1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding diphthong — ou words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Scout's Lost Hound
Coloring page included in PDF
Scout did not know where her hound went. She did not want her hound to be out. Scout went all around her house. She did not find her hound. “Where is my hound?” said Scout.
She went out the back door. The sun was hot. A big cloud went over her. Scout made a sound. She went to the south. Then she found a small sound. It came from a dust mound. She went to the mound.
Her hound sat on the mound. It was so proud! Her hound sat by a small green sprout. “You found a sprout, pup!” said Scout. She took her hound back to the house.
Circle or highlight all the OU diphthong words in the story above. How many did you find?
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2 Word Sort
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.
Real Words
Nonsense Words
out
our
ouch
mouth
south
found
hound
mound
pound
round
loux
toux
boux
coux
houx
zoux
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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 out on our
a our in ouch
the ouch and mouth
a mouth with south
the south on found
a found in hound
the hound and mound
a mound with pound
the pound on round
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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 — OU
shout
south
pound
south
pound
out
count
count
out
count
out
out
shout
shout
south
pound
Target words: out, south, pound, count, shout
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📖 Decodable Readers
Printable mini-books for Diphthong — OU practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.