1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding vowel team — oa words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Ron's Big Boat
Coloring page included in PDF
Ron had a small boat. He got his coat. Ron did want his boat to go on the pond. He went out the door and ran to the road. The road was wet. Mud was on the road.
A fat toad sat on the road. Ron did not want to step on the toad. He bent down. Ron said, "Go, toad, go!" The toad did not hop.
Ron took a stick. He gave the toad a poke. The toad did hop. It went off the road. Ron took his boat to the pond. He put the boat on the pond. It did go. Ron saw the boat roam. It was a good day.
Circle or highlight all the OA vowel team 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
oat
boat
coat
goat
moat
oak
soak
foam
roam
road
doaz
zoaz
coaz
hoaz
joaz
woaz
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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 oat on boat
a boat in coat
the coat and goat
a goat with moat
the moat on oak
a oak in soak
the soak and foam
a foam with roam
the roam on road
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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 — Vowel Team — OA
oat
moat
loaf
soap
oat
moat
soap
roam
moat
roam
roam
loaf
soap
loaf
oat
oat
Target words: oat, moat, roam, soap, loaf
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📖 Decodable Readers
Printable mini-books for Vowel Team — OA practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.