Yellow Book

Sort 1
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short/a/ and cat Long /a/ and cake Oddball

crab skate game foot
map frame rake
hat shave snake
bat snail
bag rain
grass grapes
flag plate
man chain

Sort 2
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Short /i/ and pig Long /i/ and kite Oddball

fish pie fire net
lid drive vine
lips slide five
hill hive prize
twins nine bride
swim smile
zip dive

Sort 3
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Short /o/ and sock Long /o/ and bone Oddball

rock clock smoke ghost web
mop box toes coat
dot road soap
lock nose hose
fox robe boat
top goat
 Sort 4
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Short /u/ and cup Long /u/ and tube Oddball

rug plug glue shoe skate
thumb sun suit flute
tub drum spoon fruit
bug gum mule roof
truck nut moon

Sort 5
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Short /e/ and bed Long /e/ and feet Oddball

sled leg peas tree fork
vest deer jeep
bell cheese wheel
dress seal queen
desk sheep sleep
nest sweep

Sort 6
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Long /a/ cake Long /e/ feet Long /i/ kite Long /o/bone Long /u/ tube
tape bee bike cone cube
cane tree bride rose flute
snake

Sort 7
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Short /a /(cat) Long /a/(cake) Oddball

last ask make page what
glass grass face rake
fast hand same came
snap mad gate whale
sack bat name made
 Sort 8
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Short /i/(pig) Long /i/(kite) Oddball

swim gift five nice give
rich clip drive while
stick spill mice knife
thin kick dice nine
flip dish hike prize

Sort 9
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Short /o/(sock) Long /o/(bone) Oddball

rock pot home joke come
job chop stove nose some
hot clock hose broke
spot cone woke
hope hole
those rope

Sort 10: Short –u versus Long –u (CVCe)

Answer keys are for parents only 

Short –u (cup) Long –u (tube) oddball

drum cute put
bus use
just huge
jump cube
hunt tube
shut tune
cut June
plus rude
such flute
club mule
 Sort 11: Short Versus Long Review (CVC and CVCe)
Answer keys are for parents only 

CVC Short CVCe long Oddball

which note have
drip mule done
wax rule
skin these
crab safe
lots wife
gum cape
crop tide
vote
race
wipe

Sort 12: Final |k| Sound Spelled –ck, -ke, or –k

Answer keys are for parents only 

-ck -ke -k
kick take took
sick bike cook
lock shake look
duck duke book
pack spoke shook
lick strike
sock smoke
truck like

Sort 13: Short -a and Long -a (CVC and CVCe)

Answer keys are for parents only 

CVC CVCe CVVC oddball

black space rain said
rash mane brain want
camp tale paint
flash place train
blame main
 frame faint
chain
tail

Sort 14: Short o and Long o (CVCe and CVVC)

Answer keys are for parents only 

CVC CVCe CVVC Oddball

box rode road love
knock slope goal one
stop whole boat
drop stone soap
chose foam
load
toad
float
goat
coat

Sort 15: Short -u and Long –u (CVCe and CVVC)

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CVC CVCe CVVC CVVC oddball

crust dude fruit bloom from
skunk cube suit smooth build
bump prune juice broom
trust mood
moon
tooth
food
spoon
 Sort 16: Short –e and Long –e (CVVC)
Answer keys are for parents only 

CVC CVVC CVVC oddball

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

Sort 17: “The Devil Sort” Short –e (CVC and CVVC) and Long –e (CVVC)
Answer keys are for parents only 

Short -e Short –e Long –e Long –e Oddball

(CVC) (CVVC) (CVVC –ee) (CVVC –ea)
when dead trees each steam great
sled bread queen reach beach
breath street east
death sweet seat
lead dream
head lead

Sort 18: Review for CVVC pattern (ai, oa, ee, ea)
wait thread need beast toast
trail read sheep leak coast
sail deaf wheel neat moan
rail meant three pea throat
dread sheets cream
cheek read
 Sort 19
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CVC CVCe CVVC-ai Cvv-ay oddball
glass trade nail day they
stand brave grain stay
past slave aid play
shape raise clay
taste gain tray
may
gray
pray
say

Sort 20
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CVC CVCe CVVC-oa Cvv-ow oddball

long froze coal show whose
stock globe coach blow
wrote roast slow
close oat grow
loaf throw
roam row
snow
mow
know
 Sort 21
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CVC CVV-ew CVV-ue oddball

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

Sort 22
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CVC CVCe CVCC –igh CV –y

Quick white might why
Quit twice high cry
Quite night sky
Fine bright fly
write fight try
flight shy
sight
sigh
right

Sort 23
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VCC- i (short) VCC-i (long) VCC-o (short) VCC-o (long) oddball

film find lost most friend
fist wild moth told
wind child soft cold
kind cost both
 mind roll
blind scold
wind gold
post
ghost

*Words that are bold and in italics are homophones (words that are spelled the same
but have different sounds and different meanings). One has a short vowel sound and
the other has the long vowel sound.

Sort 24
Answer Key
Long A Long e Long I Long o Long u
Wave bleed grind sold clue
Jail steep slide glow school
Way sneak dry hold drew
Scene bind tone pool
Feast light crow
soak

Sort 25
Answer key

ar are air oddball

part care hair pear
start pare fair wear
harm stare pair bear
sharp square chair where
dark bare stair heart
shark fare
hare
 Group 2, sort 26
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er ear eer ear=ur oddball

her hear deer heard *there
perch fear steer earth *here
herd spear cheer learn
fern clear peer
germ near
clerk dear
term year

Sort 27
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ir ire ier Oddball

girl fir fire drier fur
first whirl wire pliers their
dirt swirl tire flier
third thirst hire crier
bird chirp
birth skirt
shirt twirl
Sort 28
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Or ore oar w+or oddball
Form more board work four
Fork store roar word floor
Horn shore oar world door
North tore soar worm
Corn wore
Storm sore
 Sort 29
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ur ure ur-e oddball

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

Sort 30
ANSWER KEY-FOR PARENTS ONLY! 

ar schwa + r or
jar earn thorn
hard search worn
yarn pearl hoarse
march worth horse
worst core
spur chore
sir boar
lurk bore
score
*schwa + r- Schwa is an unstressed and toneless neutral vowel
snore
ound. Words with a schwa sound make the words hard to spell.
warm
Sometimes sound is not a clue to which vowel is used. Words in
his schwa category all sound like they would have an “er” in the warn
middle of the word, but the word is actually spelled with an ‘ear’,
or’, ‘ur’, or ‘ir’.
 Sort 31
ANSWER KEY-FOR PARENTS ONLY! 
o oi oy
whole point coin boy
bowl join broil soy
stole soil oil joy
loan spoil noise toy
cloak coil choice
choke foil voice
moist
joint
boil

Sort 32
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oo (long) oo (short) oddball

soon tool good hook could
cool troop brook soot would
fool hoop crook wool should
noon stool wood route
groom proof hood
root roost stood

Sort 33
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aw au o oddball
saw law cause cross laugh
paws hawk caught cloth
straw crawl fault frost
lawn dawn pause song
claw shawl sauce
draw taught
haul
haunt
vault
 Sort 34
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Wa al ou
Watch small calm thought
Wash almost talk bought
Wand also stalk brought
Wasp walk bald fought
Swap stall chalk ought
Swat salt cough

Sort 35
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ou ow oddball
out mouth how frown tough
cloud south down gown rough
round couch growl plow through
ground scout clown town
found owl
shout brown
count drown

Sort 36
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kn wr gn oddball
knife kneel write gnat rap
knack knelt wrap gnaw ring
known knead wreck gnome
knot wrist
knob wreath
knit wrong
knight wren
knee wring
 Sort 37
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scr str spr

screen strong stripe spring
scram straight struck spray
scrape strange strength sprout
scratch stretch stress spread
scrap strict strap sprain
scream string stream

Sort 38
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Thr shr squ
Three shred square squeak
Thrill shrink squawk squirm
Throw shrank squint
Throne shrunk squish
Thrown shriek squash
Threw shrimp squeeze
Through shrup squirt
threat
Sort 39
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Hard c Soft c Hard g Soft g

card city gave giant
code center golf gem
cart circle guess gym
cub cease guest germ
calf cell guide gist
cent guilt
goose
 Sort 40
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-ce -ve -se -ze

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

Sort 41
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dge ge r, l, or n + ge
edge bridge age large surge
badge ledge stage charge plunge
ridge dodge rage sponge
fudge hedge cage bulge
judge pledge huge range
lodge change

Sort 42
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Tch ch r, l, n, + ch Oddball
Catch reach lunch which
Witch roach torch rich
Pitch screen gulch much
Sketch coach bench
Fetch beach branch
Match speech crunch
Hutch porch
switch
 Sort 43
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a- be-
away alive before beyond
ago along because become
again above begin beside
ahead across belong believe
around afraid between below
about asleep behind began

Sort 44
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Not is have will
Couldn’t who’s could’ve they’ll
Wouldn’t there’s would’ve that’ll
Aren’t here’s should’ve this’ll
Weren’t where’s might’ve who’ll
Don’t what’s she’ll
Doesn’t he’ll
Hasn’t you’ll

Sort 45
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+s +es
eyes inches dresses
plants stitches lunches
pieces boxes flashes
places taxes coaches
pages bushes speeches
girls dishes bosses
months wishes riches
houses classes
badges glasses
 Sort 46
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/d/ /id/ /t/

prayed waited picked
rained loaded jumped
snowed needed walked
screamed melted bumped
turned started missed
mailed twisted passed
cleaned handed dressed
yelled dusted asked