Word Sorts - Week of 11-16

Below you will find the word lists for Words Their Way:
Update: Yesterday, I mistakenly posted the wrong sort for Mrs. Smith's Worders group.  The correct sort should be up now.  I apologize for the mix-up.

Sort 16 Ms. Swanson and Ms. Kelsey

Short -e and Long -e

ĕ CVC	ēē CVVC	ēā CVVC
next	seem	eat
green	team	been
sleep	web	speak
clean	keep	sweep
teeth	heat	week
weak	less	set
leaf	teach	feet

Sort 23 Mrs. Williams

Short -i and Long -i (VCC) with Short -o

and Long -o (VCC)

ĭ VCC	ī VCC	ŏ VCC
ō VCC	find	most
film	lost	child
moth	cost	both
kind	roll	fist
cold	scold	g old
told	wild	soft
post	friend	wind
blind	ghost	mind

Sort 49 Mrs. Smith- Worders

Long -e Homophones

sees	sweet	beet
flee	feet	heal
steal	seas	cheap
need	suite	flea
beat	creek	scene
heel	seize	deer
steel	creak	cheep
meat	seen	meet
knead	feat	dear

Green Sort 28  Mrs. Smith- Spellers

Schwa + r and r-influenced e in Accented Syllables

(er, ear, ere)

er = /ur/	ear = /ur/	ear/ere/eer
mercy	early	nearby
career	severe	earthquake
spearmint	sermon	teardrop
kernel	pearly	yearbook
sincere	hermit	learner
rehearse	appear	thermos
adhere	dreary	cheerful
yearn	serpent	merely

Word Sorts - Week of 11-9

Hello 3rd Grade Families,
Below you will find the new word lists for the week:

Sort 15 Miss Swanson and Miss Kelsey

Short -u and Long -u (CVCe and CVVC)

ŭ CVC	ū CVCe	ūi CVVC
ŌŌ CVVC	cube	food
fruit	crust	bloom
smooth	suit	from
dude	skunk	broom
mood	bump	juice
trust	build	moon
prune	spoon	tooth

Sort 22 Mrs. Williams

Short -i and Long -i (CVCe, CVVC -igh, and CV Open Syllable -y)

ĭ CVC	ī CVCe	īgh VCC
y = ī CV	might	quick
why	white	high
night	twice	quite
cry	bright	sky
quit	fight	fly
flight	sight	fine
try	live	write
sigh	shy	right

Yellow Sort 48 Mrs. Smith

More Long -a Homophones

days	ate	way
wade	bear	wait
slay	vain	brake
eight	daze	weighed
vein	weigh	reign
pair	sleigh	weight
stake	rain	steak
break	vane	bare
pare	rein	pear

Green Sort 27 Mrs. Smith

Schwa + r Spelled er, ir, and ur in First Syllables

er

ir

ur

oddball

nervous	thirty	sturdy
firmly	person	purpose
perfect	further	dirty
hurry	birthday	certain
spirit	mermaid	Thursday
perhaps	turtle	thirsty
birdbath	service	furnish
during	every	purple