
Spelling Pattern (ow)
The combination (ow) has two sounds.
This lesson concentrates on (ow) as in row.
(The variant vowel pattern (ow) as in cow will be introduced in lesson #48.)
Read these long (o) words.

bellow | bowler | glow | owe | slow |
billow | bungalow | grow | own | snow |
blow | crow | low | pillow | sow |
borrow | elbow | meadow | row | throw |
bow | fellow | mellow | shadow | tow |
bowl | flow | mow | show | yellow |
Can you think of any more long (o) words that have the (ow) spelling pattern? Please write them or you may choose to add a suffix (ending) ing, ed to a base word that shows action, as in “growing.”
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Dictation/Spelling Practice for (ow) long (o)words.
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Read these sentences.
- Do you bend your elbow when you throw things?
- You owe me a dime if you want to see the show.
- Why did you throw the pillow?
- I will put the snow in a bowl.
- How low can a crow fly?
- Can you follow the shadow of the crow?
- I see a yellow bow on the snowman.
- I sat in the shadow of a willow tree.
- The tow truck towed my car home.
- Can a blowfish blow bubbles?
- It is freezing in the blowing snow.
- Do you see the glow in the window?
- The stowaway on the ship was a mellow fellow.
- I laid my pillow in the shadow of the yellow bungalow.
- I will sow these seeds in a row and hope they grow.
- That bowler was a show-off until he hurt his elbow.
- A crow walked slowly in the shadow of my snowman.

Create two or more sentences; include words that have the long (o) spelling pattern (ow) as in “row”. Be attentive to neat penmanship and proper spacing. Remember all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (.), (?), or (!).
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Please illustrate one of your sentences.