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**Sort 1: CVC/CVC-e Vowel Sounds**
__CVC short:__ drop, drip crab, skin, wax __CVC-e long__: note, mule, wife,vote, race, wipe oddball: done, have
 * Rule: When a 1 syllable word ends in CVC, it is a short syllable (closed syllable)**
 * When a 1 syllable word ends in CVC-e (silent e-) remember that the silent e makes the vowel long.**

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**Sort /Week 2: Long A sounds**

 * RULE: In a single syllable words, the LONG A sound can be made with several letter patterns:**
 * CVV-ai, CVV-ay (vowel teams)**
 * CVC-e**
 * The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel.**
 * When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel it is called an OPEN syllable.**

__CVV-ai:__ stain, grain, praise*, nail, gain, raise* __CVV-ay__: stay, tray, stray, gray, pray, sway __CVC-e__: taste, brave, slave, shape, trade, raise*, praise* __CVC__: grand, stand, glass

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**Sort/Week 3: Long O sounds**

 * RULE: In a single syllable words, the LONG O sound can be made with several letter patterns:**
 * CVV-oa CVV-ow (vowel teams)**
 * CVC-e**
 * The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel.**
 * When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel it is called an OPEN syllable.**

__CVV-oa__: coal coach roast oat loaf roam __CVV-ow:__ know show blow grow flow throw __CVC:__ stock blond stomp __CVC-e__: froze globe close wrote


 * OTHER since, science**
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**Sort/Week 4: Long U sounds**

 * Rule: In single syllable words, the //long u// sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-oo, CVV-ui, CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable.**

__CVV-oo__: scoop bloom smooth broom mood moon spoon tooth __CVC:__ crust bump skunk trust __CVC-e__: cube mute prune __CVVC-ui:__ fruit suit juice oddball build build

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**Sort/Week 5 More long u sounds**

 * Rule: In single syllable words, the //long u// sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-ew, CVV-ue, CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable. Pay attention to the asterisked words as they are homophones. These words sound the same but have different meaning.**

__CVV-ew__ chew dew* flew* knew*screw blew* shrewd strewn __CVC__ - thumb, plump, brush, stuck, crumb, tusk CVV-ue due* flue* hue clue __other/oddball__- cruel fuel sew


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**Sort/week 6 Long short I**
__CVC__: quick quit swift __CVC-e:__ write twice quire spice rise crime __VCC-igh:__ might high night bright fright flight sight sigh right* __CV-y:__ why sly
 * Rule: In single syllable words, the //long i// sound can be made with several letter patterns: VCC-igh, CV-y, and CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable. Pay attention to the asterisked words as they are homophones. These words sound the same but have different meaning.**

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**Week 7 Review of sorts 1-6**
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**Sort /Week 8** **Plural nouns Lesson 1**
__-ch__: benches speeches watches scratches cjurches peaches sketches ditches branches __-sh__: brushes splashes crashes eyelashes leashes ashes
 * Rule: When a noun ends in "ch," "sh,", "s," "x," or "z," add "es" to make the plural noun.**


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**Sort 9 More plural nouns Lesson 2**
__-ch__: lunches inches __-sh__: bushes flashes wishes rashes dishes swishes brushes __-x:__ taxes boxes fixes __-s:__ classes dresses passes __add s:__ sticks masks
 * Rule: When a noun ends in "ch," "sh,", "s," "x," or "z," add "es" to make the plural noun. (Otherwise, add "s")**

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**Sort/week 10:** More plural nouns
Rule when a noun ends in "f" or "fe," change the "f" to "v" and add "es"

__fe to ves:__ wife/wives, life/lives, knife/knives __f to ves__: leaf/leaves scarf/scarves, wolf/wolves, half/halves, loaf/loaves, self/selves, shelf/shelves thief/thieves

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**Sort/week 11: Plural nouns that end in "y**"

 * Rule: When a word ends in Consonant+ "y," change the "y" to "i" and add "es."**
 * When a word ends in vowel + "y," just add "es."**

__Consonant + "y:__" family/families, berry/berries, army/armies, duty/duties, candy/candies, firefly/fireflies, lady/ladies, party/parties, story/stories, pony/ponies, baby/babies, city/cities, country/countries, pharmacy/pharmacies, reply/replies

__Vowel+ "y:__" journey/journeys, donkey/donkeys, valley/valleys,alley/alleys, monkey/monkeys play/plays

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**Sort/week 12: __Irregular__ plural nouns**

 * Rule: These plurals are formed by creating new words. There are some patterns as below;**

__complete word change:__ child/children, mouse/mice, person/people __vowel change__: woman/women, tooth/teeth goose/geese __o add "es:"__ hero/heroes, potato/potatoes, tomato/tomatoes, echo/echoes __o add "s:"__ radio/radios __no change__: sheep, deer


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**Week 13: Review of all irregular plural nouns and their rules**
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**Sort/Week 14: Adding verb suffixes**

 * Rule: When adding a VOWEL SUFFIX to the base word (verb)**
 * 1-1-1: double the last consonant and add the suffix**
 * VCe: drop the silent e and add the suffix**
 * VVC: just add the suffix**
 * VCC: just add the suffix**

__VC or 1-1-1 words:__ hopped. planned grabbed nodded stepped dropped stirred slammed bragged __VCe or silent e words__**:** hoped saved scored tamed __VVCor vowel teams__**:** chewed shouted scooped joined __VCC:__ climbed blended __oddball:__ mixed



**Sort/Week 15: Adding verb suffixes** **"-ed" with VC-e words and words ending in Y**

 * Rule: When adding a VOWEL SUFFIX "ed" to the base word (verb):**
 * C+Y: Change the y to i and add "ed"**
 * V+Y: just add "ed"**
 * VCe: drop the silent e and add "ed"**

__C+Y:__ cry/cried, copy/copied, carry/carried, study/studied, reply/replied, hurry/hurried, multiply/multiplied, marry/married __V+Y:__ spray/sprayed, stay/stayed, delay/delayed, sway/swayed, obey/obeyed, delay/delayed __VC-e:__ quote/quoted, skate/skated, hike/hiked, trade/traded



**Sort/Week 16 : Irregular Past Tense Verbs**
__**Present/Past**__ __sleep/slept__ __throw/threw__ __slide/slid__ __drive/drove__ __shine/shone__ __freeze/froze__ __sweep/swept__ __keep/kept__ __bleed/bled__ __draw/drew__ __know/knew__ __say/said__

__Spelling City Irregular Past Tense Verbs__



__**Sort/Wee**__**__k 17__: Adding More Verb Suffixes- "-ing"**

 * Rule Adding the VOWEL suffix "ing" to the base word (verb):**
 * 1-1-1: when a 1 syllable base word has 1 short vowel and ends in 1 consonant, double the last consonant and add the suffix**
 * VCe: drop the silent e and add the suffix**


 * 1-1-1:** set/setting, cut/cutting, stop/stopping, beg/begging, grin/grinning, jog/jogging, hum/humming
 * silent e:** hike/hiking, move/moving, live/living, come/coming, have/having

Spelling City: Adding the suffix "-ING"

**__Sort 18:__ Create adjectives and adverbs by adding the suffixes "y" and "ly"**

 * Rule:** Add "y" to a noun & it turns into an adjective. Adding "ly" to an adjective turns it to an adverb!


 * Add "ly:"** slowly, happily, quickly, clearly, easily, dimly, quietly, loudly, angrily, noisily, roughly, lazily, smoothly
 * Add "y"** sunny, rainy**,** snowy**,** foggy, misty, stormy, daily, chilly, cloudy, windy, breezy,


 * It is helpful to underline or write the basewords underneath the spelling word. At this point students should begin to independently recognize whether or not the base word is an "e-drop" or "y change." Sort accordingly.

Spelling City: adding " y" and "ly" to make adverbs and adjectives

**Sort 19: Comparative Adjectives**

 * Rule: "-ER" is added to an adjective comparing 2 things, "-EST" is added when comparing 3+ things.**

few/fewer/fewest, calm/calmer/calmest, cool/cooler/coolest, close/closer/closest, brave/braver/bravest, pretty/prettier/prettiest, happy/happier/happiest, dirty/dirtier/dirtiest


 * It is helpful to underline or write the base words underneath the spelling word. At this point students should begin to independently recognize whether or not the base word is an "e-drop" or "y change." Sort accordingly.

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Sort 20: Adding the suffixes "-less," "-ful," "-ness"

 * -less:** worthless, hopeless, harmless, homeless, penniless, restless


 * -ful**: dreadful, colorful, plentiful, painful, grateful, fearful, faithful, thoughtful


 * -ness**: darkness, weakness, goodness, kindness, happiness, illness


 * combin**ed suffixes: carelessness, thankfulness, peacefulness, helplessness


 * It is helpful to underline or write the base words underneath the spelling word. Note should be made that these are CONSONANT suffixes, so the "e-drop" rule does not apply to words ending in silent e. For words ending in "consonant + y", the y still changes to i before the suffix is added.

Spelling City: adding the suffixes -less/ful/ness

Sort 21: Gentle Cindy: Hard/soft "C" words

 * Rule: When the letter c precedes an a-o-u, the c makes a hard/"k" sound, when it precedes an a/i/y, the c makes an "s" sound**


 * soft C:** cement, circle, cent, cereal, century, cyclist, cylinder, cyclone, cider,


 * hard C:** correct, common, cuff, contest, compass, collect, cancel, custom, color, cube, curve, colony


 * Another fun way to sort these words is to separate them into parts of speech

Spelling CIty: Gentle Cindy C words



Sort 22: Gentle Cindy: Hard/soft "G" words

 * Rule: When the letter g precedes an a-o-u, the g makes a hard/"guh" sound, when it precedes an a/i/y, the g makes an "j" sound**


 * soft g:** gentle, giraffe, genius, general, ginger, gym, giant, germ, Georgia


 * hard g:** gather, gossip, gutter, golden, garage, gape, gallon, guard, guest,garden, get, goalie

Spelling City: Gentle Cindy G words

Sort 23: Contractions

 * + not:** isn't, aren't, didn't, don't, wasn't, weren't, can't, doesn't, couldn't
 * + have:** I've, you've
 * + is:** that's, who's, it's
 * + are:** you're, we're, they're
 * + will**: he'll, I'll
 * oddball: won't**

The added lesson to these words is the correct usage of //there/their/ they're// and //it's/its//

Spelling City: Contractions

Sort 24: Possessive Nouns

 * Rule: Add //apostrophe + s// to make a singular noun show possession. If a noun is plural, add an //apostrophe.//**

__**Singular Posessive/Plural Possessive**__ lady's/ladies' cousin's/cousins' student's/students' nurse's/nurses' teacher's/teacher's friend's/friends' Chris's
 * child's/children's
 * woman's/women's
 * hero's/heroes'


 * these words follow special/irregular "singular to plural" rules

Spelling City: Possessives

Sort 25: Prefixes: mis-/pre-/re-

 * Rule: Prefixes are added to base words or word roots.**
 * //Pre = before, mis = not, and re = again//**


 * pre:** preheat, *prefix, *precede, prepay, pretest, preview, *predict
 * mis:** misbehave, misprint, misplace, miscount, mislead, mistreat, mistrust
 * re:** recall, recycle, refresh, remind, remodel, review, reorder


 * These are words made of prefix + a //**word root**// not a base word.

Spelling City: Prefixes mis/pre/re

**Sort 26: Prefixes: ex-/non-/in-/fore-**

 * Rule: Prefixes are added to base words or word roots.**
 * Ex-= out, Non-=not, in-= In or not, Fore-= in front of or before**


 * ex-:** *extra, *extend, *express, *exit, *expand, *exclude, exclaim
 * non-:** nonsense, nonfiction, nonstop, nonfat
 * in-:** incomplete, incorrect, indecent, *income, indoor, *indent, insight
 * fore:** forecast, forearm, forehead, foremost, foresee, foreshadow


 * These are words made of prefix + a //**word root**// not a base word.

Spelling City: Prefixes ex/non/in/fore:

Sort 27: Homophones

 * Rule: Homophones = Homo (1) + Sound; homophones are words spelled differently (and different meanings) but pronounced the same.**

their/there/they're bury/berry cellar/seller very/vary hire/higher whether/weather desert/dessert aloud/allowed principle/principal flower/flower choose/chews bored/board merry/marry

Spelling City: Homophones

Sort 28: Compound Words
Compound words are made up of 2 words put together. They are always written together, with NO space between them!

Words with **head:** headache, headphones, headfirst, headstrong words with **book:** bookcase, bookmark, cookbook, scrapbook words with **snow:** snowman, snowflake, snowstorm, snowplow words with **light**: lighthouse, daylight, flashlight, *headlight, lightweight words with **down:** downhill, downstairs, downpour, countdown

Spelling City

Sort 29: "IE-EI Words"
When making the long e sound, remember, " I before e except
 * after c,
 * and when it says long a like in neighbor and weigh."

EXCEPTIONS:
 * ie=long e:** thief, niece, priest, grief, shield, relieve, yield..
 * cei= long e:** receive, ceiling, deceive, conceit, receipt
 * ei=long e**: neither, either, weird, seize (NEWS)
 * ei= long a:** neighbor, eighteen, weigh, sleigh, freight, reign
 * oddball**: mischief

Spelling City IE/EI rule