<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><oembed><type>video</type><version>1.0</version><html>&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.loom.com/embed/5f96729861d6413d9f14b1bd5396f821&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;1620&quot; height=&quot;1215&quot; webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</html><height>1215</height><width>1620</width><provider_name>Loom</provider_name><provider_url>https://www.loom.com</provider_url><thumbnail_height>1215</thumbnail_height><thumbnail_width>1620</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_url>https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/5f96729861d6413d9f14b1bd5396f821-05f5c1083fa152c9.gif</thumbnail_url><duration>402.172</duration><title>Reading - OU blend</title><description>In this video, I led a reading lesson focused on the OU vowel blend, using the word &apos;bound&apos; from our earlier reading of the Good Samaritan story. We explored rhyming words like &apos;round,&apos; &apos;mound,&apos; and &apos;sound,&apos; and discussed how the OU blend can produce different sounds, such as in &apos;wound.&apos; I emphasized the importance of context in understanding which pronunciation to use, demonstrated with the sentence &apos;She wound the bandage around the wound.&apos; I encourage you to think of more words that fit this pattern and to practice identifying the correct usage based on context.</description></oembed>