Words Their Way

Sort 43: Short Vowel Words with Final Digraphs (Grades 1 and 2)

Definition: A digraph is a combination of two letters representing one sound, as in ph and ey.

Objectives: • To identify words with short vowels and final digraphs • To identify and sort words with short vowels and final digraphs

Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the Word Grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to short vowels a, e, i, o, and u with final digraphs.

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words into four columns according to their final sounds: /ch/, /th/, /s/, and /sh/. • What other words with short vowels and final digraphs can your child think of?

rich moth class boss kiss

math much with toss which

such cloth miss rush bath

pass guess fresh grass brush

ă ĕ ĭ ŏ ŭ

Objectives: • To identify words short vowels a, e, i, o, and u • To identify and sort words with short vowels a, e, i, o, and u

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words into two groups, one that names animals and one that does not. • What other words with short vowels can your child think of?

mask jack gruff truck shed

check cloth fox quick drum

chick grill pig moth desk

cat bus shack flag toss

nest sled ship cross club

ă ĕ ĭ ŏ ŭ

Definition: A preconsonantal nasal is a subtle letter-sound combination that occurs before consonants, as in the words bump or sink. The vowel is nasalized as part of the air escapes through the nose during pronunciation.

Objectives: • To identify preconsonantal nasals -ng and -mp • To identify and sort words with preconsonantal nasals -ng and -mp Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to preconsonantal nasals -ng and -mp. Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words by their vowel sound. • What other words with preconsonantal nasals -ng and -mp can your child think of?

rang jump king camp sung

bump sing rung lamp limp

sang ring pump ramp bring

wing swing stamp hung stump

lump thing plump

-ng -mp

Objectives: • To identify preconsonantal nasals –nt, -nd, and -nk • To identify and sort words with preconsonantal nasals –nt, -nd, and -nk Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to preconsonantal nasals –nt, -nd, and -nk. Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words by their vowel sound. • What other words with preconsonantal nasals –nt, -nd, and -nk can your child think of?

went sand pink send wink

hunt bunk land bank pant

junk wind print stink plant

blend spent stand drink want

-nt -nd -nk

Definition: A diphthong is a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side).

Objectives: • To identify spelling patterns of diphthongs ou and ow • To read, sort, and write words with diphthongs ou and ow

Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to diphthong ou, ow or oddball words. • Oddball words are words that have the same sound but a different spelling pattern.

Extensions: • Have your child use each word in a sentence. • Have your child point out the words that can be both a noun and a verb. • What other words with diphthong ou or ow can your child think of?

pound mouth south ground

clown town frown couch

tough howl owl drown

count growl shout plow

crown cloud scout gown

grown found rough

OU OW Oddball sound brown

Objectives: • To identify hard and soft c and g • To read, sort, and write words with hard and soft c and g

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words by the first vowel in each word. • What other words that begin with a hard or soft c or g can your child think of?

coat gym cub germ

cease gem corn cent

guess guide calf game

guest cell cart goose

code golf gist

soft c hard c soft g hard g

city card giant gave

Objectives: • To identify words with short o and or • To identify and sort words with short o and or

Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to short o, or and oddball words. • Oddball words are words that have the same sound but a different spelling pattern.

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words into two categories: words that begin with two consonants and words that begin with one consonant. • What other words with short o and or can your child think of?

fox for corn fort

drop rot born sort

your torn short work

spot sport storm trot

word shop pond horn

Word Grid: Sort 47: Short o and or

sock fork Oddball

Objectives: • To identify words with short a and ar • To identify and sort words with short a and ar

Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to short o, or and oddball words. • Oddball words are words that have the same sound but a different spelling pattern.

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words into two categories: words that end with two consonants and words end begin with one consonant. • What other words with short a and ar can your child think of?

car far drag crab

farm rag snap bark

crash art war card

trap yard flag dark

shark brag grand jar

Word Grid: Sort 48: Short a and ar!

cat star Oddball

Definition: /Ƨ/ or schwa is the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English.

Objectives:! • To recognize the final /Ƨl/ sound and its different spelling patterns • To sort and spell words with a final –le, -el, -il, or -al

Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words, placing each card in the correct column according to the final /Ƨl/ spelling patterns or oddball words. • Oddball words are words that have the same sound but a different spelling pattern.

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words according to the vowel sound in the accented first syllable. • What other words with a final –le, -el, -il, or -al can your child think of?

saddle level April

total fragile couple

angel fossil metal

special angle novel

evil signal needle

pedal stencil local

bundle vowel journal

cancel pupil jewel

struggle council

-le -el -il -al Oddball cattle model pencil final

Definition: /Ƨ/ or schwa is the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English.

Objectives:! • To recognize the final /Ƨr/ sound and its different spelling patterns • To sort and spell words with a final –er, -ar, or -or

Extensions: • Have your child re-sort the words according to the vowel sound in the accented first syllable. • What other words with a final –er, -ar, or -or can your child think of?

brother doctor dollar

favor rather solar

cover flavor mirror

motor sugar grammar

weather silver father

rumor popular tractor

mother harbor lunar

regular cedar after

calendar flower error

-er -ar -or

spider collar color

Objectives: • To identify prefixes dis-, mis-, and pre- and understand how they influence the meanings of words • To sort and spell words beginning with dis-, mis-, and pre-

Directions: • Print out the Word Cards on the following page and cut them out. • Have your child read the words on the cards. • Use the grid to sort the words according to their prefix patterns or oddball words. • Oddball words are words that have a prefix but a different spelling pattern.

Extensions: • Have your child look at the base word in each of the sort words and consider whether some base words could be used with more than one of the prefixes from the sort (for example, recopy and miscopy). • What other words with a prefix of dis-, mis-, or pre- can your child think of?

Word Cards: Sort 48: Prefixes dis-, mis-, pre-!

dislike mistreat prefix

precious disable mismatch

premature disobey misplace

preteen displace misbehave

preview dishonest misjudge

preheat disloyal pretest

disappear precaution mister

miscount distant mistrust

dis- mis- pre- Oddball disagree misspell preschool