words including final e and vowel teams, consonant digraphs and diphthongs, and inflectional suffixes and two-syllable words that follow six-syllable types, demonstrating both accuracy and automaticity.
  • 2.2.1.2 — Apply spelling patterns and rules to spell words with consonant and vowel digraphs and diphthongs, six syllable types, and inflectional suffixes authentically in writing.

Mississippi

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Missouri

  • 1.L.1.B.e — spell words using regular spelling patterns
  • 1.L.1.B.f — spell words phonetically using phonemic awareness and spelling knowledge
  • 1.RF.3.A.b — identifying letters for the spelling of short and long vowels

Montana

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Nebraska

  • LA.1.F.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
  • LA.1.F.3.d — Decode and encode final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • LA.1.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding (spelling) words.
  • LA.1.FW.2 — Demonstrate sound-letter concepts when writing.

Nevada

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

New Hampshire

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

New Jersey

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

New Mexico

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

New York

  • 1L2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (See Notes for grade-band conventions.)
  • 1RF3b — Decode long vowel sounds in regularly spelled one-syllable words (e.g., final –e conventions and common vowel teams).
  • 1RF3c — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

North Carolina

  • RF.1.4.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.
  • RF.1.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

North Dakota

  • 1.F.9c — silent e
  • 1.F.9 — Encode words with phoneme-grapheme correspondences:
  • 2.F.9b — vowel teams

Ohio

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Oklahoma

  • 1.2.SE.1 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: a. consonants b. short vowels c. digraphs d. consonant blends e. vowel-consonant-silent e
  • 1.2.W.4 — Students will correctly spell grade-level, highly decodable words (e.g., cup, like, cart) and common, irregularly spelled sight words (e.g., the) while editing using resources as needed.
  • 2.2.SE.1 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: a. digraphs b. trigraphs c. vowel digraphs d. r-controlled *sequential skills
  • 2.2.SE.2 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following syllable types in single-syllable and multisyllabic words: a. closed b. open c. vowel-consonant-silent e d. r-controlled *sequential skills

Oregon

  • 1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • 1.RF.3c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • 1.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Pennsylvania

  • CC.1.4.1.F — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.
  • CC.1.1.1.D — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Identify common consonant diagraphs, final-e, and common vowel teams. • Decode one- and two-syllable words with common patterns. • Read grade-level words with inflectional endings. • Read grade- appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • CC.1.4.1.L — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.
  • CC.1.4.1.R — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.

Rhode Island

  • L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.2.3.e — Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

South Carolina

  • ELA.1.F.3.8 — Decode and encode words using: a. onset/rime; b. consonant blends (i.e., initial and final); c. consonant digraphs (i.e., ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ck); d. trigraphs (e.g., -tch, -dge)*; e. combination (i.e., qu); f. VCe; g. vowel r (e.g., ar, er, ir, or, ur); h. common inflectional endings that do not change the base word (e.g., -s, -ed); i. contractions with am, is, has, and not; j. hard and soft sounds of c and g (c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y; g=/g/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y) *; k. vowel y in the final position of one- and two-syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words, and words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /ĭ/ sound (e.g., fly-my; baby-happy, myth-gym) *; l. words that follow the -ild, -ost, -old, -olt, and -ind patterns (e.g., mild, host, fold, jolt, kind); m. silent letter combinations (e.g., kn, wr, mb, gh, gn) *; n. words with final /f/, /l/, and /s/ sounds in one-syllable base words by doubling the final consonant when it follows a short vowel sound (e.g., cliff, hill, pass); and o. words with final /v/ sound, using knowledge that no English word ends with a v. (e.g. have, give, save).
  • ELA.1.AOR.9.1 — Identify and use phonic patterns and inflectional morphemes that do not change the spelling of the base word.
  • ELA.1.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words. (FK -1.3-2.18 LF BR-430)

South Dakota

  • 1.L.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • 1.RF.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • 1.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Tennessee

  • 1.FL.WC.4.b — Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common vowel spelling patterns including CVCe, common vowel teams, final -y, and r-controlled vowels.
  • 1.FL.WC.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.

Texas

  • 1.2C.i — spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;
  • 1.2C.iii — spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
  • 1.2C — demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

Utah

  • 1.R.3.b — With prompting and support, identify and begin reading and spelling words with all six syllable types (i.e., open, closed, CVCe, vowel team, vowel-r, consonant -le).
  • 2.R.3.i — Read and spell words with the following diphthongs and vowels (i.e., oi, oy; ou, ow; au, aw; oo, u).
  • 1.R.3 — Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.

Vermont

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Virginia

  • 1.FFR.3.B — Decode and encode words with long vowels, open syllables, (CV, CCV) and vowel consonant-e (CVCE, CCVCE).
  • 1.FFW.2.A — Use phoneme-grapheme (sound/symbol) correspondence to encode (spell) single-syllable words containing closed syllables (cvc, ccvc, cvcc, and ccvcc), open syllables (cv, ccv), vowel-consonant-e (cvce, ccvce).
  • 1.FFW.2.C — Encode (spell) unfamiliar words by recognizing and applying taught word patterns.
  • 1.LU.2.C — Use conventional spelling of words with commonly taught spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

Washington

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Washington, D.C.

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

West Virginia

  • ELA.1.37.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
  • ELA.1.II.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Wisconsin

  • ELA.1.L.6.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and draw on phonological awareness and spelling conventions to spell other words phonetically. Related to Reading Foundational standards (RF.1.3).
  • ELA.1.RF.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds (Examples include but are not limited to: ai, ay, oa, ea, ee, ie, ue, ow).
  • ELA.1.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Wyoming

  • L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  • RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.