Spelling Words
The Mixed up Chameleon
Rule: long /i/, short /i/
1. hide
2. slide
3. ride
4. wide
5. pride
6. bid
7. kid
8. eyelid
9. inside
10. hid
11. no
12. big
13. brown
14. eat
15. people
High Frequency Words: big, brown, eat, no, people
Get up and Go
Rule: long /a/, short /a/
1. games
2. take
3. make
4. name
5. flame
6. same
7. became
8. brake
9. snake
10. mistake
11. eyelid
12. slide
13. line
14. more
15. together
High Frequency Words: get, line, more, stop, together
Henry and Mudge, Under the Yellow Moon
Rule: -ed
1. barked
2. licked
3. backed
4. thanked
5. painted
6. opened
7. mailed
8. remarked
9. checked
10. finished
11. mistake
12. became
13. about
14. few
15. same
High Frequency Words: about, boy, fall, few, same
Days with Frog and Toad
Rule: -ied
1. cried
2. hurried
3. replied
4. fried
5. tried
6. worried
7. carried
8. copied
9. married
10. studied
11. remarked
12. finished
13. alone
14. river
15. think
High Frequency Words: alone, home, right, river, think
Wilson Sat Alone
Rule: -at
1. sat
2. ate
3. acrobat
4. flat
5. that
6. fat
7. gate
8. appreciate
9. create
10. state
11. worried
12. studies
13. children
14. each
15. girl
High Frequency Words: ball, children, each, girl, name
The Enormous Turnip
Rule: -ack, -ock
1. black
2. pack
3. crack
4. snack
5. horseback
6. lock
7. rocket
8. flock
9. shock
10. clock
11. appreciate
12. acrobat
13. grow
14. last
15. mouse
High Frequency Words: black, grow, last, man, mouse
Helping Out
Rule: -ear
1. learn
2. earnest
3. earth
4. heard
5. pearl
6. search
7. rehearse
8. earn
9. yearn
10. research
11. rocket
12. early
13. pretty
14. someone
High Frequency Words: after, early, hot, pretty, someone
Mr Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane
Rule: abbreviations
1. Mr.
2. Mrs.
3. Dr.
4. Jan.
5. Aug.
6. Dec.
7. Tues.
8. Wed.
9. Sun.
10. St.
11. rehearse
12. search
13. before
14. blue
15. room
High Frequency Words: before, blue, ever, jump, room
Hedgehog bakes a Cake
Rule: -our
1. four
2. poured
3. your
4. course
5. court
6. fourteen
7. mourn
8. source
9. fourth
10. resource
11. Dr.
12. St.
13. smell
14. thank
15. open
High Frequency Words: bit, cake, open, smell, thank
Lemonade for Sale
Rule: -ar
1. bar
2. jar
3. star
4. farm
5. harm
6. charm
7. dark
8. remark
9. sparkle
10. alarm
11. fourteen
12. source
13. between
14. enough
15. idea
High Frequency Words: between, enough, fill, idea, number
Johnny Appleseed
Rule: -eers
1. pioneers
2. cheers
3. clearing
4. hear
5. nearby
6. year
7. beard
8. reindeer
9. steer
10. peer
11. remark
12. alarm
13. sleep
14. country
15. rain
High Frequency Words: bag, call, country, rain, sleep
From Seed to Plant
Rule: spr/thr
1. sprout
2. streams
3. through
4. strong
5. strap
6. springtime
7. spray
8. throat
9. three
10. ostrich
11. pioneers
12. clearing
13. air
14. different
15. light
High Frequency Words: air, different, food, light, water
The Secret Life of Trees
Rule: oo
1. smooth
2. roots
3. food
4. scooter
5. boot
6. broom
7. moon
8. cartoon
9. roof
10. spoon
11. springtime
12. ostrich
13. answer
14. paper
15. page
High Frequency Words: answer, bark, page, paper, tall
Watermelon Day
Rule: silent letters
1. knock
2. knew
3. knight
4. wrong
5. write
6. sign
7. gnat
8. wrist
9. unknown
10. writer
11. scooter
12. cartoon
13. dark
14. front
15. past
High Frequency Words: coming, dark, front, lake, past
Pumpkin Fiesta
Rule: changing y to i
1. beauties
2. babies
3. cities
4. duties
5. skies
6. bodies
7. cries
8. copies
9. pennies
10. hobbies
11. sign
12. unknown
13. drink
14. hill
15. road
High Frequency Words: drink, hat, hid, hill, road
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
Rule: ow/ou
1. how
2. mouth
3. out
4. house
5. without
6. found
7. around
8. sound
9. now
10. brow
11. beauties
12. skies
13. started
14. mean
15. cow
High Frequency Words: cow, hen, mean, started, wife
How I spent my Summer Vacation
Rule: oi/oy
1. voices
2. cowboys
3. toy
4. enjoyment
5. oil
6. point
7. join
8. soil
9. joy
10. coin
11. around
12. without
13. fire
14. train
15. wait
High Frequency Words: fire, rock, tell, train, wait
Dear Mr. Blueberry
Rule: ue/oo
1. blue
2. too
3. glue
4. zoo
5. room
6. clue
7. due
8. rooftop
9. true
10. noontime
11. cowboys
12. voices
13. letter
14. sea
15. won’t
High Frequency Words: feed, letter, lost, sea, won't
Cool Ali
Rule: /f/, -fe, -ves
1. wife
2. wives
3. leaf
4. leaves
5. elf
6. elves
7. shelf
8. shelves
9. life
10. lives
11. rooftop
12. true
13. bone
14. draw
15. whose
High Frequency Words: bone, box, draw, pictures, whose
The Emperor’s Egg
Rule: -ing, -ly
1. completely
2. actually
3. doing
4. taking
5. swimming
6. eating
7. slowly
8. starting
9. standing
10. freezing
11. leaf
12. leaves
13. important
14. nothing
15. dinner
High Frequency Words: dinner, important, nothing, seem, stay
The Pine Park Mystery
Rule: re- and pre-
1. remove
2. return
3. recycle
4. return
5. recall
6. preheat
7. prepay
8. preschool
9. prefix
10. swimming
11. doing
12. maybe
13. near
14. park
High Frequency Words: isn't, maybe, near, park, sign
Good-bye Curtis
Rule: contractions
1. we’ll
2. I’ll
3. you’ll
4. they’ll
5. don’t
6. can’t
7. isn’t
8. it’s
9. that’s
10. shouldn’t
11. preheat
12. recycle
13. shop
14. surprise
15. kittens
High Frequency Words: kittens, miss, shop, steps, surprise
Max Found Two Sticks
Rule: ew/ui
1. new
2. crew
3. stew
4. grew
5. threw
6. bruise
7. fruit
8. pursuit
9. juice
10. recruit
11. you’ll
12. shouldn’t
13. church
14. windows
15. sisters
High Frequency Words: church, dad, pat, sisters, windows
Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
