Lesson 1 READER'S NOTEBOOK
Date
Name
A Fino, Fino Sohool
Spelling:
Short Vowels
Spelling Word Sort
Spelling Words
Write each Basic Word under the correct heading.
One word will go under two different headings.
Short e
Short a
Basic
1. crop
2. plan
3. thing
4. smell
Plan
class
fantastic
smell
spent
next
5. shut
Shorti
Short o
thing
sticky
gift
skip
swing
clock
hospital
6. sticky
7. spent
8. lunch
9. pumpkin
10. clock
11. gift
12. class
13. skip
14. swing
Review
next
hug
Short u
shut
lunch
pumpkin
hug
Challenge
hospital
fantastic
Review: Add the Review Words to your Word Sort.
Challenge: Which Challenge Word has short vowels o and i?

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