BOAT AND BOUGHT

Part 1: Common spelling for 0 as in Boat

boat

note

no

blow

toe

goat

tote

go

glow

Joe

soak

joke

so

flow

croak

mope

Mo

show

soap

cope

snow

loan

stoke

stow

sew

Part 2: Common spellings for bought / pot (as pronounced in California)

bought got

caught

dawn

pause

long

though
t
lot

naught

lawn

cause

song

fought

naught
y

fawn

cautiou
s

stocks

shot
not
top
lost

model

Part 3: Recognition: Which is different

Example: Boat Bought Boat
1. Soap Soap Sop
2. Cope Cop Cop
3. Note Not Note
4. Coat Caught Caught
5. Lawn Loan Lawn
6. Stock Stock Stoke
Part 4: Which do you hear?
1. Goat
2. Got
3. Stow
4. Loan
5. Lawn
6. Straw
7. Soak
8. Sought
1. Their boat got caught on a sand bar.
2. She couldnt cope with all the problems she had in her marriage, so she got divorced.
3. It isnt as easy to get a home loan as it was a few years ago.
4. He had to stoke the fire to keep it going since it was going out.
5. They normally use a lot of soap when they wash their dog before a competition.
6. How many different coats do you wear every winter?
7. Is it important for you to have a nice green lawn, or would you be happy with just
rocks?

BUT AND BOOK

Part 1: Recognition: Number 1 to 6. Ill say 3 words, which one is different (1,2, or
3)
Example: but book but
1. Buck Buck Book
2. Tuck Took Took
3. Putt Put Putt
4. Stud Stood Stud
5. Hook Hook Huck
6. Look Luck Luck
Part 2: Recognition: Which do you hear? Ill say a word. Is it u or oo sound?
Example: book
1. Luck
2. Putt
3. Stood
4. Look
5. Book
6. Snuck
7. Stud
8. Shook
9. Stuck
10. Shuck

Part 3: Sentences
1. Juliet snuck out to see Romeo.
2. We got stuck in some terrible traffic.
3. She had to shuck all the corn.
4. What a stud. All the girls like him.
5. We read a great book recently.
6. She stood at the corner waiting for a long time.
7. We tucked our girl in bed and said good night.
8. Putting a golf ball can be a little hard.
9. Its good to have some luck in life.
10. You should look at yourself in the mirror before leaving home in the morning.
11. They shook hands formally.

12. His mom got bucked by the wild ram.

13. We had to huck all the dirt over the wall.

Cook and Coke

Part 1: Recognition: Number 1 to 6. Ill say 3 words, which is different (1,2, or 3)
Example: cook coke cook
1. brook brook broke
2. crook croak croak
3. should showed should
4. full foal foal
5. bowl bowl bull
6. code could code
Part 2: Recognition: Which do you hear? Ill say a word. Is it oo or O sound?
Example: cook
1. croak
2. full
3. hooks
4. could
5. showed
6. pole
7. would
8. hoed
Part 3: Which do you hear?
1. a. They bought a nice bowl last week.
b. They bought a nice bull last week.
2. a. Shh. That sounded like a crook.
b. Shh. That sounded like a croak.
3. a. The soldier poled the flag.
b. The soldier pulled the flag.
4. a. The coke is in the kitchen.
b. The cook is in the kitchen.
5. a. They stowed it on the boat.

b. They stood it on the boat.

Part 4: Sentences to practice
1. Joan stood in the corner next to the bowl of juice.
2. The crook was able to climb through the narrow window opening.
3. That foal looks great. It should be a real winner.
4. She had a full bowl of Jello that fell to the ground in the parking lot.
5. They found a beautiful brook full of great tasting fish.
6. The pole jumper got hurt when his hands slipped.
7. That girl gooed so much chocolate on her ice cream!

Dot and Doubt

Part 1: Recognition: Number 1 to 6. Ill say 3 words, which one is different (1,2, or
3)
Example: doubt doubt dot
1. got gout gout
2. Scot Scot scout
3. cloud clod cloud
4. pond pond pound
5. bond bound bound
6. shot shout shot
Part 2: Recognition: Which do you hear? Ill say a word. Is it ou or o sound?
Example: dot
1. down
2. spout
3. trot
4. gown
5. bronze
6. pout
7. wand
8. clod
Part 3: Which do you hear?
1. a. Did you see the big clod?
b. Did you see the big cloud?
2. a. We like that Scott.
b. We like that scout.
3. a. She potted all night.
b. She pouted all night.
4. a. They went to the pond.
b. They went to the pound.

5. a. Did you hear the shot?

b. Did you hear the shout?
Part 4: Sentences to practice
1. Dont prod proud people.
2. Did Don fall down the hill?
3. He is bound to fall in love with a beautiful blond.
4. They poured all the dirt down a spout and into a pond.
5. Most kids benefit from being scouts.
6. We took some pictures of the beautiful clouds we saw in the sky.
7. The tiger was crouching behind some bushes.