This silly story of a family, their pet goat, a coat, and boat will capture your pupils' attention as they work on the long /o/ sound, the oa digraph, and reading comprehension.

Concepts

the long /o/ sound, the oa digraph, vowel digraphs, digraphs, spelling patterns, spelling, phonics

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids read the poem out loud to one another or as a class to practice the sounds and to get the full effect of this silly poem
• Ask learners to highlight or underline the sections that hold the answers to the reading comprehension questions
• Use this in a center or station
• Assign this for homework or as a starter

Classroom Considerations

• You may wish to use this resource alongside other related resources, since there isn't too much to it

Pros

• While somewhat absurd, the short poem is just silly enough to keep kids entertained
• The provided handwriting lines will assist students as they work on writing correctly

Cons

• Answers are not included

Common Core

RL.1.1 RI.1.1 RF.1.2.a RF.1.4.a