oo as in moon
Free practice for oo as in moon. It loads instantly, there is nothing to sign up for, and it stops after eight questions.
What this skill is
Vowel teams: oo (/oo/, as in moon). English usually has several spellings for one vowel sound, and position within the word often decides which one is used.
Three ways to teach it at home
- Read the team as a unit, never as two letters.
- Sort words by which spelling of the sound they use. Sorting is where the pattern becomes visible.
- For teams with two sounds, teach flexing: try one, try the other, keep the one that is a real word.
The full word list
Every word here uses only spellings taught at or before this rung, so nothing needs guessing. Print it, or read it down the column together.
moon · soon · noon · room · broom · food · pool · cool · tool · school · tooth · boot · root · shoot · zoo · too · spoon · balloon
Where this sits in the ladder
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What grade is "oo as in moon"?
It sits in grade 2 in most sequences, and it is aligned to RF.2.3b. In Ladderbug it opens once long i: igh, ie, y is solid — grade labels are a rough guide, and readiness is what actually matters.
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