aw au ou I saw a fawn in the dawn

I saw two fawns in the dawn, did you? 

Vowel teams aw and au use the sound you hear in saw, paw, claw and cause, pause. 

Ask your child to point to each word as you read this list. Read the list four times; ask your child to say the words with you. Tell each other sentences with the words to help secure them in your child's mind. (Silent g in gnaw.)

saw           caw         draw        law           paw

straw         claw         jaw         gnaw        raw

Try:
dawn           lawn            scrawny     
drawn          fawn            tawny      

Tawny is the light brown color of a fawn.
Gnaw: to chew, as in, the squirrel likes to gnaw on a nut. 

Read these words together:

awe             awkward         crawl         mall         small  

   
awful           awesome        brawl         tall            stall     

Awe means to inspire feelings that a thing is special or holy. Hundreds of year ago, awful meant a thing made a person feel full of awe, as in, the beautiful baby fawn was an awful sight, an awe-inspiring thing to see. We do not use the word awful in that way today. Awkward came into being to mean the backside of awe-inspiring. Awkward originally meant that something made a person think things were not quite right, not smooth, not properly done.  We still use awkward in the same way today.

Try:
walk    hawk         waddle      cause        pause          caught    bought      taught

talk     squawk     dawdle      because    applause     fought     brought     thought

Dawdle means to be fooling around, wasting time, as in, Charlotte dawdles with her toys when it is time to put her corner of the bedroom in order. Ducks waddle and they dawdle, too.

To build your child's reading skill, ask him to write at least one rhyming family, like: saw, jaw, law, claw, draw, paw, gnaw, straw, slaw.  Your child might like to write a story about the picture of the two fawns and the squirrel used in this blog. Writing words is important, it helps the brain anchor the aw, au, ou pattern in the long-term memory.

Some of our oldest words use this same sound: bought, caught, thought. You hear this same sound in ball, fall, small.

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