Cracking the Long O Code: Pattern Walkthrough

Section role: supports the formalization section while the teacher gathers the class, shares group categories, and introduces the formal pattern names and neighborhoods. Slides: (1) Title — 'Cracking the Long O Code'; (2) Sharing Our Discoveries — bullets: reviewing group categories, transitioning from detective work to pattern names; (3) Pattern 1: Vowel Team (oa) — bullets: middle of the word position, examples boat and road; (4) Pattern 2: Silent E (o_e) — bullets: the magic E rule, examples home and stone; (5) Pattern 3: Vowel Team Variant (ow) — bullets: ending position like snow and grow, middle position like bowl; (6) Pattern 4: Open Syllable (o) — bullets: unobstructed vowels, examples go, so, and solo; (7) Vowel Teams Explained — bullets: two vowels working together to make one long sound; (8) Exception Alert — bullets: why shoe does not fit despite having an o; (9) Mini-Game: Which Pattern Am I? — interactive slide where students identify patterns for target words; Closing slide: 'Where do you expect to see the ow pattern most often?' — sets up the individual pattern detective practice in the next section.

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