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OA Vowel Team Words and Practice

In words like boat, coat, and road, the vowel digraph oa represents the closing diphthong long vowel sound (/oʊ/).

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Canonical OA Decodable Words

Notice that in Elkonin sound boxes, oa occupies a single box representing the long vowel phoneme /oʊ/, giving 4-letter words exactly 3 sound boxes.

boat/oʊ/
b/b/1
oa/oʊ/2
t/t/3
4 Letters • 3 SoundsOA
coat/oʊ/
c/k/1
oa/oʊ/2
t/t/3
4 Letters • 3 SoundsOA
road/oʊ/
r/r/1
oa/oʊ/2
d/d/3
4 Letters • 3 SoundsOA