Spelling

1.1

Iris and Walter 

1.2

Exploring Space with an Astronaut

1.3

Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

Rule:  Short Vowels

Rule:  Long Vowels VCVe

Rule:  Consonant Blends

1.      drum

1.      tune

1.      stop

2.      rock

2.      page

2.      strap

3.      list

3.      nose

3.      nest

4.      desk

4.      space

4.      hand

5.      job

5.      size

5.      brave

6.      sad

6.      fine

6.      ask

7.      shop

7.      mice

7.      clip

8.      sack

8.      late

8.      stream

9.      tag

9.      cube

9.      mask

10.  rib

10.  blaze

10.  twin

11.  mess

11.  home

11.  breeze

12.  dust

12.  vote

12.  state

13.  * pocket

13.  * erase

13.  * browse

14.  * lettuce

14.  * spice

14.  * straight

15.  * engine

15.  * confuse

15.  * skeleton

16.  * August

16.  * Tuesday

16.  * September

17.  * Monday

17.  * two

17.  * Wednesday

18.  * one

18.  * three

18.  * four

1.4

A Walk in the Desert 

1.5

The Strongest One

2.1

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends  

Rule:  Inflected Endings

Rule:  Consonant Digraphs

Rule:  r-controlled ar, or, and ore

1.      talked

1.      bunch

1.      part

2.      talking

2.      that

2.      hard

3.      dropped

3.      wish

3.      born

4.      dropping

4.      patch

4.      horse

5.      excited

5.      when

5.      before

6.      exciting

6.      what

6.      more

7.      lifted

7.      math

7.      smart

8.      lifting

8.      them

8.      farm

9.      hugged

9.      shape

9.      porch

10.  hugging

10.  whale

10.  corn

11.  smiled

11.  itch

11.  chore

12.  smiling

12.  chase

12.  score

13.  * dragging

13.  * whiskers

13.  * cardinal

14.  * amazed

14.  * switch

14.  * therefore

15.  * danced

15.  * shrimp

15.  * morning

16.  * five

16.  * Autumn

16.  * Fall

17.  * six

17.  *Friday

17.  * Saturday

18.  * Thursday

18.  * seven

18.  * October

2.2

Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat

2.3

Turtle's Race with Beaver

2.4

The Bremen Town Musicians

Rule:  Contractions

Rule:  r-controlled er, ir, ur

Rule:  Plurals -s, -es, -ies

1.      I'll

1.      her

1.      note

2.      wasn't

2.      person

2.      notes

3.      it's

3.      nurse

3.      lunch

4.      he's

4.      dirt

4.      lunches

5.      I'm

5.      turn

5.      story

6.      didn't

6.      birth

6.      stories

7.      who's

7.      serve

7.      tune

8.      she's

8.      curb

8.      tunes

9.      we'll

9.      curl

9.      switch

10.  isn't

10.  skirt

10.  switches

11.  hasn't

11.  purse

11.  baby

12.  hadn't

12.  turtle

12.  babies

13.  * wouldn't

13.  *hamburger

13.  * crumbs

14.  * shouldn't

14.  *surface

14.  * supplies

15.  * where's

15.  *perfect

15.  * centuries

16.  * eight

16.  * ten

16.  * thirteen

17.  * nine

17.  * eleven

17.  *  because

18.  * Sunday

18.  * twelve

18.  * November

2.5

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

3.1

Pearl and Wagner:  Two Good Friends

3.2

Dear Juno

Rule:  Long a:  a, ai, ay

Rule:  Long e

Rule:  Long o:  o, oa, ow

1.      tail

1.      read

1.      goat

2.      main

2.      feel

2.      hold

3.      wait

3.      easy

3.      show

4.      say

4.      deep

4.      most

5.      away

5.      seat

5.      bowl

6.      play

6.      party

6.      float

7.      raise

7.      wheel

7.      toast

8.      brain

8.      leave

8.      ago

9.      paint

9.      windy

9.      open

10.  stay

10.  sleep

10.  told

11.  today

11.  teeth

11.  toad

12.  tray

12.  team

12.  slow

13.  * holiday

13.  * wreath

13.  * almost

14.  * daily

14.  * season

14.  * throat

15.  * raisin

15.  * eagle

15.  *  hollow

16.  * fourteen

16.  * seventeen

16.  * eighteen

17.  * fifteen Ha

17.  * December

17.  * nineteen

18.  * sixteen

18.  * Thanksgiving

18.  * twenty

3.3

Anansi Goes Fishing

3.4

Rosa and Blanca

3.5

A Week is a Flower

Rule:  Compound Words

Rule:  Long i:  i, igh, y

Rule:  Comparative Endings

1. basketball

1.      find

1. sooner

1. someone

2.      child

1. soonest

1. weekend

3.      sky

1. hotter

1. something

4.      bright

1. hottest

1. birthday

5.      wild

1. busier

1. riverbank

6.      fly

1. busiest

1. bathtub

7.      right

1. happier

1. backyard

8.      flight

1. happiest

1. driveway

9.      spider

1. smaller

1. bedtime

10.  cry

1. smallest

1. raindrop

11.  blind

1. fatter

1. mailbox

12.  myself

1. fattest

1. * grandparent

13.  * frighten

1. * angrier

1. * rattlesnake

14.  * arrival

1. * angriest

1. * earthquake

15.  * identify

1. * straighter

1. * Winter

16.  * forty

1. * straightest

1. * thirty

17.  * fifty

1. * seventy

1. *  January

18.  * sixty

1. * February

4.1

The Quilt Story

4.2

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

4.3

Frogs

Rule:  Syllables:  Consonant + le

Rule:  Vowels oo and u

Rule:  Diphthongs ou, ow/ou/

1. ankle

1. put

1. around

1. title

1. cook

1. about

1. apple

1. stood

1. gown

1. cable

1. full

1. sound

1. purple

1. wood

1. flower

1. able

1. July

1. howl

1. bugle

1. shook

1. ground

1. bundle

1. push

1. pound

1. bubble

1. pull

1. crown

1. giggle

1. brook

1. south

1. sparkle

1. hook

1. mouse

1. tickle

1. hood

1. downtown

1. * mumble

1. * pudding

1. * mountain

1. *scramble

1. * cushion

1. * boundary

1. * twinkle

1. * footprint

1. * drowsy

1. * eighty

1. * they

1. * word

1. * ninety

1. * have

1. * were

1. * hundred

1. * from

1. * where

4.4

 I Like Where I Am

4.5

Helen Keller and the Big Storm

5.1

Firefighter!

Rule:  Diphthongs oi, oy

Rule:  Vowel Patterns for /u/

Rule:  Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or

1. joy

1. too

1. cheerful

1. noise

1. new

1. visitor

1. royal

1. fruit

1. slowly

1. moist

1. blue

1. weekly

1. broil

1. true

1. teacher

1. cowboy

1. cool

1. helper

1. spoil

1. suit

1. hardly

1. joint

1. spoon

1. graceful

1. foil

1. clue

1. yearly

1. enjoy

1. juice

1. quickly

1. destroy

1. drew

1. fighter

1. loyal

1. flew

1. sailor

1. * employee

1. * cruise

1. * gardener

1. * corduroy

1. * nephew

1. * competitor

1. * turquoise

1. * shampoo

1. * extremely

1. * what

1. * which

1. * about

1. * when

1. * why

1. * other

1. * March

1. * April

1. * Spring

5.2

One Dark Night

5.3

Bad Dog, Dodger!

5.4

Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores

Rule:  Prefixes un-, re-, pre- dis-

Rule:  Silent consonants

Rule:  ph, gh /f/

1. unsafe

1. knock

1. phone

1. preheat

1. sign

1. enough

1. rerun

1. knee

1. stuff

1. disappear

1. wrong

1. laugh

1. unlock

1. write

1. puff

1. retie

1. climb

1. giraffe

1. rewind

1. wrap

1. graph

1. unpack

1. wren

1. tough

1. unplug

1. gnat

1. photo

1. regroup

1. lamb

1. rough

1. preschool

1. comb

1. cough

1. disagree

1. knob

1. cliff

1. * prehistoric

1. * knuckle

1. * dolphin

1. * unfortunate

1. * plumber

1. * physical

1. * reunion

1. * wrestle

1. * autograph

1. * their

1. * said

1. * should

1. * there

1. * many

1. * would

1. * they're

1. * May

1. * could

5.5

The Signmaker's Assistant

6.1

Just Like Josh Gibson

6.2

Red, White, and Blue:  The Story of the American Flag

Rule:  aw, au, augh, al

Rule:  Contractions

Rule:  Inflected Endings

1.      talk

we're

1.      tried

2.      because

I've

2.      trying

3.      August

don't

3.      planned

4.      caught

can't

4.      planning

5.      draw

he'd

5.      liked

6.      walk

you're

6.      liking

7.      chalk

won't

7.      hiked

8.      auto

they're

8.      hiking

9.      taught

I'd

9.      cried

10.  thaw

they'd

10.  crying

11.  fault

she'd

11.  skipped

12.  launch

we've

12.  skipping

13.  * applause

* could've

13.  * danced

14.  * awkward

* would've

14.  * dancing

15.  * audience

* should've

15.  * replied

16.  * right

16.  * replying

17.  * write

17.  * been

18.  * Summer

18.  * first

6.3

 A Birthday Basket for Tia

6.4

Cowboys

6.5

Jingle Dancer

Rule:  Syllables -tion, -ture

Rule:  Suffixes

Rule:  Prefixes

mixture

kindness

midair

nation

careless

misplace

section

goodness

mislead

future

useless

midway

picture

fearless

misprint

action

darkness

midday

caution

sadness

midweek

station

sickness

misbehave

fixture

helpless

midyear

motion

thankless

mismatch

nature

fitness

misdeed

feature

weakness

mistake

* furniture

* awareness

* midstream

* adventure

* eagerness

* midnight

* tuition

* wireless

* misbehavior

* come

* down

*

*

*

*

*

*

*