(upbeat music) (energetic music) - Oh, hey there, guys.

I'm so glad you're joining me for another day of learning.

I'm Randi House, and there's probably one thing you don't know about me, is that on the weekends, I like to box.

Actually, I kind of like to box after school sometimes and maybe even at lunch.

I really enjoy boxing math teachers, like our good friend, Mr. Joel Lookadoo.

but he keeps rescheduling our lunch matches.

I'm not really sure why, but, Mr. Lookadoo, there's gonna be a chance where I get you one day.

Well, guys, today we're gonna be learning about our vowel teams, O-W and O-U.

Now, be sure to have your paper and something to write with for this lesson.

Both of these vowel teams make the sound of ow, like they're hurt.

I like to think of these two vowels being brothers who love to wrestle and roughhouse.

And just like mama says, "When you're playing too rough, someone's going to get hurt and yell ow."

Now, we have a spelling generalization that can help us know when to use O-U in a word and when to use O-W.

The generalization is that if you hear that ow sound at the beginning or in the middle of the syllable, you spell it O-U.

You can use this to spell couch, shout, house, and loud, because the ow sound is either at the beginning or in the middle of the syllable.

Now, if you hear that sound at the end of a syllable, it's usually spelled O-W, words like cow and now, because you hear ow at the end.

But of course, there's a second part to this generalization.

If the ow sound is followed by just an N or an L sound, then you use the O-W spelling, like in clown, growl, owl, and town.

Now, get out your paper and a writing tool and draw a line right down the middle of your paper.

I want you to write O-U on one side and O-W on the other.

Can you come up with some words that use this generalization?

Were you able to come up with a few examples?

Well, the next time you come across these vowel teams, these boxing brothers, I hope you'll remember this trick and know which vowel pair to use when writing that word.

And, Mr. Lookadoo, I'm gonna be waiting for you outside the gym, so don't reschedule our match this time.

And, kiddos, remember, be safe, don't play too rough with your brothers and sisters, and when you hear that ow sound, think of this trick and know which words or which letters to use, O-U or O-W. And I'll see you back again tomorrow for more learning with Arkansas Rise and Shine.

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