Word Study List A 2016-2017
1. Aug. 29-Sept. 9Short Vowels
- mud
- slim
- bed
- best
- slob
- hut
- trap
- snip
- stop
- lost
- rust
Beginning Blends
- flag
- grip
- strap
- splash
- plop
- frog
- drop
- black
- scrub
- crib
- plot
-ng and –nk glides / Inflectional endings
- strong
- skunk
- tricked
- spring
- pink
- poked
- yank
- drink
- cramped
- trunk
- thank
Long a Vowel Patterns
- crave
- paint
- away
- train
- flake
- eight
- trail
- steak
- sway
- date
2. Sept. 12
Short Vowels (-ck, -ea)
- read
- tuck
- clock
- instead
- deck
- knock
- feather
- crack
- sock
- wreck
- thick
Final Consonant Blends
- sand
- wept
- gulf
- whisk
- best
- lift
- runt
- camp
- quilt
- crisp
- melt
Consonant Digraphs
- ship
- choke
- bath
- shake
- shape
- thump
- lunch
- thunder
- trash
- whack
- cloth
Long e vowel Patterns
- heat
- beach
- pea
- taxi
- knee
- thief
- teeth
- jeans
- money
- queen
- sleet
3. Sept. 19
Beginning Blends
1.spud
2.stub
3.snip
4.swell
5.skip
6.smash
7.trick
8.twig
9.scuff
10.trip
11.stick
swim, smell, spun, trap, twin / 6. Oct. 10
Silent E
- late
- poke
- bite
- make
- bone
- fume
- dive
- robe
- mule
- size
- hope
Consonant Digraphs
(ph, gh, -tch)
- watch
- photo
- pitch
- graph
- hatch
- phase
- match
- itch
- phone
- rough
- tough
- Nov. 28
- time
- bright
- knife
- pie
- bye
- tight
- dye
- write
- kind
- slide
- might
13. Dec. 5
Sounds of Y
- dry
- candy
- July
- berry
- berries
- spy
- parties
- party
- study
- sticky
- cloudy
Long u Vowel Patterns
- cube
- amuse
- mute
- true
- flute
- June
- include
- confuse
- Tuesday
- cruel
- glue
Plurals (-s or –es)
- rabbits
- wishes
- lamps
- chairs
- flowers
- bones
- horses
- lunches
- phones
- dishes
- clocks
Contractions
- I’ll
- we’ll
- how’s
- I’m
- he’s
- can’t
- mom’s
- don’t
- you’re
- didn’t
- they’re
- Jan. 2
(-o_e, oe, oa)
- rope
- doe
- toad
- echo
- loaf
- hoe
- toast
- stove
- tiptoe
- vote
- froze
Long u Vowel Patterns
(oo, ew)
- mood
- too
- drew
- booth
- grew
- tool
- few
- igloo
- moose
- tooth
- blew
Plurals (Words that end in –y, -f, -lf, fe, rf)
- shelves
- keys
- lives
- fish
- loaves
- halves
- elves
- parties
- spies
- daisies
- flies
r-controlled (-er, -ir, -ur)
- verb
- perch
- twirl
- dirt
- turtle
- tower
- surf
- chirp
- under
- nurse
- birth
- Jan. 9
- crow
- mow
- elbow
- pillow
- bowl
- know
- though
- glow
- narrow
- below
- throw
Comparative Endings
(-er and –est)
- faster
- taller
- smaller
- cooler
- coolest
- fastest
- tallest
- smallest
- crazier
- tastier
- younger
r-controlled
- hair
- farm
- dare
- soar
- glare
- garden
- fort
- dairy
- chore
- store
- smart
Soft c and g
- giant
- space
- brace
- fancy
- large
- since
- city
- digit
- dance
- pencil
- germ
25. March 27
Consonant + le
- fable
- eagle
- bubble
- puzzle
- candle
- turtle
- table
- mantle
- gentle
- recycle
- buckle
Silent Consonants
- sign
- limb
- wrap
- lamb
- climb
- knot
- know
- thumb
- knock
- bridge
- doubt
/aw/ (aw, au, augh, al)
- yawn
- salt
- draw
- small
- law
- dawn
- straw
- chalk
- alter
- awful
- pause
26. April 3
Dipthongs (ou and ow /ou/)
- count
- town
- noun
- towel
- flounder
- around
- mouse
- frown
- clown
- rowdy
- pout
Prefixes
(un-, re-, pre-, dis-)
- refill
- unzip
- unhappy
- preheat
- replay
- unfair
- prepay
- prefer
- refresh
- predict
- disagree
27. April 17
Dipthongs (oi, oy)
- join
- foil
- coin
- oil
- enjoy
- royal
- noisy
- toy
- voice
- oyster
- choice
Suffixes (-ly, -ful, -er, -or, -less)
1. actor
2. teacher
3. shortly
4. farmer
5. weekly
6. camper
7. orderly
8. playful
9. visitor
10. joyful
11. helpless
curly, hardly, greatly, thankful, homeless