Words Sorts for the week of March 12

Yellow Group:

VCC short i as in the word FILM, fist, wind

VCC long i as in the word FIND, wild, child, kind, mind, blind, wind

VCC short o as in the word LOST, moth, soft, cost

VCC long o as in the word MOST told, cold, both, roll, scold, gold, post, ghost

ODDBALL friend

Red Group:

ce = /s/ as in the word NOTICE, police, sentence, distance, office, science, practice

ss = /s/ as in the word RECESS, princess, actress, address, compass

-ge = /j/ as in the word BUDGET, midget, gadget, surgeon

age = /ij/ as in the word BANDAGE, garbage, manage, luggage, package, village, message, courage

Green Group:

uni- (one) as in UNICYCLE, united, unicorn, unique, union, unison, uniform, universe

bi- (two) as in BICYCLE, biweekly, bisect, bilingual

tri- (three) as in TRICYCLE, trilogy, triangle, triple, triplet, tripod, trio

other as in the word QUADRANGLE, pentagon, octagon, octopus, October

Purple Group:

-al as in the word FICTIONAL, comical, accidental, arrival, logical, betrayal, musical, global, coastal

-ial as in the word BURIAL, territorial, industrial, tutorial, memorial, editorial

-ic as i nthe word MAGNETIC, poetic, Islamic, alphabetic, heroic, patriotic, rhythmic, angelic, dramatic

C = consonant

V = vowel