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