WTW Sorts for Nov. 16-20

Sort 23 Mrs. Williams

Short -i and Long -i (VCC) with Short -o

and Long -o (VCC)

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

Sort 16 Miss Swanson and Miss Kelsey

Short -e and Long -e

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

Green Sort 28  Mrs. Smith

Schwa + r and r-influenced e in Accented Syllables

(er, ear, ere)

er = /ur/	ear = /ur/	ear/ere/eer
mercy	early	nearby
career	severe	earthquake
spearmint	sermon	teardrop
kernel	pearly	yearbook
sincere	hermit	learner
rehearse	appear	thermos
adhere	dreary	cheerful
yearn	serpent	merely

Sort 49 Mrs. Smith

Long -e Homophones

sees	sweet	beet
flee	feet	heal
steal	seas	cheap
need	suite	flea
beat	creek	scene
heel	seize	deer
steel	creak	cheep
meat	seen	meet
knead	feat	dear