How do you teach ou ow?
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How do you teach ou ow?
When you hear /ow/ at the end of a word or syllable, use ow (cow, now, pow/er, show/er). When you hear /ow/ at the start of, or inside a word or syllable, use ou (ounce, house, loud). BUT: If the word rhymes with down (frown, clown, town) or owl (howl, towel, growl) we usually use ow.
What is OW and OU?
When you hear the /ow/ sound at the beginning or in the middle of a syllable, it is usually spelled ou. When you hear the /ow/ sound at the end of a syllable, it is usually spelled ow.
What does Ow say?
The “ow” vowel team. It says /O/ like in the snow, and /ow/ like in plow. Now, typically students recognize the “ow” (like in plow) sound first, as they have seen “ow” as a word by itself. They are usually surprised by the long O sound (like in snow) even though this is actually the more common of the two.
Is OU short or long?
Spelling and Pronunciation: OU
| Pronunciation | Examples |
|---|---|
| short U | rough, tough, enough, country, young |
| short O | bought, fought, sought, cough |
| Long O | though, dough, thorough, four, pour, tour, soul |
| Long U | through, route* |
What is diphthong OU?
A diphthong is a sound formed by combining two vowels in a single syllable. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. The two most common diphthongs in the English language are the letter combination “oy”/“oi”, as in “boy” or “coin”, and “ow”/ “ou”, as in “cloud” or “cow”.
What are ou words?
Words with OU saying “ow!”
| devout | discount | doubt |
| doughty | dour | dropout |
| drought | dumfound OR dumbfound (either spelling is right) | enshroud |
| espouse | expound | flounder |
| flour | flout | found |
What ow means?
(aʊ ) exclamation. ‘Ow! ‘ is used in writing to represent the noise that people make when they suddenly feel pain.
What is the sound of OU?
Here are some examples of common words. ou can be pronounced as /ow/ as in Rose. ou can be pronounced as /ʌ/ as in Mustard. ou can be pronounced as /aw/ as in Brown.