Lesson 2

words with the short i, o and

u sounds.

February 15th, 2022

 Spelling Tips
The short i, o and u sounds often come
between two consonants.

Example: city copy cut

Spelling Words

1. Exit 9. Victim
2. Bottom 10. Inspect
3. Electric 11. Possible
4. Suggest 12. Distance
5. Polish 13. Umbrella
6. Until 14. Window
7. River 15. Finish
8. Closet

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Spelling Words

Exit Bottom Electric Suggest

Polish Until River Closet

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Spelling Words

Victim Possible Distance

Inspect

Umbrella Window Finish

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 Fun with words
Alliteration is when a group of words have the same beginning
sound.
closet
1. Clare cleaned her cluttered _______________.
window
2. Will we wash the _______________ with water?
until
3. We huddled under our umbrella _______________ our uncle.
4. Ray rigged a rickety raft to ride the rapidly rising
river
_______________.
 finish
5. Fred forgot to _______________ feeding the fifty fish he
found.
exit
6. Eleven excited elephants escaped from the _______________.
inspect
7. I will _______________ the inside of the Inuit igloo.
distance
8. Dozens of dentists’ drills droned in the _______________.
bottom
9. Ben built a box in the _______________ of Bob’s boat.
 Words across the curriculum
Write the math words that complete each sentence.
1. Multiple 3. Intersect
2. Prism 4. Column
column
1. A _______________ of data in a table is read from the top to bottom.
i n t e r s e c t one another.
2. Perpendicular lines _______________
m u l t i p l e of 4.
3. The number 16 is a _______________
prism
4. A _______________ is a solid shape that separates the colors of
white light.
Exit Suggest River Inspect Umbrella
Multiple Prism Bottom Closet Possible
Window Intersect Column Electric Until
Victim Distance Finish

Write the words from the box in the columns where they belong. Some
words belong in more than one column.

/i/ Sound
Exit Inspect Distance
Until Victim River
Polish Window Intersect
Multiple Finish Prism
Possible Electric
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/o/ Sound /u/ Sound
Bottom Column
Polish Until
Column Umbrella
Possible Multiple
Closet Suggest