Notes on the digraph 'or'

The digraph ‘or’

The digraph 'or' is taught in the same way as 'ar',
following Units 1 to 4 above.

The hook-word is - 'or-fork'

The colour code is - yellow

The refrain is - " O R together go ... 'or'! "

The 12 basic words are -

for fork storm corn short sport
born north sort shorts form torch

( Use the c…k rule for fork and corn )

Unit 3

Copymasters	for teaching the 'or' words. Click the box below.
Preparation	D50	'or' for letter block or-fork for Sounds Book ed fold-back card
Unit 1	D11	pictures for scatter-page
Unit 2	D52	12 basic words
	D53	Fold-overs
	D54	Slips-with-lines
	D55	Pictures for imaginative writing (not ready yet)
Unit 3	D56	Harder words
	D57	Harder words
	D60	Ring-of-Rhymes
	D59	'ore' words: optional for Unit 3
Unit 4	D61	Words with suffixes

COPYMASTERS

For the copymaster to practise or in joined letters, please click the box below.
Two styles for the letter r are used. For the style on page16 of the Copymaster book, click JW-or-1. For the style on page 93, click JW-or-2.

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Notes

The word horse sometimes tangles with house and can cause difficulty for some children. As we have only just taught house with the last digraph, the word horse has not been included in the 12 basic words here, just to be safe. It is included in the reading cards, however, so you’ll be able to teach it to children who will not be confused.

Short easy sentences

As well as your own sentences, you might like to try some of these.

	The storm came from the north. I went out with my torch.
	I am good at sport. Can you get me my shorts? My shorts are green and red.
	Sort out the pens. We seem to be short of red pens. What sort shall we get?
	I need a spoon and a fork. Can you get a fork for me?
	The hens are short of corn. The pigs have just been born. The dog is lost in the storm. I will look for him with my torch.

Notes on the more difficult words

Use the c…k rule for the words cork and corner .

Teach capitals for countries: Norway.

Only tackle corner and reporter if you have taught the ‘er’ in the Syllables section.

As always, make the neutral vowels clear in words like important reporter.

Include story only if you have taught ‘Y at the end of a word’ in the One-Off Lessons.

Only tackle gorgeous and George if you have taught the 'soft g' pattern in the One-Off Lessons.

Optional Extra

You might like to include one or two of the ‘ore’ words.

score shore more before store therefore explore ignore (apple) core

The rule is that or at the end of a word has an E after it (except for for). If you decide to include these words, it is up to you whether you explain the rule or not. If you decide not to explain the rule, you can use instead: “And E at the end, for no reason at all.” - just as you did for house and mouse.

If you include some of these ore words, it's best not to teach them with the suffix ‘ed’. The need to drop the E will make the task confusing, for example: score + ed = scored.

If you have taught the lesson ‘Drop the E before I-N-G’ (in the Suffixes section), you can try the ‘ing’ suffix to make scoring, storing or exploring. If not, it is better to give it a miss.

What next

This completes the work on Digraphs for the time being. The next set to introduce will be ea (sea meat cream), ai (rain train snail) and oa (boat road goal). But before these are taught a certain amount of time needs to elapse.

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