Skills

Review of CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant) like cat, pig, rod; CCVC words (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) like snap, blot, spin; CCVCC words (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant) like blend, trust, print. 

Tricky words:

 a, I, no, so, of, is, to, all, some, from, word, are, were, have, one, once, do, two, the, who, said, says, was, when, why, where, what, which, here, there

Spelling for the /ee/ sound spelled "ee" as in tree, green, sleep; /ae/ spelled "a_e" as in make, cake, plane, date; /oe/ spelled "o_e" as in poke, tote, home; and /ue/ spelled "u_e" as in cute, tube, mule.

Tricky words:  

he, me, we, she, be, they, their, my, by, you, your

Spellings for vowel sounds /oo/ as in soon; /oo/ as in look; /ou/ as in pout; /oi/ as in oil; /aw/ as in saw.

Tricky words:  

should, would, could, down, because

Spellings for r-controlled vowel sounds /er/ as in her; /ar/ as in car; /or/ as in fork; two-syllable words

Tricky words:  

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, yesterday, today, tomorrow

Common spelling alternatives for consonant sounds like "tch" for the "ch" sound as in catch; "g" for /j/ as in giant; "wr" for /r/ as in wrong

Tricky words:  

how, picture, stagecoach

Common spelling alternatives for consonant sounds like "c" for /s/ as in circus; "kn" for /n/ as in knot; "wh" for /w/ as in which  

There are no tricky words in this unit.

Spelling alternatives for long vowel sounds like "ai" for /ae/ as in paint; "ay" for /ae/ as in say; "oa" for /oe/ as in boat