Skill: Spelling/reading pattern short double (oo)
sound
as heard in "foot"
This spelling/reading pattern (oo)
has two sounds long, and short.
Long double (oo) was introduced in the previous lesson
(# 40).
Short double (oo)/(u)
has two spelling patterns.
"u" as in put
or pull; "oo" as
in foot or book
- not the
same sound as short "u" in duck.
Read these words.
| book | goodbye | shook |
| brook | hood | soot |
| cook | hoodie | sooty |
| cookie | hoof | stood |
| cookout | hook | took |
| crook | look | unhook |
| fishhook | nook | wood |
| foot | plywood | woodpecker |
| football | rook | woof |
| good | rookie | wool |
| bull | bush | pull |
| bulletin | butcher | pulley |
| bullion | full | push |
| bully | pit bull | put |
Sight words that have the same vowel sound.
| could | pussyfoot | should | sugar | wolf | woman | would |
Dictation/Spelling Practice for short (oo) words
Spelling pattern short double (oo) and (u) as in put.
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Read these sentences.
- The cook looked at the book.
- I understood the story in the book.
- The bush is full of thorns.
- I gave the swing a good push.
- Did I put the book in the bookcase?
- The crook wore a black hood.
- My lunch was good and I’m too full.
- The pit bull took a look at the crook.
- I stood on one foot and hopped over the wood.
- The bully pushed me then pulled my wool sweater off.
- They found many fishhooks as they stood by the brook.
- The rookie football player looked pretty good.
- The bully took all of our sugar cookies.
- We're on the lookout for the crook who took the bullion.
- She shook soot from her hood after a walk in the woods.
- I said goodbye to the cook as we left the cookout.
- Should we put the woofer above the nook?
Write two or more original sentences. Include at least one word in each sentence that has the spelling pattern (oo)/(u) as in foot and put. Remember all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation point (!). Please illustrate one of your sentences on the back of your paper.
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There are a few (oo) words which are neither long
(oo) nor short (oo).
Can you read these sight words:
blood, door, flood, floor