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List 1 Spelling Words
A vowel that says its short sound is followed by one or two consonants.
A consonant blend is spelled with two or three consonants.
A base word is a word that can be changed by adding a letter or letters.
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a base word.
Pattern Words
short a
facts
grasping
planted
tract
short e
ending
kept
left
melted
next
slept
texting
short i
gifts
lifting
listed
milk
printing
short u
hunting
must
Memory Words
are
our
List 2 Spelling Words
Long a can be spelled a followed by a consonant and a final e.
Long a can be spelled ay at the end of a word or syllable.
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Long a can be spelled ai or ea when it is followed by a consonant.
Pattern Words
a_e
landscape
plane
sale
taste
ai
afraid
faith
grains
paid
plain
praise
raise
sailboat
ay
maybe
stays
ea
break
great
Review Words
Memory Words
next
again
planted
against
List 3 Spelling Words
Long e can be spelled e followed by a consonant and an e.
Long e can be spelled ee, ea, or ie when it is followed by a consonant or comes at the end
of a word or syllable.
Words have one or more parts or syllables. Each syllable has one vowel sound.
Pattern Words
e_e
these
ea
dreaming
leaf
leave
peanuts
please
real
ee
asleep
between
keeping
streets
teeth
weekend
wheels
ie
fields
shield
Review Words
Memory Words
great
once
praise
want
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Long i can be spelled i followed by a consonant and an e.
Long i is sometimes spelled igh. The letters gh are silent.
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Long i can be spelled ie when followed by a consonant or at the end of a word or syllable.
Pattern Words
i_e
fireplace
life
miles
prizes
nighttime
quite
size
sunrise
while
Review Words
between
ie
necktie
pies
igh
bright
flight
high
nighttime
sighed
upright
Nighttime
includes two
long i patterns.
Memory Words
please
woman
women
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Long o can be spelled o followed by a consonant and an e.
Long o is sometimes spelled oa when followed by a consonant.
Long o can be spelled ow when followed by a consonant or at the end of a
word or syllable.
Pattern Words
o_e
chose
holes
homemade
rode
those
throne
whole
oa
coach
loaf
oatmeal
road
rowboat
Review Words
high
ow
following
owned
rowboat
thrown
window
Rowboat
includes two
long o patterns.
Memory Words
while
almost
always
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The / / sound can be spelled u, ue, u_e, ui, ew, and oo.
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The /y
/ sound can be spelled ew and oo.
Pattern Words
u
truth
u_e
flute
use
ue
clues
true
ui
fruit
suitcase
ew
chews
drew
few
Review Words
Memory Words
those
school
following
who
oo
balloons
choose
proofread
shampoo
smooth
toothbrush
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A consonant digraph is formed when two consonants together make one sound.
A consonant sound can be spelled with double letters after a short vowel sound.
Pattern Words
th
strength
than
then
with
sh
eggshell
fresh
paintbrush
shall
ph
graph
phone
photos
ng
springtime
strength
stretching
ch or tch
much
stretching
switch
which
Review Words
Memory Words
choose
nothing
fruit
Strength and
stretching include
two patterns.
together
List 8 Spelling Words
The /s/ sound can be spelled s.
The /s/ sound can be spelled c before e, i, or y. This kind of c is called the soft c.
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Pattern Words
/s/ spelled s
chases
plus
geese
sense
loose
since
plates
/s/ spelled c (soft c)
cent
juice
city
peace
fence
piece
grace
price
since
twice
Review Words
Memory Words
phone
neighbor
which
straight
Since includes
two spelling
patterns for /s/.
List 9 Spelling Words
The suffix es is added to words that end in ch, sh, s (ss), x, and z (zz) without changing the base word.
The suffixes ed and ing can be added to some base words without changing the base word.
When a one-syllable word ends in a short vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually
doubled before adding the suffix ed or ing.
Pattern Words
Add the suffix es to a base word ending in ch, sh, s (ss), x, and z.
foxes
rushes
teaches
glasses
sketches
Add the suffix ed or ing with no change to the base word.
bringing
looked
thinking
climbed
needed
Double the final consonant before adding the suffix.
beginning
jogged
sledding
cutting
planned
Review Words
Memory Words
pieces
family
twice
zipped
friend
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When a suffix that begins with a vowel is added to a one-syllable word that ends in a short vowel
and one consonant, double the consonant before adding the suffix.
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When a suffix that begins with a vowel is added to a word that ends in e, the e is dropped before
adding the suffix.
Pattern Words
Short vowel + one consonant
hugged
scrubbed
swimming
setting
tripped
running
quitting
shopped
Final silent e
coming
named
dodging
sliced
lived
used
tasting
leaving
Review Words
Memory Words
beginning
often
needed
only
List 11 Spelling Words
The /är/ sound is usually spelled ar.
The /ôr/ sound can be spelled or, ore, and oor.
The letter r is found in some vowel patterns.
The pattern is spelled with one or two vowels and r.
When r follows a vowel, it influences the vowel’s sound.
Pattern Words
ar
alarm
apart
carve
charts
farming
large
or
forget
horses
morning
north
porches
storms
Review Words
Memory Words
leaving
color
running
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The /ûr/ sound can be spelled er, ir, and ur.
Pattern Words
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ore
before
chore
er
her
mercy
serve
verse
ir
birthday
first
skirt
songbird
squirm
third
thirst
ur
burned
church
hurt
nurse
turning
Review Words
Memory Words
before
every
large
very
important
oor
floor
outdoors
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The /âr/ sound can be spelled air, are, and ear.
Pattern Words
air
airport
chairs
fair
haircut
pair
repair
upstairs
are
barefoot
beware
hare
rare
staring
ear
bears
pears
sportswear
tear
Review Words
Memory Words
church
their
serve
there
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The /er/ sound at the end of a two-syllable word can be spelled er.
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Pattern Words
Short vowel with two identical consonants
butterfly
ladder
scattering
Short vowel with two different consonants
afternoon
chapter
number
understand
whispered
soccer
supper
sister
thunder
Long vowel with one middle consonant
newspaper
over
spider
tiger
Review Words
Memory Words
staring
upstairs
animal
another
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The final syllable that has a consonant + le can follow an open or closed syllable.
Pattern Words
Short vowel with two like middle consonants
apple
bottle kettle pebble puzzle
Short vowel with two unlike middle consonants
bundle gentle simple single
uncle
Long vowel with one consonant before le
able
eagle
maple people table
Review Words
Memory Words
over
o’clock
understand
title
until
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A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a base word to make a
new word or change the meaning of the word.
The prefix re usually means “again” or “back.”
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The prefixes dis and un usually mean “not” or “the opposite of.”
Pattern Words
a
alive
alone
be
become
beside
dis
dislike
disobeyed
distrust
re
replacing
return
review
rewrite
un
unable
unafraid
unhappy
unlocked
Review Words
Memory Words
gentle
everybody
people
sometimes
List 17 Spelling Words
The /ou/ sound can be spelled ou and ow.
Pattern Words
ou
about
aloud
amount
counter
flour
lighthouse
mouse
ourselves
sour
south
ow
allowed
downstairs
power
shower
sunflower
towel
Review Words
return
Memory Words
unafraid
bought
brought
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The /oi/ sound can be spelled oi or oy.
The /oo
͝ / sound can be spelled oo or u. It is spelled oul in the _ould family.
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Pattern Words
oi
choice
noise
rejoice
voices
oy
enjoyed
loyal
soybeans
Review Words
about
oo
wood
wool
u
full
pulled
pushing
putting
oul
could
should
would
Memory Words
power
thought
through
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The /j/ sound is usually spelled j when followed by the vowels a, o, and u.
The /j/ sound is usually spelled g when followed by the vowels e, i, or y. This is called soft g.
The /j/ sound is usually spelled dge in a one-syllable word when it follows a short vowel.
Pattern Words
ge
changes
danger
gem
germs
ginger
huge
strange
wages
gi
ginger
gy
gym
dge
bridge
edges
judge
j
job
joined
joints
judge
just
Review Words
Memory Words
choice
laugh
putting
Ginger and judge
have two soft g
spellings.
lives
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The /ô/ sound can be spelled a in the _all and _alt word families.
It can also be spelled au, augh, aw, and o.
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Pattern Words
a
mall
unsalted
au
because
pause
sauce
Review Words
changes
augh
caught
daughter
taught
aw
crawl
dawn
drawing
paws
o
across
cloth
soft
tossing
Memory Words
gym
enough
young
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A contraction is a shortened form of two words.
When a contraction is written, one or more letters are left out.
An apostrophe takes the place of the letter or letters that are left out.
Pattern Words
is
here’s
it’s
that’s
who’s
are
they’re
we’re
you’re
not
can’t
doesn’t
won’t
us
let’s
have
I’ve
they’ve
you’ve
Homophones
it’s
who’s
its
whose
Review Words
Memory Words
because
build
soft
busy
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A consonant sound is sometimes spelled with two consonants.
One of the consonants is silent. (kneel, psalm, wreath, listen, answer)
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The letter h is sometimes silent at the beginning of a word or syllable.
Pattern Words
ho
honest
honor
hour
kn
doorknob
kneeling
unknown
ps
psalm
wr
handwriting
wreath
wrinkle
written
Review Words
Memory Words
its
half
it’s
st
castle
fasten
listened
whistle
herbs
sw
answer
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The long e sound at the end of a two-syllable word can be spelled y.
Pattern Words
Number words
twenty
thirty
sixty
seventy
forty
eighty
fifty
ninety
One middle consonant
baby
holy
duty
lady
Two middle consonants
plenty
jellybeans
hobby
army
Review Words
Memory Words
listened
hundred
honest
thousand
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When a word ends with a consonant plus y, change the y to i
before adding a suffix that begins with e.
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Pattern Words
Long i spelled y
cry
reply
crying
replied
cried
replying
Long e spelled y
hurry
study
hurrying
studied
hurried
studying
story
stories
strawberry
strawberries
Review Words
Memory Words
duty
carry
eighty
sorry
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The suffix er can be added to a base word to compare two things.
The suffix est can be added to a base word to compare more than two things.
Pattern Words
Drop the final e
bluest
closer
riper
safer
littlest
wisest
Double the final consonant
bigger
flatter
hottest
thinnest
No change to the base word
highest
longer
nearer
quicker
sharpest
sweetest
Review Words
Memory Words
stories
pretty
studying
really
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When a word ends with a consonant plus y, change the y to i before adding a
suffix that begins with e.
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Pattern Words
Base word
bumpy
cloudy
easy
foggy
pony
shady
supply
tiny
Base word with suffix
bumpiest
cloudier
easier
foggiest
ponies
shadier
supplies
tiniest
Review Words
flatter
wisest
Memory Words
guard
guide
List 27 Spelling Words
The short e sound is usually spelled e in a closed syllable.
The short e sound can also be spelled ea.
Pattern Words
ea
already
bedspread
bread
breakfast
feathers
head
health
heaven
heavy
instead
ready
weather
e
bedspread
center
entered
member
shelter
Review Words
shadier
Bedspread has
two short e
spellings
Memory Words
supplies
guessed
guest
List 28 Spelling Words
The /ûr/ sound can be spelled ear or be spelled or when it follows w.
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Pattern Words
ear
early
heard
earn
learned
earthquake
pearls
earthworm
searches
(w)or
crossword
worry
earthworm
worse
words
worship
workshop
worth
world
Review Words
Memory Words
breakfast
Christian
entered
heart
Earthworm will
be sorted under
two headings.
List 29 Spelling Words
The /îr/ sound can be spelled ear, eer, ere, and ier.
Pattern Words
ear
clear
dear
eardrum
fearful
hear
nearby
tearful
year
eer
cheerful
deer
peer
Review Words
early
ere
here
severe
sphere
ier
fierce
pierce
Memory Words
worship
different
sure
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When a long vowel is heard at the end of a word or syllable, the vowel is
often the last letter. This is called an open syllable. mu•sic
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When a short vowel is heard in a word or syllable, it is usually followed by
one or more consonants. This is called a closed syllable. hap•pen bas•ket
Pattern Words
One long vowel and one middle consonant
label
music
opening
student
tuba
uneven
Two different consonants
basket
blankets
person
selfish
pencils
trumpet
Two identical consonants
carrot
happened
muffins
silent
Review Words
Memory Words
cheerful
eleven
nearby
twelve
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When a short vowel is heard in a word or syllable, it is usually followed by one or more consonants.
This is called a closed syllable. trav•el
When the /k/ sound follows a short vowel at the end of a word or syllable, it is usually spelled ck.
buck•le
Pattern Words
Short vowel and one middle consonant
cabins
cover
finishes
never
riverboat
robin
Short vowel followed by ck
buckle
chuckling
knuckles
pickles
forever
second
habits
travel
freckles
tickle
Review Words
Memory Words
happened
favorite
person
special
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The /ŏ/ sound can be spelled a when it follows the letter w.
The /ôr/ sound can be spelled ar when it follows qu or w.
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Pattern Words
/ŏ/ spelled (w)a
swans
waddled
waffles
wander
washed
wasp
watches
water
/ôr/ spelled (w)ar
awards
reward
swarm
toward
warmer
warning
Review Words
forever
/ôr/ spelled (qu)ar
quarter
quarts
Memory Words
knuckles
America
country