Memory and Pattern Words
Unit #1
I, my, she, her, he, his
-ish dish, fish, wish -ash dash, crash, trash -unch lunch, punch, crunch -atch catch, match, patch | Unit #2
where, what, why, when, which, who
-ath bath, math, path -oth moth, cloth th- thin, think, thick th- then, them | Unit #3
do, have, show, how, me, a
-ing king, sing, bring -ong long, song, strong -andle candle, handle -attle battle, cattle, rattle | Unit #4
look, your, the, was, are, for
-er ever, never -ed /ed/ tested, rested -ed /d/ yelled, smelled -ed /t/ jumped, bumped | Unit #5
there, from, be, to, we, or
help, helping, helped
ask, asking, asked
hug, hugging, hugged
shop, shopping, shopped |
Unit #6
said, only, you, out, of, here
-o go, no, so -e be, he, me, she, we -i hi | Unit #7
oh, any, day, good, very, want
-ame came, same, game -ide ride, side, wide -oke joke, broke, spoke -ute cute, flute | Unit #8
boy, two, about, girl, over, before
trade, traded, trading
smile, smiled, smiling
hope, hoped, hoping
use, used, using
| Unit #9
would, could, some, one, new, were
-ain pain, rain, train -oat boat, coat -eat eat, heat, seat -eep deep, keep, sleep | Unit #10
Contractions:
didn’t, hasn’t, isn’t, aren’t, haven’t, wasn’t, weren’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t
Trickers:
can’t, don’t, won’t
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Memory Words and Pattern Words are introduced at the beginning of each unit. At the end of a unit, students take a spelling test on ten words- all of the Memory Words and selected Pattern Words. If a spelling list has contractions and/or trickers, children are tested on ten of those words instead of Pattern Words and Memory Words.