ou and ow

Cloud, cow.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 28

o u and o w can say ou, like when you say ouch! Did you know ow has two sounds? Snow and cow!
Cloud has the ou sound, spelled o u.
ou and ow can both say ou, like you bumped your toe: ouch! ou is usually in the middle, like cloud. ow is often at the end or before n or l, like cow and clown.
Your turn! Spell cloud.
Now sort these words by their spelling.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

2.F.P.1.b — Identify and produce both long and short vowel sounds for A, E, I, O, U, including final -e, vowel digraphs, r-controlled vowels, and diphthongs.