Sort 1

Answer keys are for parents only please.

VVC

VC

VCC

VCe

chief
fruit
brief
scout
groan
stain

wrap
twig
when
plot
clog
quit

smell
sharp
thank
front
climb
trust

whine
theme
brave
scale
phone
quote

*VVC=vowel, vowel, consonant

*VCC=vowel, consonant, consonant

*VC=vowel, consonant
*VCe=vowel, consonant ending in e.
Sort 2

Answer keys are for parents only please.

VC

double

get
swim
run
sit
shut

getting
swimming
running
sitting
shutting

VVC

nothing

ask

asking
yelling
resting
standing
passing
jumping
picking

yell
rest
stand
pass
jump
pick
Sort 3

Answer keys are for parents only please.

VCe

drop-e , add -ing

VVC

use
close
write
wave
trade
skate

using
closing
writing
waving
trading
skating

eat

just add -ing

eating
moan
dream
look
clean
mail

moaning
dreaming
looking
cleaning
mailing

Sort 4
Answer keys are for parents only please.
Double
Setting

e- drop
hiking

nothing
reading

Cutting

moving

adding

Stopping

living

Begging

coming

floating

Grinning

having

feeling

Jogging

spelling

taking

talking

Humming

pushing
fixing
working
going
snowing
Sort 5
Answer keys are for parents only please.

double

e-drop

hopped
planned
grabbed
nodded
stepped
dropped
stirred

nothing

hoped

joined
waited
seemed

saved
closed
scored
lived
named

shouted
passed
wanted
acted
helped
started
chewed
mixed
Sort 6

Answer keys are for parents only please.

present
sleep
keep
slide
shine
freeze
draw

past
slept
kept
slid
shone
froze
drew

present
sweep
drive
bleed
know
throw
say

past
swept
drove
bled
knew
threw
said

Sort 7
Answer keys are for parents only please.
Add es
oddball

add s

-ch
-sh
benches
brushes
clothes
speeches
splashes
scratches
crashes
churches
ashes
peaches
leashes
sketches
ditches
branches
watches

-x
foxes

-s
guesses

mixes

kisses

horses

voices
classes
places

changes

Sort 8
Answer keys are for parents only please.
Fe > ves
Wife
Leaf
Loaf
Life
Wolf
Knife

vowel change
foot
feet
woman
women
mouse
mice
tooth
teeth
goose
geese

wives
leaves
loaves
lives
wolves
knives

no change
sheep
deet

Sort 9
Answer keys are for parents only please.
base + s
play

+ ed

plays

+ ing

base + es

+ ed

+ ing

played

playing

fry

fries

fried

stayed

staying

cry

cries

cried

frying
stay

stays

crying
spray sprays
spying

sprayed

spraying

spy

spies

Sort 10
Answer keys are for parents only please.
Bookcase
snowman
Bookmark
snowflake

lighthouse

downhill

lightweight

downstairs

headache
headfirst

spied

Bookworm
snowstorm
Cookbook
snowplow
Scrapbook

daylight

downtown

headlight

flashlight

downpour

headphones

sunlight

countdown

headstrong

Sort 11
Answer keys are for parents only please.
_______________________________________________________________________________
somebody
himself
anyone
everything without
inside
_____________________________________________________________________________________
(something)
themselves everyone
anything
outside
beside
sometime
yourself
(someone) nothing
throughout
sideways
somewhere
herself
(something) checkout
somehow
myself
(someone)
itself
**The words something and someone can be sorted into different categories so
they are in parentheses. **
Sort 12
Answer keys are for parents only please.
VCV
Super
Diner
Tiger
Later
Paper
Even
Over

VCCV
ruler
crazy
open
tiny

supper
kitten
dinner
hello
happy
letter
pretty
lesson
penny
summer
puppy
rabbit

Oddball
busy

Sort 13
ANSWER KEY-FOR PARENTS ONLY!
VCV

VCCV doublet

VCCV different

Oddball

silent

happen

number

water

female

better

winter

only

fever

follow

problem

moment

funny

after

yellow

finger

pattern

sister

bottom

chapter

pillow

member
blanket
window

**VCV- vowel, consonant, vowel

**VCCV doublet- vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel where the two consonants are the
same letter
**VCCV different- vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel where the two consonants are
different letters.
Sort 14
Answer keys are for parents only please.
V/C (long)

VC/V (Short)

VVCV (long)

Human

never

seven

reason

Pilot

river

present

meeting

Frozen

visit

second

peanut

Student

wagon

minute

leader

Humor

planet

sneaker

Lazy

lemon

easy

Music

finish

Sort 15
ANSWER KEY-FOR PARENTS ONLY!

VCC/CV

VC/CCV

V/V

athlete

pilgrim

create

poem

kingdom

complete

poet

giant

pumpkin

monster

riot

halfway

kitchen

duet

English

control

trial

mushroom

hundred

cruel

inspect

lion

children

diet
Sort 16

VCV

VCCV

VVCV

hoping

hopping

cleaned

quoted

plotting

leaking

faded

wrapped

greeted

racing

nodded

shouting

skated

painted

floated

saving

panting

needed

joking

winning
hunted
telling
letting
skipping
Sort 17
ANSWER KEY-FOR PARENTS ONLY!

1st

2nd

rainbow

awake

oddball
explain

chocolate

painter

contain

remain

raisin

complain

obey

crayon

decay

mayor

mistake

maybe

parade

bracelet

escape

pavement

amaze

basement

today

again

payment
*All words have a long a sound (cake). The students are listening to hear where they hear
the long a sound (1st syllable or 2nd syllable). Chocolate and again are oddballs because
they should follow the long a pattern but dont have a long a sound.
Sort 18
Answer keys are for parents only.
1st

2nd

frighten

beside

machine

ninety

delight

forgive

higher

surprise

favorite

driveway

decide

slightly

advice

lightning

survive

sidewalk

combine

highway

arrive

brightly

provide
invite
describe

Oddball

polite

Sort 19
Answer keys are for parents only.
1st

2nd

Oddball
Europe

toaster

bowling

below

hostess

soldier

explode

lonely

postage

suppose

owner

coaster

compose

lower

decode

lonesome

remote

loafer

alone

poster

approach

soapy

awoke
erode

Sort 20
Answer keys are for parents only!

1st

2nd

rooster

scooter

include

pollute

Tuesday

beauty

refuse

reduce

useful

cougar

amuse

balloon

jewel

fewer

confuse

cartoon

doodle

chewy

cocoon

raccoon

toothache

noodle

excuse

shampoo

Sort 21
Answer keys are for parents only!

1st long

1st short

2nd long

needle

feather

succeed

season

leather

increase

reader

heavy

compete

feature

pleasant

defeat

freedom

sweater

indeed

meaning

steady

extreme

eastern

healthy

fifteen

people

thirteen
repeat
Sort 22
Answer keys are for parents only. J
voyagemoisture

drowsy

about

country

annoy

poison

allow

county

trouble

loyal

noisy

coward

counter

double

employ

appoint

powder

thousand

southern

destroy

avoid

amount
around

Sort 23
Answer keys are for parents only. J

au

aw

al

oddball

saucer

awful

also

laughed

author

awkward

always

all right

August

lawyer

almost

autumn

awesome

although

laundry

gnawed

already

caution

gawking

faucet

flawless

sausage
auction
haunted
Sort 24
Answer keys are for parents only. J
1st ar

1st long a

2nd long a

Oddball

garden

airplane

compare

toward

market

parents

aware

carpet

haircut

despair

harvest

dairy

repair

marble

carry

declare

hardly

careful

beware

partner

barely

pardon

fairy

barber
Sort 25
Answer keys are for parents only. J
1st (r sound)

2nd(r sound)

oddball

morning

forty

before

ignore

sorry

shorter

northern

record

adore

reward

order

border

perform

inform

forest

corncob

ashore

corner

chorus

report

normal

florist

explore

stormy
Sort 26
Answer keys are for parents only please.
War
Warmth

wor
quarrel

worker

wa
worthwhile

watch

Wardrobe

swarm

worse

waffle

Warning

dwarf

world

wander

Warden

backward

worry

squat

worthy

squash

Warrior

squad

Quarter

worship

squabble

Sort 27
Answer keys are for parents only. J

er

ir

ur

oddball

nervous

thirty

sturdy

spirit

person

firmly

purpose

every

perfect

dirty

further

certain

birthday

hurry

mermaid

thirsty

purple

perhaps

birdbath

turtle

service

furnish
during
Thursday
Sort 28
Answer keys are for parents only. J

Er= /ur/

ear= /ur/

ear / ere / eer

Mercy

early

nearby

severe

career

Sermon

earthquake

teardrop

sincere

cheerful

Serpent

learner

spearmint

adhere

Hermit

pearly

yearbook

Thermos

rehearse

appear

Kernel

yearn

dreary

mercy

Sort 29
VCle

VCCle doublet

VCCle

title

little

simple

cradle

middle

tremble

able

settle

single

table

bottle

muscle

bugle

apple

sample

bridle

paddle

jungle

cable

giggle

handle

battle

candle
Sort 30

-le

-el

-il

-al

oddball

cattle

model

until

final

fragile

saddle

level

April

total

special

couple

angel

fossil

metal

angle

novel

evil

signal

cancel

pencil

local

vowel
travel

journal

Sort 31
Answer keys are for parents only. J
-er

-or

-ar

other

color

collar

mother

doctor

dollar

weather

favor

solar

cover

flavor

sugar

silver

mirror

grammar

under

motor

father

rumor

flower

tractor

spider

harbor

rather
Sort 32
Answer keys are for parents only. J
People Who Do Things

Words Used to Compare

Dancer

actor

beggar

bigger

Dreamer

sailor

burglar

sooner

Driver

traitor

longer

Farmer

tutor

smaller

Jogger

fresher

Writer

younger

Shopper

older

Swimmer

smoother

Voter

brighter

Sort 33
-cher=/chur/

-ture=/chur/

-sure=/zhur/

-ure=/yur/

catcher

picture

measure

figure

rancher

nature

pressure

failure

teacher

capture

pleasure

pitcher

future

leisure

mixture

treasure

oddball

creature

senior

pasture

danger

posture
torture
culture
injure
Sort 34
-en

-on

-ain

-in

oddball

broken

dragon

mountain

cousin

mission

eleven

cotton

captain

cabin

hidden

gallon

bargain

napkin

heaven

ribbon

fountain

penguin

chosen

prison

curtain

muffin

stolen

bacon

mitten
Sort 35
-et

-it

-ate

oddball

jacket

edit

climate

ballet

secret

unit

private

buffet

target

credit

pirate

racket

limit

senate

quiet

habit

comet

orbit

rocket

summit

closet

bandit

magnet

merit
Sort 36

-ey

-ie

-y = e

-y = i

money

cookie

very

July

monkey

movie

candy

deny

journey

brownie

dizzy

reply

valley

goalie

twenty

turkey

eerie

cherry

donkey

pinkie

body

volley

story
berry
Sort 37
Answer keys are for parents only. J

vowel + y

consonant + y

+ ing

+ ed

+s

obeying

obeyed

obeys

enjoying

enjoyed

enjoys

decaying

decayed

decays

replying

replied

replies

studying

studied

studies

copying

copied

copies

carrying

carried

carries

hurrying

hurried

hurries

Sort 38
a-

de-

be-

oddball

away

debate

because

divide

another

degree

believe

direct

awhile

depend

between

upon

along

desire

beneath

among

develop

beyond

against

defend

begin

afraid
aloud
agreed
Sort 39
Soft c

Soft g

Hard c

Hard g

cement

gentle

correct

gather

circle

gymnast

common

gossip

central

giraffe

contest

golden

century

genius

college

garage

cyclist

general

custom

gutter

cider

gingerbread

collect

cereal
Sort 40
Ce= /s/

ss= /s/

-ge- = /j/

age = /ij/

Notice

recess

budget

bandage

Police

princess

midget

garbage

Sentence

actress

gadget

manage

Distance

address

surgeon**

luggage

Office

compass

package

Science

village

Practice

message

Courage
**Surgeon may be sorted as an oddball

Sort 41
Answer keys are for parents only. J
gu-

-gue

-g

Oddball

guess

tongue

ladybug

gauge

guard

vague

zigzag

language

guitar

league

shrug

argue

guide

fatigue

iceberg

guilty

plague

strong

guest

intrigue

catalog
dialog
Sort 42

-ck

-ck-

-ic

-x

oddball

shock

chicken

magic

relax

stomach

quick

pocket

attic

index

hammock

nickel

traffic

perplex

attack

pickle

topic

complex

buckle

picnic

ticket

metric
frantic

fabric
plastic

Sort 43
1st syllable

2nd syllable

qu=k

question

equal

antique

quality

frequent

racquet

squirrel

tranquil

mosquito

squirm

request

conquer

quaint

sequel

technique

quiver

banquet

quizzes

inquire

queasy

liquid

squeaky

require
sequence

**Students are listening for the qu sound in the first syllable of the word or the second
syllable of the word. The words in the qu=k category have a qu that makes the k
sound.
Sort 44
Silent t

silent g

silent w

silent k

silent h

silent gh

Castle

design

wrinkle

knuckle

honest

through

Whistle

resign

wreckage

knowledge

honor

thought

Fasten

assign

(wrestle)

rhyme

brought

Listen

answer

rhythm

Often

bought
though

Soften
(wrestle)
Sort 45
Ph-

-ph-

gh-/f/

silent gh

Phrase

alphabet

enough

daughter

Physics

dolphin

cough

naughty

Phantom

elephant

tough

taught

Phone

nephew

rough

caught

Orphan

laughter

fought

Trophy
Triumph
Paragraph
Sort 46
ReRebuild

unretrace

Recopy

oddball

unable

unsteady

retake

unkind

unusual

Recycle

retell

unfair

unbeaten

Refill

review

uneven

unselfish

Reuse

remodel

unequal

uncertain

Rewrite

unhappy
Sort 47

uncle
reptile

Dis-

mis-

pre-

oddball

Disagree

misspell

preschool

precious

Dislike

mistreat

prefix

Disable

mismatch

premature

Disobey

misplace

preteen

Discover

misbehave

preview

Dishonest

misjudge

preheat

Disloyal

pretest

Disappear

precaution

Discomfort
Sort 48
Ex-

non-

in-

fore-

Exit

nonsense

incomplete

forecast

Extend

nonfiction

incorrect

forearm

Extra

nonstop

indecent

forehead

Express

nonfat

income

foresee

Exclude

indoor

foreshadow

Exclaim

indent

foremost

Expand

insight
Sort 49

Uni-

bi-

tri-

other

Unicycle

bicycle

tricycle

quadrangle

United

biweekly

trilogy

pentagon

Unicorn

bisect

triangle

octagon

Unique

bilingual

triple

octopus

Union

triplet

October

Unison

tripod

Uniform

trio

Universe
Sort 50
-y

-ly

-ily

sunny

stormy

slowly

loudly

happily

rainy

chilly

quicky

daily

easily

foggy

cloudy

clearly

roughly

angrily

snowy

windy

dimly

smoothly

lazily

misty

breezy

quietly

noisily

Sort 51
-er

-est

-ier

-iest

braver

bravest

happier

happiest

calmer

calmest

easier

easiest

closer

closest

prettier

prettiest

stronger

strongest

crazier

craziest

cooler

coolest

dirtier

hotter

hottest

weaker

weakest

Sort 52
Answer keys are for parents only.

-ness

-ful

-less

darkness

graceful

homeless

carelessness

goodness

colorful

hopeless

thankfulness

weakness

thoughtful

worthless

helplessness

illness

painful

kindness

fearful

penniless

happiness

dreadful

harmless

restless

Combination of suffixes

peacefulness

plentiful

Sort 53
Answer keys are for parents only.
berry

bury

vary

very

cellar

seller

hire

higher

weather

whether

desert

dessert

allowed

aloud

metal

medal

flour

flower

chews

choose

bored

board

merry

marry

theyre

there

their

Sort 55
Answer keys are for parents only.

ie= long -e

ei= long -e

cei= long e

ei= long a

oddball

thief

seize

receive

neighbor

mischief

niece

weird

ceiling

eighteen

priest

either

deceive

weigh

grief

neither

conceit

sleigh

receipt

freight

shield
relieve

reign

yield
belief
Sort 56
2 Syllables

3 Syllables

4 Syllables

ocean

continent

geography

climate

Atlantic

environment

Asia

equator

population

Arctic

Africa

Antarctica

Europe

Indian

information

island

Pacific

America

tropical

temperature

Australia
hemisphere