Word Study

Foundational Skills:

Vowels:

  • Long & Short Vowels
  • Vowels with R – ar, ir, or, er, ur
  • Y as a Vowel (Sneaky Y)
  • Double Consonants at End (Short Vowel)
  • Vowel Combinations – ai, ay, oa, ee, ea, ow
  • Vowel Sounds – ou, ow, aw
  • Sounds of A – a-e, ay, ai, ea, ey, eigh, aigh

Endings (Grammar Plurals):

  • Using -s & -es
  • Plurals for Words Ending in F
  • Changing Spelling to Form Plurals
  • Compound Words

Syllables:

  • Syllables – Break Words Into Parts
  • Open & Closed Syllables

Words with Multiple Meanings:

  • Homophones
  • Homographs
  • Homonyms

Prefixes & Suffixes:

  • Prefixes with un-, re-, & pre-
  • Suffixes - -es, -ed, -s, -ing (Including Words that End with -y)
  • Suffixes - -er (Including Words that End with -y)
  • Suffixes – -ful, -ly, -y

Endings (Grammar Plurals):

  • Past Tense Words – Adding -ed
  • Past Tense Ending Doubling Consonants – ed
  • Possessives – Adding ‘s

Contractions

Abbreviations

High Frequency Words

Week 1 - name, to, love, fish, you, read, ask, hill

Week 2 - new, give, live, want, went, friend, little, said

Week 3 - your, kind, find, until, because, small, pick, animal

Week 4 - two, three, four, time, year, first, second, third

Week 5 - grew, grow, great, just, must, last, most, almost

Week 6 - such, much, children, watch, catch, which, each, teach

Week 7 - something, anything, outside, inside, today, stay, always, away

Week 8 - close, able, even, people, know, enough, also, sea

Week 9 - grade, page, place, game, same, change, wait, rain

Week 10 - week, seem, deep, sleep, feel, right, light, night

Week 11 - our, found, house, sound, room, too, school, follow

Week 12 - would, should, wrong, write, wrote, try, sky, why

Week 13 - only, happy, story, study, party, any, very, every

Week 14 - winter, after, paper, father, mother, answer, together, another

Week 15 - under, brother, over, different, turn, during, picture, learn

Week 16 - dark, start, part, large, work, world, walk, where

Week 17 - think, through, things, there, their, both, city, carry

Week 18 - they're, can't, you're, become, behind, between, begin, before

Week 19 - above, across, again, air, move, door, point

Week 20 - does, view, sentence, knew, use, America, Koala, Cowlishaw