CVC Word Lists

Word Mix Up – Word Lists CVC Word Lists

1) CVC Short A 2) CVC Short A 3) CVC Short A at dad zap cat had map mat fad man sat fat Jan Sam hat jam am pat ram Cam pal ran Tam gal van tac gap ban mac lap pan

4) CVC Short O 5) CVC Short O 6) CVC Short O got wow Tom lot how top log now pop dog bow pod cog boss Tod cod toss toss cot loss Ross tot lot rod Tom hot rot mom hop not

Note. If correct spelling is also an objective of the lesson, teach or remind that two of the

same letters go together and make the same sound at end of word (examples: s, t, l, z)

7) CVC Short I 8) CVC Short I 9) CVC Short I sit bit zip lit hit tip fit pit lip mitt pig lick miss big pick mid wig pin lid win Zin did bin Zig dim bib fig Tim rib dig

Note. If correct spelling is also an objective of the lesson, teach or remind how “c” and “k”

work together to make the same sound as /c/ or /k/.

10) CVC Short U 11) CVC Short U 12) CVC Short U mud tug hut mug bug cut lug dug but dug duck bud hug luck buzz hum tuck bug sum tub pug gum cub pup Gus cut cup gull nut cud

13) CVC Short E 14) CVC Short E 15) CVC Short E pet set wet met jet net Meg let Ned leg led red let Jed Ted get bed ten bet Ben pen beg ten pet peg Jen vet pen Ken set

Consonant Digraphs

16) digraphs - sh 17) digraphs - sh 18) digraphs - sh shop rush Shep ship bush shed shin push shell win gush shall wish gash shack fish lash pack dish lap puck dash lip push cash ship posh mash shop Josh

Note. letters in a digraph (sh, th, ch etc) may be replaced one or both at a time when making the next work.

19) digraphs - th 20) digraphs - th 21) digraphs - th that with neck than win Nick then thin thick them this thin hem thus pin ham thud pan hath Thad path math that math path than moth bath then myth

22) digraphs - ch 23) digraphs - ch 24) digraphs - ch rich chill chum rip chin chuck chip chip chick chop chick chip chap chuck chin chat chum chill Chet chug mill chess mug mull check much much chick such such

25) digraphs – wh, ph 26) digraphs – wh, ph 27) digraphs – wh, ph when whiz which whet which whim whit whim whit whip whiff whet whim whip when wham phip (nonsense word) phen (nonsense word) pham (nonsense word) phap (nonsense word) phin (nonsense word) phim (nonsense word) aph (nonsense word) Phil Phil taph (nonsense word) phone phin (nonsense word) staph dolphin Steph

Note. Nonsense words are used to complete the letter replacement chain but may be skipped if desired.

Note. Not all words are replaced one letter at a time in digraphs, consonant blends, long vowels, vowel patterns. When needed, tell students to erase entire word when the next word that follows does not have same letters in it.

Consonant Blends

28) S blends - st 29) S blends - st, sn, sl 30) S blends - st, sp, sc vest snack spill vast snap spin past snip spun last slip span mast slop spam must stop scam dust top scab just cop cab gust cost Cas must cast cast mist last fast past

31) S blends – 32) S blends – 33) S blends – st, sp, sk, sw, sm st, sp, sc, sk st, sp, sl, sw stop scan swell step scab smell stem scat spell stim spat spill swim spit still skim skit stick skip skin slick skin spin slip skill spun slit spill stun spit still Stan spin

34) L blends – 35) L blends – 36) L blends – gl, cl, pl, fl bl, sl, cl sl, ld, lp, lk glad blab kelp glass blob help class blop held clan block hold plan black told flan slack gold flat stack bold flag stuck sold flap stick sod flip slick Sid clip slack sill clack milk silk

37) R blends – 38) R blends – 39) R blends br, gr, pr, cr, tr br, gr, pr, cr, tr gr, br, tr, dr, fr trip Brad grit drip grad Brit drop grab brat prop gram trat (nonsense word) prod pram trap trod cram trip trot crab grip trop (nonsense word) crib drip crop grib (nonsense word) drop cross grip grop (nonsense word) trip grog frog

40) N blends – 41) N blends – 42) N blends – nt, ng, nk nt, ng, nk, nd ng, nk, nt, nd rent went wing runt lent wind hunt lint wink hung ling sink lung ring sing sung rang bing sang fang ting sank bang tint sand band lint band bank link

43) other blends - ft, 44) other blends - ct, pt 45) other blends – mp act ct, pt, ft, mp jump fact soft bump pact loft lump tact oft lamp sect opt limp sept apt lip kept act lit wept fact lift lep (nonsense word) pact gift left pack sift loft puck lift soft pump

46) other blends - wr 47) 3 letter blends - tch 48) 3 letter blends - wrap fetch scr, str, spr wrack etch sprint wrick (nonsense word) itch spring writ pitch string wring patch strung wren match strum wrench hatch struck wrist hitch scrap wreck hutch scram wrong Dutch scratch scrap script

49) Long Vowel A 50) Long Vowel A 51) Long Vowel A made gate bale wade late Dale wake plate date take plane ate bake lane ape make lake cape maze cake shape daze fake shave Dave fame shake save game snake gave name

52) Long Vowel O 53) Long Vowel O 54) Long Vowel O robe cope vote lobe coke note lone woke nope bone poke hope cone pole home code hole hole node hope mole note rope role tote rose rose toe rove hose doe drove chose

55) Long Vowel I 56) Long Vowel I 57) Long Vowel I bike line kite hike lie rite like pie ride line tie hide lime tile hike time pile like dime file life dine five wife mine hive wide mile live tide smile dive time

58) Long Vowel U 59) Long Vowel U 60) Long Vowel U cue rule clue cube mule blue tube mute due tune muse dude June ruse rude juke rule rule duke rude mule puke dude muse fluke dune fuse flute rune fume lute tune plume

R-Controlled Vowels

61) R-Controlled - ar 62) R-Controlled - ar 63) R-Controlled - ar arm tar bark farm star Mark far scar shark car car sharp card smart card yard mart cart hard tart part chard dart park chart dark dark charm park ark

64) R-Controlled - ur, er 65) R-Controlled - ur, er 66) R-Controlled - ur, er fur lurk term purr lurch perm perm church purr fern curve purse Vern curb nurse turn curl hurt burn turn her hurt burn after Curt burnt fern Burt burst under

67) R-Controlled - ir 68) R-Controlled - ir 69) R-Controlled - ir bird girl fir birth twirl sir shirt whirl stir skirt swirl firm dirt chirp bird sir quirk birth stir shirk chirp third shirt irk thirty first Kirk thirsty smirk skirt

70) R-Controlled - or 71) R-Controlled - or 72) R-Controlled - or word cord storm work corn sport worm torn sort form born tort fort worn torn sort thorn horn port north corn pork short cork cork shore pork corn spore fork

Vowel Digraphs – Vowel Teams

73) Vowel Team - ea 74) Vowel Team - ea 75) Vowel Team - ea heat leaf peach seat lead reach meat lean teach meal jean team peal bean steam deal beat steal teal beak teal team weak meal beam leak meat ream creak eat read heat

Note. Consider telling students that some “ea” words make a different sound (e.g., bear, wear, tear, earth) because the letter r follows the vowel and then the vowel is usually forced to change its sound. R-controlled vowels will be taught later.

76) Vowel Team - ee 77) Vowel Team - ee 78) Vowel Teams - ee feel week sweet feet geek sweep meet seek sleep beet seep sleek beep keep seek jeep weep cheek deep weed creek deem need creep seem feed creed seen feel greed teen peel green

79) Vowel Team - ie Lief thief chief wield yield field shield piece niece shriek grief brief

Note. May share with students that the pattern “ie” does not follow the long vowel rule (when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking).

80) Vowel Team - oa 81) Vowel Team - oa 82) Vowel Team - oa boat load foam goat loan roam goal moan throat coal moat roach coat boat coach oat bloat coat oak float coast soak gloat toast croak oat roast road oak boast toad soak boat soap goat

83) Vowel Team - ow 84) Vowel Team - ow 85) Vowel Team - ow own crow window known grow flown know grown hollow snow row follow shown mow fellow flown low yellow flow slow mellow glow show pillow slow shown elbow blow blown throw

86) Vowel Teams - ai, ay 87) Vowel Teams - ai, ay 88) Vowel Teams - ai, ay play tray may clay stray day lay stay say pay stain gray paid tail grain pail wail brain pain wait drain rain vain train rail train trail mail trail plain

89) Vowel Teams - ui, ew 90) Vowel Teams - ui, ew 91) Vowel Teams - ui, ew few suit crew flew ruin cruise blew fruit bruise brew juice brew crew fluid threw chew cruise screw new bruise chew knew brew stew skew drew suit stew grew fruit

Vowel Digraphs – Variant Vowels

92) Variant Vowels – igh, y 93) Variant Vowels - igh, y 94) Variant Vowels - igh, y high right cry sigh light dry sight might try night my fry light by fight flight spy flight fly sky blight sly sight bright shy sigh right why thigh plight

95) Variant Vowels – 96) Variant Vowels – 97) Variant Vowels – long oo long oo long oo moon zoo spoon noon moo spool coon moon boot cool loon hoot school loom hoop pool boom boop fool boo boom tool too loom stool tool loon stoop pool noon scoop moon mood

Note. Consider telling students that short double oo has two spelling patterns that make the same sound (“oo” and “u” as in pull, bush, put, push, bull, full). Also, “oo” has two sounds (long and short).

98) Variant Vowels – 99) Variant Vowels – 100) Variant Vowels – short oo short oo short oo good foot nook stood soot rook hood cook took hoodie book cook hoof rook crook hook took brook cook hook shook look look hook took wool hoof book woof hood wood good

101) Variant Vowels - ow, 102) Variant Vowels - ow, 103) Variant Vowels - ow, ou ou ou flower cow how clown how house cow now loud wow down cloud owl town clown how our crown hour out crowd flour shout found mouth about round ouch ouch brown couch couch

104) Variant Vowels - aw, au 105) Variant Vowels - aw, au 106) Variant Vowels - aw, jaw saw au raw sauce straw paw Saul raw Paul haul jaw haul fault paw Saul awful Paul saw draw haul caw drawn haw claw dawn law flaw fawn lawn yawn

107) Variant Vowels - oi, oy 108) Variant Vowels - oi, oy 109) Variant Vowels - oi, oy boy foil oil toy coil toil joy boil toy join boy boy coin coy soy coil coin joy oil join Roy soil point voice soy joint noise Roy noisy