Word Families
ab ad ag an am at
cab bad bag can jam bat
crab dad tag ran yam cat
lab sad sag tan scam fat
grab lad wag van exam mat
dab mad flag man swam rat
grab pad drag fan ham chat
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Word Families
eg ed en et
peg red den bet
leg bled hen pet
veg bed pen jet
beg led ten get
keg fed men wet
neg shed when set
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Word Families
in ip it og op
bin lip bit dog cop
pin dip hit fog mop
win zip kit hog top
chin sip knit jog chop
grin skip skit frog crop
twin ship sit smog stop
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Word Families
ot ub ug un ut
dot cub bug bun cut
got hub rug fun gut
pot dub jug gun hut
rot rub plug sun nut
shot shrub mug run but
spot club tug spun shut
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Word Ending in c, ck, k, ke
‘c’ ‘ck’ ‘k’ ‘ke’
picnic sack park take
electric deck fork shake
music pick hook brake
atomic rock pink lake
panic duck book bike
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Beginning Blends
bl cl fl gl pl
blue click flip glad plus
blow claw flat glass plug
black close flop glue plane
blink clock flash gloss place
blur clown floor glow plums
bled clay float glove plant
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Beginning Blends
sl br cr dr fr
slam brick crib drum frame
sleep brim crab draw friday
slip brush cry drink frog
slow bride crop drip free
slap brake crack drop frill
slice brown crush dry fresh
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Beginning Blends
gr pr sc sk sm
green price scale skip smile
grape pride scan skirt smell
grass prank scar skin smash
grave press scoop sky smudge
groom print scarf skate smog
grin prey score sketch smooth
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Beginning Blends
sn st sw tr tw
snake star swan tree twin
snap stamp swing truck tweet
snail stage switch trunk twice
sneeze stand swim trick twig
snug stool sweat trip twelve
snooze stairs sweets train twirl
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End Blends
ck - black, sack , pack, lack
sk - bask, task, flask, mask
ct - act, fact, tact, detect, insect
pt - opt, adapt, adopt
it - belt, felt, melt, colt
st - best, fast, last, least
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End Blends
ft - left, loft, theft, shift
nt - bent, sent, aunt, chant
lp - gulp, pulp, help, scalp
mp - hump, jump, plump, clamp, cramp
ld - cold, sold, fold, mold, gold
nd - and, sand, land, band, hand
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Long Vowel Sounds
Long vowel teams
ai ee ea ie oa ue
grain sheep heat die boat rescue
train deep meat tie goat value
brain street meal pie load barbecue
paid greed clean dried soap due
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Digraphs
sh wh ph
sharp whale phone
ashamed whistle pharmacy
shallow white elephant
th th ch ch ch
(unvoiced) (voiced) (sh) (k) (ch)
thumb the chef chemist chat
throat that machine chemical chess
thank those parachute christmas chin
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Digraphs
‘R’ controlled vowels
barn jar cork horn
herd fern dirt
shirt hurt turn
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Digraphs
Miscellaneous group
oo oo ou oi ck
book mood about coil duck
look shoot shout soil luck
took loot loud boil buck
shook tool out broil buckle
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Magic ‘e’
bake theme ride rode rude
make even size hole use
lake eve wire joke mute
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Long Vowel Sounds
Long ‘a’
a- acorn
a-e- cake
ai- rain
ay- day
ei- reindeer
ea- steak
eigh- eight
ey- hey
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Long Vowel Sounds
Long ‘e’
e- equal
e-e- scene
ee- bee
ea- read
y- baby
ei- receipt
ie- cookie
ey- turkey
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Long Vowel Sounds
Long ‘i’
i- lion
i-e- bike
igh- light
y- fly
y-e- type
ie- pie
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Long Vowel Sounds
Long ‘o’
o- no
o-e- home
oa- boat
ow- bow
oe- toe
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Long Vowel Sounds
Long ‘u’
u- unicorn
u-e- mute
ew- curfew
ue- argue
eu- eucalyptus
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Diphthongs
oi oy
coil boy
soil joy
join enjoy
Mostly ‘oy’ comes in the end of the word and ‘oi’ comes
in the beginning or in the middle of the word.
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Diphthongs
ou ow
cloud cow
shout down
four crow
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Diphthongs
au aw
audit draw
audio paw
pause flaw
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Diphthongs
ee ea
feel leaf
steel meal
heel heap
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Diphthongs
ai ay
sail lay
tail stray
mail clay
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Diphthongs
ow oa oe
show boat toe
bow load doe
slow soap foe
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Floss Rule
-ff -ll -ss -zz
puff hill miss fuzz
fluff doll boss buzz
cliff sell less jazz
sniff drill guess
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Rabbit Rule
ladder letter kitten bottom puppet
traffic tennis mirror gossip button
batter better hidden cotton muffin
parrot settle pillar copper bubble
banner lesson hiccup common sunny
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Soft ‘g’ & Hard ‘g’
Soft ‘g’
gym germs gem giraffe magic
Hard ‘g’
goat game gum bag garden
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Soft ‘c’ & Hard ‘c’
Soft ‘c’
city ice cycle cell circus
Hard ‘c’
cake corn cup cap cat
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