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Includes guidance to explain why the oddball does not fit, plus classroom or literacy-center variation using recording sheets. 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The oddball keeps a similar visual pattern but makes a different sound.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Why must students verbalize their reasoning?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Students need to explain why the selected word is the oddball, using the word’s sound or pattern mismatch as evidence for their choice.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What does the answer key provide?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The answer key lists the oddball word for each numbered phonics feature and shows which vowel sound category it belongs to, including short vowels, bossy r, long vowels, and other vowel review.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},631515,1792719993,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},137451207643,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_3d24733baf745e90a7e4bdd5f77d97b2","Find the Oddball  \n• Print off the page(s) of choice onto card stock. Note that each phonics feature has its own color and number to help keep them separate.  \n• Cut out the cards and shuffle them up within each phonics skill, keeping cards from different phonics features in their own piles.  \n• The child reads through the 10 words on the cards within each phonics feature and finds the “oddball” (the word that does not fit the same pattern as the other words in stack) . Hint: The oddball for each phonics feature will have the same visual pattern, but will make a different sound. For example, want has a single a like all the others, but the a does not make the short a sound.  \n• The student needs to also be able to verbalize WHY the word is the oddball.  \nVariations:  \n• This makes a great literacy center in a classroom or independent work. Copy off and cut out the cards from 5 different pages (keeping them in separate bags by color) . Students use the recording sheet from pg.  \n3 to record their answers and explanations. Be sure to have students write the corresponding number on their recording sheet for each phonics features.  \nFind the Oddball ©2014 All Rights Reserved.  \n[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)  \nFind the Oddball Answer Key  \nThese are the oddballs for each page:  \n1 (short a)– want 2 (short e)– they 3 (short i)– find  \n4 (short o)– from 5 (short u)– push  \nshort vowel review  \n6 (bossy r, ar)– warm 7 (bossy r, or)– word  \nbossy r review  \n8 (long a, a_e)– have 9 (long a, ai)– said  \n10 (long a, ay)– says  \n11 (long e, ee)– been  \n12 (long e, ea)– great 13 (long i, i_e)– give  \n14 (long o, o_e)– come 15 (long o, oa)– broad 16 (long o, ow)– how  \n17 (long u, oo)– blood  \nlong vowel review  \n18 (ou)– could 19 (al)– half  \n20 (au) - laugh  \nother vowel review  \nTerms of Use: This free printable was created for you to use at home with your child/students or with multiple children in a classroom/tutoring setting. Please do not sell, host, reproduce, giveaway, or store on anyother site (including a blog, Facebook, 4Shared, Dropbox, etc.) . Thank you!  \nFind the Oddball ©2014 All Rights Reserved.  \n[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)  \nFind the Oddball  \n  is the oddball because  \n__________________________________________________  \n__________________________________________________  \n\n|   is the oddball because\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________ | |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | \\# |  |\n|   is the oddball because\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________ | |  |\n|  | \\# |  |\n|   is the oddball because\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________ | |  |\n|  | \\# |  |\n|   is the oddball because | |  |\n| __________________________________________________\u003Cbr>__________________________________________________ |  | \\# |\n\n©2014 All Rights [Reserved. ](Reserved.  www.thisreadingmama.com)[ www.thisreadingmama.com](Reserved.  www.thisreadingmama.com)  \nFind the Oddball- short a  \n\n| [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) | fast\u003Cbr>1 | plan\u003Cbr>1 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| chat\u003Cbr>1 |  | bath\u003Cbr>1 |\n| hand\u003Cbr>1 |  | grass\u003Cbr>1 |\n| mask\u003Cbr>1 |  | want\u003Cbr>1 |\n| that\u003Cbr>1 |  | flag\u003Cbr>1 |\n\n©2014 All Rights Reserved.  \n[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)  \nFind the Oddball- short e  \n\n| [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) | yet\u003Cbr>2 | crest\u003Cbr>2 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| shed\u003Cbr>2 |  | smell\u003Cbr>2 |\n| they\u003Cbr>2 |  | press\u003Cbr>2 |\n| check\u003Cbr>2 |  | self\u003Cbr>2 |\n| slept\u003Cbr>2 |  | next\u003Cbr>2 |\n\n©2014 All Rights Reserved.  \n[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)  \nFind the Oddball- short i  \n\n| [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) | twig\u003Cbr>3 | spit\u003Cbr>3 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| find\u003Cbr>3 |  | swim\u003Cbr>3 |\n| chin\u003Cbr>3 |  | drip\u003Cbr>3 |\n| quick\u003Cbr>3 |  | print","cbCaibaBbsN4ryOb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibaBbsN4ryOb","pdf",516147,23,"English","# Instructions\n## Classroom setup and how to find the oddball\n# Variations\n# Answer Key (oddballs by phonics feature)\n## Short vowels\n## Bossy r review\n## Long vowels\n## Other vowel review","[{\"question\":\"How does a student find the “oddball” word in each phonics feature stack?\",\"answer\":\"The child reads through the 10 words on the cards within the phonics feature and chooses the word that does not fit the same pattern as the other words. 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