Spelling Words December 15-20

Activities recommended: 
1. make flash cards and sort according to different rules
-long and short vowels
-consonant blends, vowel teams
2. make a short couplet using rhyming words
The giant liked to eat
in the scorching summer heat.
3. use a highlighter for the blends and vowel teams
4. make two sets of flashcards and try to match pairs

Green :   
1. Spelling pattern sort rule:
 C/VVC short sound (heat)  & long sound (need)
odd ball word: read  which can be pronounced with short /e/ as in 'red' "I read a good book." or with the long /e/ sound, "What books do you like to read?"
2. consonant blends:
 initial  gr-, bl-, sl-, sm-, dr-  
 endings -ll, -ss, st
3. homophones: been and bean
 two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. (example: bear, bare)

eat	bled
heat	sled
read	well
bean	smell
been	less
need	dress
keep	west
green	rest

Yellow 
1. Pattern sort: short vowel sound (chest) and long vowel (wheat)
Oddball: read is an oddball word. It can be considered both (Short (as in 'red') "I read a good book." vs long "What do you like to read?") great imitates the 'ate' sound,  sweat has a short /e/ vowel sound, typically 'ea' vowel teams have a long /e/ vowel as in treat.
2. " Y "as a vowel /e/ sound added to the end of words.
Can you find a small word in the words that have a 'y' added?  When you add a Y to a smaller word, does the meaning of that word necessarily change or does the meaning stay the same?
3. Consonant digraphs & blends and vowel teams
initial blends: wh-, pl-, sw-, gr-, sl-, dr, ch- , also qu-
end blends: -ll, -ss, -st,
vowel teams: ee, ea
4. a sneaky compound word has been thrown in: upset 
compound words are two separate words with different meanings brought together to make a new word with a new meaning.  (i.e. snow & man = snowman, bell & boy = bellboy)

read	sleep
east	belly
wheat	jelly
plead	messy
great	dressy
sweat	quest
greed	chest
sweet	upset

Purple 
1.Short vowel sounds (letter) and long vowel sounds (teacher)
compare long /e/  ee and  short /e/ with ea
oddball: scene which has a long /e/ sound, but does not fit with ea and ee words.
2. root words:
in compound words: restroom, sunset
in other words like: teach/teacher, great/greater, preach/preacher, west/western, quest/question
vs. words like sweater (sweat is not a root word of sweater) and weather
3. word endings -tion and -er
4. consonant blends:
tt, ss, th,  ch, st, sc

sunset	restroom
greater	question
teacher	western
preacher	scene
sweater	dresser
weather	mention
letter	queen
better	teenager