Sample Words From List
claw
cause
crawl
fault
dawn
lawn
haul
draw
hawk
law
haunt
launch
Take a look at the sample words.
What do you notice about these words?
They all contain aw or au and the all have the /al/ sound.
What do you think dawn means?
(noun) beginning of the day
What do you think vault means?
(noun) place for keeping valuable things
How might we sort these words?
By the au and aw spelling pattern and by the /al/ sound.
Let's practice sorting the words. Practice Sort
Where does the au and the aw patterns come in words?
The au pattern comes in the middle of a word and the aw pattern comes at the end or the middle of a word.