Words Their Way Vocabulary

A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y

• vowels

• long vowels

• short vowels

• consonants

vowel sounds in 'pet', 'pot', 'put', 'putt', 'pat' and 'pit'

• vowels

• short vowels

• long vowels

• consonants

The sounds of the letters A, E, I, O, and U match the spoken name of the letter like in the words "cake", "ice', "rope".

• vowels

• short vowels

• long vowels

• consonants

any letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel. B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z

• vowels

• short vowels

• long vowels

• consonants

A word goes under this header when it does not fit under any of the other headers.

• oddball

• blends

• doublet

• e-drop

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

when two letters make one sound. Shirt, black, smog, chart

• oddball

• blends

• diagraphs

• doublet

two of the same consonants are together in a word. For example: happen, funny, yellow

• oddball

• blends

• doublet

• e-drop

e is dropped from the end of a word before adding -ing, For example: hoping, making, using

• blend

• e-drop

• doublet

• plural

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

more than one. Either a s, es, or ies means the word is plural. For example, socks, boxes, puppies

• blends

• doublet

• e-drop

• plural

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a group of letters placed before the root word that changes the meaning of the root word. For example: unhappy, reread, misbehave

• e-drop

• blend

• prefixes

• suffixes

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B