Does ow have two sounds?
We use the key phrase “Snow Plow” to teach this phonogram because “ow” has two sounds. 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.
Is ow a digraph or diphthong?
Together these vowel teams create their own unique sounds. Just a note: The /ow/ vowel team is both a digraph and diphthong. In the digraph /ow/ the long -o talks, and in the diphthong, the /ow/ makes its own unique sound. I just tell the kids that we know /w/ is not a vowel, but it loves to hang out with the vowels.
What does the oo sound make?
The most common pronunciation for the letter OO is the sound [u]. This happens in words like ‘zoo’, ‘food’, ‘moon’, ‘loop’. OO. The lips are a bit relaxed, and then the come into a tighter circle.
What is the difference between OW and OU?
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.
Is ow a diphthong?
The OW /aʊ/ vowel is called a diphthong. Diphthongs are made of two sounds, so that means a diphthong starts as one vowel, then moves to a second vowel. You should feel your articulators move as you say the sound. The OW diphthong is made up of these two vowels, /a/ and /ʊ/.
Is ow a vowel team?
A digraph is when two letters spell one sound, and diphthongs are a special kind of vowel sound. Long U Vowel Teams: ew, ue, eu. Diphthong Vowel Teams: oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw, oo.
What words have two O’s in them?
Words with two Os in them
- rooster.
- gorcrow.
- obsecration.
- oblectation.
- poetomachia.
- cooper.
- foofaraw.
- organon.