spelling lists

 (We will skip the review units 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 & 36.)

List 1 Short Vowel Sounds

Many short vowel sounds are spelled with a single letter:

a in pass, e in held, i in skill, o in collar, and u in trust.

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List 2 Vowel-Consonant-e

The long vowel sounds are spelled with the vowel-consonant-e pattern:

as in case, rise, chose, and cube.

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List 3 Long a Vowel Sounds spelled a, ai, ay

The long a vowel sound is spelled:

a in lady, ai in aim, and ay in relay.

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List 4 Long e Vowel Sounds spelled ea, ee, ie

The long e vowel sound is spelled:

ea in deal, ee in speed, and ie in field.

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List 5 Long i Vowel Sounds spelled i, i-Consonant-e, y

The long i vowel sound is spelled:

i in climb, i-consonant-e in hire, y in cycle, igh in might, ey in eyes, and uy in buy.

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List 7 Long o Vowel Sounds spelled o, oa, ow

The long o vowel sound is spelled:

o in pony, oa in goal, and ow in glow.

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List 8 Vowel Sounds /yoo/, /oo/

Vowel sounds you hear in true and the vowel sound you hear in 

few can be spelled in different ways.

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List 9 Vowel Diphthongs

The /oi/ sound can be spelled oi in coil or oy in joy.  

The /ou/ sound can be spelled ou in mouth or ow in plow. 

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List 10 Vowel Sounds /or/ and /o/

The /or/ (r-controlled) sound can be spelled or in sport, story or forty.  

The /o/ sound can be spelled ough in fought or augh in caught or au in haul. 

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List 11 r-Controlled Vowels /ir/ and /ur/

The /ir/ (r-controlled) sound can be spelled ear in near and eer in cheer. 

The /ur/ (r-controlled) sound can be spelled ir in firm, er in herd, or ur in burst. 

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List 13 r-Controlled Vowels /ar/ and /ar/

The /ar/ (r-controlled) sound can be spelled ar in cart. 

The /ar/ (r-controlled) sound can be spelled are in spare. 

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List 14 More Letters Than Sounds

short a, short e, short i, and short u

Some words have more vowel letters than vowel sounds.

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List 15 Silent Consonants

Words may begin or end with one or more silent consonants as in knot, lamb, and through.

Words may contain one or more silent consonants as in often or answer.

Remember that the k in knot and the s in island are silent.

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List 16 qu and squ

Remember that the kw sound is in spelled qu as in quiz and squint.

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List 17 Consonant Sound /j/

Remember that the /j/ sound can be spelled dge as in edge.

The /j/ sound can also be spelled g followed by e in gem and range, 

g followed by y in gym, and g followed by i in gigantic.

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List 19 Final le

Remember that the second syllable in some words ends in le.

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List 20 Final le and en

Remember that words often end in le or en.  

The final en usually means "to make" or "to become." 

Brighten means "to become bright."

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List 21 Schwa-r: er, or

Remember that the schwa-r sound is spelled in different ways:

er in water and or in major.  The schwa sound is like the sound you

make when you get pushed in the tummy!

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List 22 Final Suffixes: -er, -est

Remember that suffixes such as -er and -est are added to the

ends of words to make new words: kind, kinder, kindest.

Note that the spelling of some words must change when

the suffix is added: thin, thinner, thinnest; easy, easier, easiest;

cute, cuter, cutest.  We use these words to make comparisons!

Compare 2 items: use -er; 3 or more: use -est

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List 23 Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

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