Digraph Decoder Word List
Digraph Decoder Word List
18 Regular Rime Families: ou, ow, and oo
Form B • Phonics Screener
Student Name
Date
Examiner
Mastery Score ____ / 72
OU Anchor Rimes: -ound, -out, -ouch, -oud, -ount, -outh
OW Anchor Rimes: -own, -owl, -ow, -owd, -owt, -owth
OO Anchor Rimes: -oon, -oot, -oop, -ook, -ool, -oom/-oof
ou Target Sound: /aʊ/ (cloud, trout, mouth, count)
OU Subtotal: ___ / 24
-ound
- bround
- clound
- spround
- thround
-out
-ouch
- plouch
- frouch
- skouch
- brouch
-oud
-ount
- plount
- chount
- glount
- strount
-outh
- plouth
- frouth
- chouth
- blouth
ow Target Sound: /aʊ/ (clown) & /oʊ/ (growth, snow)
OW Subtotal: ___ / 24
-own
-owl
-ow
-owd
- frowd
- chrowd
- trowd
- sprowd
-owt
-owth
- smowth
- frowth
- plowth
- mowl
oo Target Sound: /uː/ (moon, bloom) & /ʊ/ (book, foot)
OO Subtotal: ___ / 24
-oon
-oot
-oop
-ook
-ool
-oom / -oof
Target Sound Alignment: All OU words strictly target /aʊ/ • 72 Pseudoword Items Total
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Expanded Fluency & Screener
Application Across Diverse Word Families
Form B • Partner & Teacher
Activity 1: Multi-Rime Roll & Read Matrix
Roll a die (1-6) and read the line across
1
bround
trown
groon
plount
smowth
droom
2
chout
chowl
ploot
frowd
plouth
floof
3
plouch
clow
froop
bloud
vowt
trool
4
thround
skown
trook
glount
chrowd
proom
5
smout
shrowl
smoon
chouth
strowt
droof
6
frouch
drow
sloot
troud
frowth
glool
Activity 2: Decodable Alien Sentences (Sight Words + New Word Families)
1. The small alien heard a loud bround and found a shiny plount.
2. Did you hear that sudden chout come from the noisy frowd?
3. A fluffy blue floof will trown a rock down into the green bush.
4. We can watch the friendly groon fall asleep inside the cozy droom.
5. He pointed to his wide alien chouth and gave a funny grin with each tiny trook.
Teacher Diagnostic Screener & Error Tally
Record specific phonics breakdown points
Digraph Substitution
Confuses ou / ow / oo sounds
Errors: [ ]
Onset Blends
Struggles with spr-, chr-, thr-
Errors: [ ]
Coda Consonants
Drops -nt, -nd, -ch, -th
Errors: [ ]
Self-Corrections
Spontaneous accurate fix
Count: [ ]
Instructional Next Steps & Observational Notes:
Instructional Focus: Systematic Phonics & Rime Generalization • 18 Word Families
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