“The Mystery of the Missing Lunch” – Words with Short Vowels

1.                   sum

2.                   flat

3.                   plum

4.                   bell

5.                   grim

6.                   plot

7.                   band

8.                   bluff

9.                   dock

10.               blot

11.               odd

12.               left

13.               cash

14.               mill

15.               past

16.               shelf

17.               wealth

18.               crunch

19.               hint

20.               build

21.               snack

22.               step

23.               pond

24.               heavy

25.               shovel

Sentences:

1. The sum of two odd numbers is even.

2. There is a bell on the dock.

“A Walk in the Desert” – Words with Long a

1.       pale

2.       face

3.       crate

4.       clay

5.       stray

6.       cane

7.       slate

8.       today

9.       bail

10.   rail

11.   break

12.   ache

13.   drain

14.   faint

15.   flame

16.   claim

17.   steak

18.   neigh

19.   mane

20.   graze

21.   grim

22.   plum

23.   cash

24.   neighbor

25.   railway

Sentences:

1. My neighbor made a plum out of clay.
2. Her face was pale and she felt faint.

“Animals Come Home to Our National Parks” – Words with Long e

1. beam
2. tea
3. chief
4. squeak
5. peep
6. weep
7. sleek
8. heal
9. tease
10. thief
11. deal
12. please
13. leak
14. league
15. reef
16. deed
17. feet
18. breathe
19. speech
20. wheeze
21. neigh
22. pale
23. bail
24. freedom
25. appeal

1. Please do not tease the chief.
2. He began to wheeze during his speech.

“The Astronaut and the Onion” – Words with Long i

1. file
2. drive
3. kite
4. pies
5. die
6. wipe
7. inside
8. height
9. pride
10. spy
11. sigh
12. shy
13. prime
14. sly
15. pry
16. climb
17. minding
18. fright
19. twice
20. slight
21. chief
22. please
23. sleek
24. highway
25. wildlife

1. The spy had to look inside the file.
2. The basketball player took pride in his height.

“The Raft” – Words with Long o

1.                   goal

2.                   mole

3.                   stone

4.                   stove

5.                   chose

6.                   own

7.                   fold

8.                   flow

9.                   mold

10.                toll

11.                groan

12.                stole

13.                foam

14.                mows

15.                roasting

16.                lower

17.                sole

18.                blown

19.                bolt

20.                quote

21.                kite

22.                shy

23.                climb

24.                coaster

25.                motor