Long o Teams: oa, ow, oe

Long o can be spelled with a vowel team too. Oa usually sits in the middle: 'boat', 'coat', 'road', 'soap'. Ow often comes at the end: 'snow', 'grow', 'slow', 'bowl'. Oe shows up in just a few words, like 'toe', 'hoe', and 'foe'.

Read: 'I put on my coat and my toe got cold in the snow. ' One more thing: ow can also say /ow/, like in 'cow'. If long o doesn't make a word, try /ow/.

• 1oa, ow, and oe can all say long o.
• 2oa is often in the middle; ow often at the end.
• 3ow can also say /ow/ as in cow.