Spelling patterns for the week of Nov. 11

Green group

ĭ VCC   like the word FIND

ī VCC like the word FILM

ŏ VCC like the word MOST

ō VCC  like the word LOST

child, moth, cost, both, kind, roll, fist, cold, scold, gold, told, wild, soft, post, friend, wind, blind, ghost, mind

Blue Group

-ce like the word CHANCE

-ve like the word MOVE

-se like the word PLEASE

-ze like the word FREEZE

tease, leave, glove, choose, dance, fence, shove, loose, glance, piece, cheese, peace, prince, solve, bounce, prove, house, snooze, twelve, seize

Red Group

double like the word HOPPED

e-drop like the word HOPED

nothing like the word JOINED

Oddball

acted, planned, saved, waited, wanted, grabbed, closed, mixed, helped, nodded, scored, shouted, started, stirred, stepped, named, passed, dropped, shewed, lived, seemed

Purple Group

-cher = /chur/ like the word CATCHER

-ture = /chur/ like the word PICTURE

-sure = /zhur/ like the word MEASURE

-ure = /yur/ like the word FIGURE

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

Yellow Group

-y like the word SUNNY

-ly like the word SLOWLY

-ily like the word HAPPILY

quickly, rainy, clearly, snowy, easily, foggy, dimly, misty, quietly, stormy, loudly, angrily, daily, chilly, cloudy, windy, noisily, breezey, roughly, lazily, smoothly

****V= vowel, C= consonant****Keep your eyes open for oddballs, the words that don't fit into your patterns.****