State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make sounds as they go on a spooky ride and then read and write words with -oo, such as wahoo, whoosh, woo, and toot.

Literacy Activities
Read a list of sounds we can make

• Write the following words that contain the -oo vowel combination so that the children can see.
  • boo
  • coo
  • hoo
  • moo
  • woo
  • hoot
  • toot
  • choo choo
  • poof
  • wahoo
  • whoosh
  • vroom
  • zoom
  • kaboom

• Point out that all the words have the long oo sound and then help the children read the list aloud.
   

 Make sounds to go with a spooky roller-coaster ride

• Invite the children to pretend to go on a spooky roller-coaster ride.
• Display the roller-coaster car picture as you and the children act out and make sounds for the following activities:
  • The ride is about to begin: toot toot
  • The engine starts up: vroom
  • The ride goes fast: zoom
  • The car goes down the track: choo choo
  • You see a big hill: wahoo!
  • You go fast down the hill: whoosh!
  • A ghost pops out: boo!
  • You tell the ghost to go away: shoo
  • The ride stops quickly: kaboom
  • You finish the ride and get off: wahoo!
  • You feel a little woozy: woo!
  • You can’t go again: boo-hoo!

Animal sounds on a spooky ride

• Put the pictures of the owl, dove, and cow in a small box and pretend that it is a roller-coaster car.
• Let the children take turns making the car zoom and whoosh up and down.
• Have the rest of the children make owl (“hoo”), dove (“coo”), and cow (“moo”) sounds as they pretend to react to the turns of the roller-coaster car.
• Have one of the children make the ghost picture pop out and say, “Boo!” and let the other children react (“Shoo!”).
• Read the A Spooky Ride target text (see below) with the children, then have them take turns underlining and saying the long oo sound like a ghost.

More Practice
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• With word-building cards (see 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; hoot→ loot; loom→ room; zoom→ vroom
  • Add an ending consonant: boo→ boot; coo→ coop; moo→ moon

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Engage the children in writing about the roller-coaster ride using the following words: choo choo, woo-hoo, wahoo, toot, whoo, whoosh, woo, zoom, and kaboom.
• Have the children write words from dictation (e.g., boo, too, choo, shoo, vroom, zoom).
• Read the Wahoo! I Like to Zoom Around Too!  target text (see below) with the children.
• Read the text again, fading support.