Brrrrr!

Well, our frigid winter temps are back in full force, but hopefully they won't stick around long.  Invention Convention is happening on Thursday this week.  We hope that you can join us and see the awesome creations our 3rd graders have come up with.  Below you will find Words Their Way lists for the week:

Sort 22 Ms. Swanson

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

Green Sort 6 Miss Kelsey

Unusual Past Tense Words

present	past
sleep	slept	keep
slide	shine	freeze
sweep	bleed	throw
know	threw	drew
knew	bled	swept
froze	draw	shone
say	slid	said
drove	kept	drive

Sort 29 Mrs. Williams

ur, ure, ur-e

ur	ure	ur-e
oddball	turn	sure
curve	pure	burn
hurt	curl	church
were	nurse	cure
purse	hurl	burst
churn	curse	surf
purr	curb	blurt
lure	urge

Sort 34 Mrs. Smith

Unaccented Final Syllables (en, on, ain, in)

-en

-on

-ain

-in

broken	dragon	mountain
cousin	eleven	cotton
gallon	captain	hidden
heaven	cabin	ribbon
bargain	chosen	napkin
mission	muffin	fountain
stolen	bacon	mitten
prison	curtain	penguin

Word Lists for Week of 1-11

Here are the word lists for this week:

Sort 21 Ms. Swanson

Short -u and Long -u (Open Syllable -ew and -ue)

ŭ CVC	ēw CVV	ūe CVV
thumb	new	blue
grew	truth	flue
plump	chew	do
due	brush	glue
few	junk	true
stuck	flew	stew
knew	crew	blew
dew	trunk	sew

Green Sort 5 Miss Kelsey

Adding -ed to Words

double

e-drop

nothing

oddball

hopped	hoped	joined
acted	planned	saved
waited	wanted	grabbed
closed	mixed	adding
grinning	having	helped
nodded	scored	shouted
started	stirred	stepped
named	passed	dropped
chewed	lived	seemed

Yellow Sort 28 Mrs. Williams

or, ore, oar, w + or

or	ore	oar
w + or	form	more
board	work	four
horn	store	roar
word	north	shore
soar	world	floor
corn	fork	wore
worm	door	storm
sore	tore	oar

Green Sort 33 Mrs. Smith

Unaccented Final Syllables (/chur/zhur/yur/)

-cher = /chur/

-ture = /chure/

-sure = /zhur/

-ure = /yur/

catcher	picture	measure
figure	danger	failure
pressure	rancher	capture
future	nature	treasure
teacher	mixture	senior
pleasure	creature	culture
pasture	leisure	pitcher
injure	torture	posture