Table of Contents Within Word Stage
Read the “Within Word” chapter of Words Their Way for more information on strategies for instruction in this spelling stage.
During this stage the students will be introduced to: Long vowel pattern Consonant influenced vowels Diphthongs Other vowel digraphs Homophones Contractions
Remember it is important to sort by sound as well as sight.
WW-1 – Sort by long “a” and short “a”, (CVC silent e and CVC patterns). “e” at the end of a word makes the previous vowel say it’s name if separated by only one consonant “was” is the oddball
WW-2 – Sort by long “i” and short “i” CVC silent e and CVC patterns “give” is an oddball
WW-3 – Sort by long “o” and short “o” CVC silent e, CVC, CVCC pattern “love” and “gone” are oddballs
WW-4 – Sort by long “u” and short “u” CVC silent e, CVC, CVCC pattern No oddballs
WW-5 – Review CVC silent “e” with vowels “i”, “o”, “a” and “u” No oddballs
WW-6 – Long “a” patterns - Introduce long vowel pattern “ai” and review CVC silent e and short “a” “Laugh” is oddball
WW-7 – Introduce “e” as in “me”, “ee” and review short “e” No oddballs
WW-8 – Long “e” patterns - Introduce “ea” Sort by “ee”, “ea”, and short “e” “great” and “break” are oddballs
Digraph “ea” represents the sound of long “e” in any position of a syllable. It is by far the most frequent (63% frequency) sound for the digraph. It can also say short “e” (32% frequency) or long “a” (fewer than 10 words)
WW-9 – Long “i” patterns Sort by short “i” and long “i” (CVC_e, digraph “ie” and “y” in final position).
Introduce “y” = long “i” The letter “y” represents the vowel sound of long “i” in final position of open accented syllable.
WW-10 – Long “o” patterns Sort by “oa”, “ow”, and “o_e Introduce “ow”, “oa” and review silent “e” Digraph “ow” represents the sound of long “o” 50 % of the time. The other 50% it represents a diphthong sound as in owl There is no rule or visual cue to indicate which sound to use. You simply try one and then the other. “now” and “cow” are oddballs representing the other sound of “ow” WW-11 – Sort by “u_e”, short “u” and “ue” Digraph “ue” is the same as the name of the letter “u”. The long “u” sound is distorted to “oo” as in “glue” in some words, particularly after “l”, “n” and “r”. Advise the student to exaggerate the enunciation when he pronounces “ue” in isolated words. This will help to reinforce the correct spelling. No oddballs
WW-12 – Sort by “ai”, “ay”, “a_e” Review of long “a” patterns “said” and “have” are oddballs
WW-13 – Sort by “ight”. “i_e”, “ind”, “ild” “ight” represents the sound of long “I” in medial and final positions of a syllable. The “g” and “h” are silent. No oddballs
WW-14 – Sort by “u_e”, “ew” and “ui” Digraph “ew” represents the sound of long “u” in all positions of a syllable. The long “u” sound is the choice ^0% of “ew” words. After “l”, “r” and “n” the sound is often distorted to an “oo” (flew) sound. “build” is oddball
WW-15 – Sort by “ea”, “ai” and “oa” Review long “e”, “a” and “o” patterns “great” is oddball
WW-16 – Sort by “oi” and “oy” The letters “oy” represent the “oi” sound in all situations, initial, medial and final but is most frequently found in the final position of a syllable. No oddballs
WW-17 – Sort by “ou” and “ow” The letters “ou” most frequently represent the diphthong sound as in “out” in English words. (approx. 64% frequency) It will usually be in initial or medial position of a syllable. “ou” can also represent several digraph sounds. “ou” = long “o” (11%) “ou” = “oo” as in soup (8%) “ou” = short “u” as is tough (7%) “ou” = “oo” as in could (6%) “ou” = short o as in bought (very few) “blown” and “known” are oddballs
WW-18 – Sort by “aw”, “au” and “al” Digraph “au” represents the sound as in “cause” in any situation Digraph “aw” represents the sound of “saw” in any position. It is most frequent in final position. “fought” and “ought” are oddballs
WW-19 – Sort by “oo”, and “ew” Digraph “ew” represents the sound of long “u” as in “pew” in all positions of a syllable. After “l”, “r” and “n” the sound is often distorted. Digraph “oo” represents the sound as in “moon” 62 % of the time in all positions of a syllable “who”, “to” and “two” are oddballs
WW-20 – Sort by “a_e”, “ai” and “ar” When “a” is followed by “r” in the same syllable the vowel will change from its expected sound to a combination which is controlled by the “r”. When the “ar” is followed by final “e”, the VC_e pattern usually takes precedence. The first vowel will say its’ name (care) “bear” is oddball
WW-21 – Sort by “ear”, “eer”, “er”, “ear” Digraph “ea” represents the sound of long “e” in any position of a syllable. It is by far the most frequent sound. Digraph “ea” can also be represented by the short “e” sound as in “bear” (32% frequency) Digraph “ee” represents the sound of long “e” in all positions of a syllable When an “e” is followed by an “r” in the same syllable the vowel will change its expected closed syllable sound to a combination which is controlled by the “r” “heart” is the oddball
WW-22 – Sort by “ir”, “i_e”, short “i” When “i” is followed by “r” in the same syllable, the vowel will change from its closed syllable sound to a combination which is controlled by the “r”. “bring” and “drink” are oddballs
WW-23 – Sort by “r” controlled “o”, “o_e”, and “oo” “your” is oddball
WW-24 – Sort by “u_e”, “r” controlled “u”, and “ear”
WW-25 – Sort by long “a” patterns “ey”, “ay”, “eigh” and “ea” “eigh” represents the sound of long “a” in all positions of a syllable.
WW-26 – Sort by long “a” patterns “a_e”, “ear”, “ai” “heart” is an oddball
WW27- Sort by “ie” and “ei”, (long e patterns) and “ei” = long “a” pattern Digraph “ie” represents the sound of long “e” in the medial or final position but is most frequently found in medial position (68% frequency) When “c” comes before the long “e” sound the digraph “ei” usually follows. (If the “c” you spy, place the “e” before the “i”) Digraph “ei” represents the sound of long “a” in medial position about 40% of the time. “either” is an oddball
WW-28 – Sort by homophone pairs
WW-29 – Sort by homophone pairs
WW-30 – Sort by contraction pairs