Word Study List A 2016-2017

1. Aug. 29-Sept. 9
Short Vowels
  1. mud
  2. slim
  3. bed
  4. best
  5. slob
  6. hut
  7. trap
  8. snip
  9. stop
  10. lost
  11. rust
slot, slam, rat, test, list / 4. Sept. 26
Beginning Blends
  1. flag
  2. grip
  3. strap
  4. splash
  5. plop
  6. frog
  7. drop
  8. black
  9. scrub
  10. crib
  11. plot
blast, split, frost, glad, brick / 7. Oct. 17
-ng and –nk glides / Inflectional endings
  1. strong
  2. skunk
  3. tricked
  4. spring
  5. pink
  6. poked
  7. yank
  8. drink
  9. cramped
  10. trunk
  11. thank
think, stung, rink, junk, string / 10. Nov. 7
Long a Vowel Patterns
  1. crave
  2. paint
  3. away
  4. train
  5. flake
  6. mail
  7. eight
  8. trail
  9. steak
  10. sway
  11. date
great, blade, bait, wait, clay
2. Sept. 12
Short Vowels (-ck, -ea)
  1. read
  2. tuck
  3. clock
  4. instead
  5. deck
  6. knock
  7. feather
  8. crack
  9. sock
  10. wreck
  11. thick
speck, trick, lock, click, deaf / 5. Oct. 3
Final Consonant Blends
  1. sand
  2. wept
  3. gulf
  4. whisk
  5. best
  6. lift
  7. runt
  8. camp
  9. quilt
  10. crisp
  11. melt
pond, tusk, gift, went, shelf / 8. Oct. 24
Consonant Digraphs
  1. ship
  2. choke
  3. bath
  4. shake
  5. shape
  6. thump
  7. lunch
  8. thunder
  9. trash
  10. whack
  11. cloth
smash, chug, throb, punch, brush / 11.Nov. 14
Long e vowel Patterns
  1. heat
  2. beach
  3. pea
  4. taxi
  5. knee
  6. thief
  7. teeth
  8. jeans
  9. money
  10. queen
  11. sleet
treat, leaf, honey, seed, green
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
  1. late
  2. poke
  3. bite
  4. make
  5. bone
  6. fume
  7. dive
  8. robe
  9. mule
  10. size
  11. hope
save, tale, fine, nose, joke / 9. Oct. 31
Consonant Digraphs
(ph, gh, -tch)
  1. watch
  2. photo
  3. pitch
  4. graph
  5. hatch
  6. phase
  7. match
  8. itch
  9. phone
  10. rough
  11. tough
orphan, phonics, aphid, laugh, ditch /
  1. Nov. 28
Long I vowel Patterns
  1. time
  2. bright
  3. knife
  4. pie
  5. bye
  6. tight
  7. dye
  8. write
  9. kind
  10. slide
  11. might
high, right, smile, prize, tight
13. Dec. 5
Sounds of Y
  1. dry
  2. candy
  3. July
  4. berry
  5. berries
  6. spy
  7. parties
  8. party
  9. study
  10. sticky
  11. cloudy
try, body, babies, jelly, windy / 16. Jan. 17
Long u Vowel Patterns
  1. cube
  2. amuse
  3. mute
  4. true
  5. flute
  6. June
  7. include
  8. confuse
  9. Tuesday
  10. cruel
  11. glue
cute, prune, rule, duke, perfume / 19. Feb. 13
Plurals (-s or –es)
  1. rabbits
  2. wishes
  3. lamps
  4. chairs
  5. flowers
  6. bones
  7. horses
  8. lunches
  9. phones
  10. dishes
  11. clocks
glasses, radios, pitches, photos, footballs / 22. March 6
Contractions
  1. I’ll
  2. we’ll
  3. how’s
  4. I’m
  5. he’s
  6. can’t
  7. mom’s
  8. don’t
  9. you’re
  10. didn’t
  11. they’re
she’s, we’re, that’s, dad’s, she’ll
  1. Jan. 2
Long o Vowel Patterns
(-o_e, oe, oa)
  1. rope
  2. doe
  3. toad
  4. echo
  5. loaf
  6. hoe
  7. toast
  8. stove
  9. tiptoe
  10. vote
  11. froze
spoke, goal, tote, broke, foe / 17. Jan. 30
Long u Vowel Patterns
(oo, ew)
  1. mood
  2. too
  3. drew
  4. booth
  5. grew
  6. tool
  7. few
  8. igloo
  9. moose
  10. tooth
  11. blew
zoom, dew, roof, broom, flew / 20. Feb. 20
Plurals (Words that end in –y, -f, -lf, fe, rf)
  1. shelves
  2. keys
  3. lives
  4. fish
  5. loaves
  6. halves
  7. elves
  8. parties
  9. spies
  10. daisies
  11. flies
leaves, wolves, babies, calves, wives / 23. March 13
r-controlled (-er, -ir, -ur)
  1. verb
  2. perch
  3. twirl
  4. dirt
  5. turtle
  6. tower
  7. surf
  8. chirp
  9. under
  10. nurse
  11. birth
skirt, herd, hurt, tiger, burn
  1. Jan. 9
Long o Vowel Patterns (ough, ow)
  1. crow
  2. mow
  3. elbow
  4. pillow
  5. bowl
  6. know
  7. though
  8. glow
  9. narrow
  10. below
  11. throw
show, flow, row, grow, blown / 18. Feb. 6
Comparative Endings
(-er and –est)
  1. faster
  2. taller
  3. smaller
  4. cooler
  5. coolest
  6. fastest
  7. tallest
  8. smallest
  9. crazier
  10. tastier
  11. younger
oldest, strongest, deepest, safer, bigger / 21. Feb. 27
r-controlled
  1. hair
  2. farm
  3. dare
  4. soar
  5. glare
  6. garden
  7. fort
  8. dairy
  9. chore
  10. store
  11. smart
pair, bare, storm, dark, fairy / 24. March 20
Soft c and g
  1. giant
  2. space
  3. brace
  4. fancy
  5. large
  6. since
  7. city
  8. digit
  9. dance
  10. pencil
  11. germ
grace, trace, logic, tragic, price
25. March 27
Consonant + le
  1. fable
  2. eagle
  3. bubble
  4. puzzle
  5. candle
  6. turtle
  7. table
  8. mantle
  9. gentle
  10. recycle
  11. buckle
rattle, paddle, pickle, needle, simple / 28. April 24
Silent Consonants
  1. sign
  2. limb
  3. wrap
  4. lamb
  5. climb
  6. knot
  7. know
  8. thumb
  9. knock
  10. bridge
  11. doubt
wreck, judge, knife, gnaw, wrote / 31. May 15 – Last week of word study!
/aw/ (aw, au, augh, al)
  1. yawn
  2. salt
  3. draw
  4. small
  5. law
  6. dawn
  7. straw
  8. chalk
  9. alter
  10. awful
  11. pause
halt, flaw, hawk, stall, saw
26. April 3
Dipthongs (ou and ow /ou/)
  1. count
  2. town
  3. noun
  4. towel
  5. flounder
  6. around
  7. mouse
  8. frown
  9. clown
  10. rowdy
  11. pout
down, south, shout, powder, house / 29. May 1
Prefixes
(un-, re-, pre-, dis-)
  1. refill
  2. unzip
  3. unhappy
  4. preheat
  5. replay
  6. unfair
  7. prepay
  8. prefer
  9. refresh
  10. predict
  11. disagree
dislike, unpack, rethink, untie, display / Dec. 12-16 Review Week
27. April 17
Dipthongs (oi, oy)
  1. join
  2. foil
  3. coin
  4. oil
  5. enjoy
  6. royal
  7. noisy
  8. toy
  9. voice
  10. oyster
  11. choice
coil, boil, joy, soil, spoil / 30. May 8
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