Long O Short O Word Sort. Short o/Long o Sort- Either sort the words by short o/long. o patterns or the child can match the short o/long o pair (tot/tote). to change the short o words into long o words. Students will identify long O words based on picture clues, then determine the spelling pattern of each word.

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So, to restate the sounds of long and short o I remind them that they are learning long o words and long o will say its name.
It's more like "biz-niss." With that in mind, let's explore more short vowel words, sorted by letter. In each of these pairs, the first word has Long-O and the second word has Short-o, so they can definitely be confused if you use the wrong vowel sound. Long o: cope, hope, mope, dote, poke, boat, coat, goat, road, soap, Short o: cop, hop, mop, dot, pock, bot, cot, got, rod, sop, Short/Long "o" Word Sort.