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Unit Lists

Please click on a Unit and it will take you to that page. Practice the ten words, Tricky Words, and sentences.

Short vowels and consonant digraphs

Consonant blends and Magic e

More long vowels

More long vowels

Other vowel sounds and suffix -ed

Prefixes, suffixes, and more

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Unit 1

/a/ Word Families:

ad, ap, at

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

cat

Dad

nap

lap

mad

had

hat

at

sat

map

the

is

my

on

a

The cat is on my lap.

The cat had a nap.

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Unit 2

/a/ Word Families:

ack, am, an

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

can

sack

jam

Pam

back

pack

ran

van

Sam

am

I

like

and

Sam and Pam like jam.

I like my backpack.

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Unit 3

/i/ Word Families:

ix, in, ick

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

win

thick

big

with

pick

fix

pin

thin

six

kick

likes

to

this

he

This is a big hat.

Pam likes to kick.

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Unit 4

/o/ Word Families:

ock, op, ot

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

top

got

rock

hop

wish

lock

Mom

not

shop

hot

they

went

They went to the big rock.

They got on the ship.

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Unit 5

/e/ Word Families:

ell, et, en

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

wet

yet

then

hen

yes

get

tell

well

red

when

she

do

we

Do we like pets? Yes!

When did she get this shell?

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Unit 6

/u/ Word Families:

ug, un, ut

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

fun

but

bug

ducks

cubs

cut

hug

sun

run

shut

two

helps

She has two ducks.

She helps with the cubs.

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Unit 7

Short vowel review:

a, e, i, o, u

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

chin

quit

has

such

which

quack

chop

hops

hens

much

too

me

for

That cat is too quick for me.

I cut my chin on the rocks.

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Unit 8

Open Syllables:

e, i, o, y

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

me

I

hi

he

my

why

she

shy

no

go

many

there

zoo

Why did so many kids go to the zoo?

He and she can go there with me.

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Unit 9

Sound of all:

all

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

ball

path

yes

did

all

call

tall

him

them

wall

over

see

cannot

I can hit the ball over the wall.

Did you see him fall in the hall?

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Unit 10

Double Consonants:

ff, ll, ss

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

bell

off

will

hiss

puff

huff

miss

pass

doll

sell

as

have

egg

They will huff and puff as they go.

The egg fell. It was a big mess.

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Unit 11

s blends:

sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

skip

sled

step

small

slam

stuff

spot

swim

snack

spin

what

you

down

What did you spill?

We will sled down the hill.

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Unit 12

l blends:

bl, cl, fl, gl, pl

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

glad

class

black

club

clock

fly

plug

flop

flip

cliff

said

now

our

Now our flag flaps on the hill.

She said not to go up to the cliff.

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Unit 13

r blends:

br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

grass

truck

brick

grin

drop

cry

press

trip

frog

try

under

into

The frog hops into the grass

The crab runs under the truck.

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Unit 14

Final blends:

nd, nt, sk, st

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

hand

just

end

went

must

fast

send

best

desk

ask

about

some

The ants ran about in the sand.

The class went to see some big jets.

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Unit 15

Final ng and nk:

ng and nk

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

thank

song

sang

drink

thing

flying

bank

bring

think

resting

want

along

We want to sing along with you.

I think Dad is resting.

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Unit 16

Long a with silent e:

a_e

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

gave

made

bag

safe

name

wag

tape

plate

plan

snake

where

was

very

Nate said, “Where did you go?”

“I was very late,” said Kate.

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Unit 17

Long i and o with silent e:

i_e & o_e

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

rope

home

bike

ride

five

close

hope

closing

write

writing

would

o’clock

your

Would you let me ride your bike?

The shop will close at five o’clock.

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Unit 18

Long u, and soft c & g:

u_e, ce, and ge

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

cute

ice

nice

cage

page

face

place

racing

use

chasing

from

her

little

She got her cute little pup from me.

We will race to the lake.

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Unit 19

Long e:

ee and e_e

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

help

need

see

resting

keep

sleep

next

feelings

these

green

their

soon

Their big tree is very green.

I feel like going to sleep soon.

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Unit 20

Long e Vowel Team:

ea

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

eat

dream

read

melting

neat

team

left

reach

real

meaning

our

listen

I will eat with our team.

We will listen while you read.

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Unit 21

Long a Vowel Teams:

ai, ay

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

wait

say

day

paint

train

staying

tail

afraid

play

waiting

saw

give

We saw a very fast train.

Did you give her the mail?

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Unit 22

Long o Vowel Teams:

oa and ow

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

boat

grow

soap

know

road

coat

low

yellow

show

float

could

done

are

We went to see the boat.

Could we float on these tubes?

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Unit 23

Long i Vowel Teams:

ie and igh

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

night

pie

lie

light

right

high

tied

might

tight

tries

one

lives

One night I saw a big boat.

Nate lives right down that road.

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Unit 24

Long i and o spellings:

ild, ind, and old

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

kind

find

old

hold

child

mild

climb

both

most

roll

himself

look

wind

Look at that child climbing the tree by himself.

Mr. I did not mind the cold wind.

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Unit 25

Long u Teams:

ew, ue, and ui

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

blue

fruit

new

drew

true

juice

suit

few

threw

chewing

how

house

put

Their new house is just up the road.

How do you put the lid on this juice?

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Unit 26

Final y with long e sound

y /e/

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

funny

baby

easy

pretty

tiny

sleepy

snowy

lucky

puppy

windy

story

work

here

The story was about a baby bunny.

Does that lady work here?

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Unit 27

Two sounds of suffix -ed:

/ed/ & /d/

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

waited

played

filled

folded

climbed

mailed

needed

stayed

rested

showed

of

wash

friends

My friend showed me lots of maps.

Matt loaded all the wash by himself.

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Unit 28

The third sound of suffix -ed:

/t/

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

locked

named

missed

wished

liked

reached

hoped

raced

fixed

closed

out

before

took

He was locked out before we got there.

He thanks us as he took the key.

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Unit 29

R-controlled vowels:

ar & or

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

car

storm

for

large

morning

smart

farm

born

yard

starting

hello

heard

come

She said hello this morning.

I heard the truck come into the barn.

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Unit 30

More /or/ spellings:

oor, ore, our

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

more

four

door

horse

store

your

floor

before

pour

chore

who

words

ever

Who said these words are hard?

Did you ever ride a horse?

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Unit 31

Two /er/ spellings:

ir & ur

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

bird

curly

girl

hurt

burn

first

shirt

nurse

turning

thirsty

move

warm

That girl can move very fast.

The birds are trying to keep warm.

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Unit 32

New spellings for /u/ and /er/:

o & er

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

mother

sister

from

love

done

brother

winter

come

never

some

water

father

does

My father will get us some water.

Does she have another sister?

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Unit 33

One sound for oo:

oo

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

boot

choose

too

food

room

spoon

soon

goose

cool

tooth

eyes

again

around

Her eyes got wide when her tooth came loose.

The goose flew around the pool again.

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Unit 34

Two spellings for oo:

oo & u

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

put

good

pull

look

stood

cook

book

push

full

looked

through

head

Who keeps peeking through the door?

Pull that hood over your head.

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Unit 35

Diphthongs:

ow /ou/ & ou

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

now

out

loud

down

how

found

sound

cow

brown

house

can’t

don’t

shoes

A mouse can’t count.

Cows don’t have shoes.

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Unit 36

More diphthongs:

oi & oy

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

boy

enjoy

coin

noise

boil

toy

join

voice

spoiled

point

people

together

Those boys are always together.

Some people don’t like noise.

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Unit 37

A new vowel sound:

au & aw

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

saw

fault

draw

because

yawn

paw

pause

crawl

cause

lawn

near

across

should

We should not run across this lawn.

I will draw a tree near the house.

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Unit 38

Contractions:

isn’t

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

she’s

don’t

there’s

I’m

haven’t

isn’t

they’ll

what’s

he’ll

wasn’t

won’t

guess

sure

I’m sure that you can’t guess my name.

She won’t be in class today.

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Unit 39

Consonant blends:

scr, spl, spr, str

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

spring

straw

scream

split

splash

spray

street

scrape

scrub

string

ready

were

behind

After a cold winter, we were ready for spring.

Nate stood behind the screen door.

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Unit 40

Compound Words:

fire - fighter

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

sunset

downhill

evergreen

nighttime

flashlight

grandmother

somebody

campground

wingspan

firefighter

enough

through

We had enough firewood for the campsite.

This flashlight shines through my hand.

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Unit 41

New suffixes:

-ful & -ly

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

helpful

hardly

lonely

awful

gladly

useful

thankful

suddenly

slowly

careful

talking

hurry

Talking Tess is always helpful.

If you hurry, you may not be careful.

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Unit 42

Prefixes:

re- & un-

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

replay

unpack

unkind

retell

reheat

unhappy

undo

unlock

reread

refill

thought

school

learned

I learned to tie and untie my shoes at school.

I thought we should refill the water jug.

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Unit 43

Comparative suffixes:

-er & -est

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

faster

faster

quicker

quickest

closer

smallest

best

better

taller

later

worse

worst

That storm was the worst one this winter.

My foot feels worse today, not better.

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Unit 44

Consonant plus le:

le

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

able

apple

table

little

juggling

candle

title

struggle

pebble

stable

even

goes

The cradle goes there by the table.

Jim can even juggle in a boat.

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Unit 45

Short e:

ea /e/

Words:

Tricky Words:

Sentences:

head

ready

bread

weather

feather

breath

heavy

instead

spread

meadow

walk

care

We walk home when the weather is nice.

Take care not to hit your head.