Mole and the Baby Bird
Dear Families,
This week students will read the animal fantasy story, Mole and the Baby Bird. Mole finds a
baby bird and wishes to keep it as a pet. Mole comes to learn a lesson as the story progresses. This
week students will read and spell words with the diphthong /ou/ spelled ou. Students will also learn
to read and to sound out two syllable words, with the syllable division pattern vowel-consonantpattern.
In grammar, students will continue to practice adjectives and ending punctuation.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Donaghy
Spelling Words
should
loved
cloud
count
found
house
mouth
ouch
our
out
round
shout
High-Frequency Words
door
loved
should
without
Selection Words
borrowed
presently
usually
Mole and the Baby Bird
Skill: The letters ou can stand for the diphthong sound /ou/. A diphthong is two vowels whose
sounds blend together with two mouth movements. The diphthong ou is found at the beginning or
middle of a word.
Skill: If a word has one consonant between two vowels, the consonant usually goes with the second
syllable, making the first vowel long as in the word: raven. A less common syllable division pattern
has the consonant going with the first vowel making the vowel in the first syllable short, as in the
word robin.
about
doubt
houses
outside
shout
underground
bounce
found
loud
pouch
shouted
cloud
grouch
mous e
pound
slouch
couch
ground
mouth
pout
sound
count
hound
ouch
proud
south
counted
house
out
round
trout
V'/CV Raven Pattern
baby
basin
decent
frozen
motel
music
pupil
raven
taken
tiger
begin
human
open
robot
tulip
below
humid
over
siren
zebra
bonus
lazy
pilot
silence
cozy
moment
pony
sofa
VC'/V Robin Pattern
cabin
camel
habit
honest
river
robin
talent
travel
clever
lemon
salad
value
dragon
limit
second
vanish
finish
model
seven
visit
forest
never
shadow
wagon
Sentences:
1. We loved our cozy old house.
2. Ouch! The hot drink burned my mouth.
3. You should count to ten, and then come out.
4. The round cloud looks like a face.
5. I pulled the squeaky wagon behind me.
6. The hound never took his eyes off the little
rabbit.
7. Mom gives each us of a neat surprise on our birthday.
8. I enjoy watching the clever clown make the crowd giggle.
9. Go over the hill, turn east and go toward the brown house.
10. Ann found her lost mitten.
11. You did not have to shout.
12. How high can you count.
13. I see a dark cloud in the sky.
14. Dan ran out the door.
15. The big dog is our family pet.
16. The moon is full and round.
17. Ouch! That hurts.
18. Who lives in the red house?
19. I popped a grape into my mouth.
20. The pup loved playing ball.
21. We should go home now.
Mole and the Baby Bird
Level 1.5.2
Level 1.5.2
door
Level 1.5.2
loved
Level 1.5.2
should
wood