State and Model the Objective
The children will make the sounds of cows, ghosts, and doves as they read and write words with -oo and -ew, such as moo, boo, mew, and flew.

Literacy Activities
Make -oo sounds

• Read the following text with the children and ask them to produce the -oo sounds.

A ghost says boo. Can you say boo too? Boo!

A cow says moo. Can you moo too? Moo!

A dove says coo. Can you coo too? Coo!

A cat says mew. Can you mew too? Mew!

I hear boo, moo, coo and mew!

• Emphasize that -oo and -ew are making the same long u sound.

Shoo away a spooky ghost

• Read and dramatize the Shoo, Spook! target text (found below) by acting it out with the pictures of an owl, ghost, cat, and witch (found below).
• Read the text again with the children, fading support when possible.

Guess who says boo, moo, or coo

• Show three children a moo, boo, or coo word sign (found below).
• Have the three children turn away from the group and take turns making their assigned sound: moo, boo, or coo.
• Let the other children say,  “I hear boo.  I hear moo. I hear coo too.”
• Have the children guess who made which sound (i.e., who said boo, who said moo, and who said coo).
• Let the children tell the ghost, cow, and dove to "shoo."

More Practice
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• With word-building cards (found below), have the children make new words by changing the beginning or ending consonant(s):
  • Change the beginning consonant(s): boo→ moo; coo→ too; choo→ shoo; hoop→ loop; loom→ room; boom→ zoom
  • Change the ending consonant: boo→ boom; coo→ coop; moo→ moon

Read target words introduced in the activity

• Read the Who Says Boo? target text (found below) together as a group.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Have the children underline the -oo words.
• Repeat with the A Cow Goes Moo, and Shoo Spooks! target texts (both found below).

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Have the children write words from dictation (e.g., moo, boo, coo, too, shoo).    
• Hand out the sentence frames (found below) and let the children fill in target words or phrases. 
  • A ghost says ____, and I can say _____ ______ (boo too).
  • A dove says ____, and I can say ______ _____ (coo too).
  • A train goes ____ ____, and I can say ____ ____ ____(choo choo too).
  • A cow says ______, and I can say _____ ____ (moo too).
  • A cat says _______, and I can say ______ ______ (mew too).