A short, decodable story embedding diphthong — oi words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Jon's Shiny Coin
Skill: Diphthong — OI • Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have, with, you, are, be
Coloring page included in PDF
Jon and his mom had a choice. They could bake a cake or broil fish. "Let's bake a cake!" Jon yelled with a glad voice. Mom got the cake mix. She also gave Jon a slick new coin. "A coin in the cake will bring good luck," she said. Jon ran out with the mix and the coin. But he tripped and dropped the coin! It fell into a patch of moist soil by a big stone. "Oh no, I will spoil the cake," Jon said. He did not want to put his hand in the muck. He found a long stick and used it to hoist the coin from the soil. He pointed the clean coin at Mom. "I got it!" he yelled. Now they could bake the cake.
Circle or highlight all the OI diphthong words in the story above. How many did you find?
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.
Real Words
Nonsense Words
oil
boil
coil
foil
soil
toil
coin
join
point
joint
doiz
coiz
zoiz
foiz
toiz
goiz
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards
Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.
the oil on boil
a boil in coil
the coil and foil
a foil with soil
the soil on toil
a toil in coin
the coin and join
a join with point
the point on joint
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)
Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!
Decodable RAN Chart — Diphthong — OI
point
soil
oil
point
oil
soil
oil
noise
oil
soil
spoil
spoil
spoil
noise
point
noise
Target words: oil, soil, point, noise, spoil
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5 Word Search
Find and circle the diphthong — oi words hidden in the grid. Words go across, down, and diagonally — a fun way to reinforce diphthong — oi word recognition.
Next step: once your child can sound out these words, have them read a matching decodable mini-book. Each Diphthong — OI reader is a printable story + coloring page using only sounds they've learned.
These free diphthong (oi) worksheets provide structured phonics practice for the OI diphthong. Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort activity to distinguish real and nonsense words, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.
