Lesson 14 Word Lists and Sentences

VC/VCe, VCe/CV, compound words

1. The extreme cold sent the entire class inside.
2. They had to use their old slates to compute the complete, complex problem.
3. With an influx of classmates, there was not a spare inch to store the texts.
4. The children want to get stuck in the sandbox from sunshine to sunset.
5. The nitwit went offside and so they lost that score.
6. If the hillside is not shipshape, there could be a bad landslide.

1. The linemen made a stockpile of all the spikes from the pit.
2. The muskrat could not be put in the same pen with the livestock.
3. They will infill the inlet with a makeshift offshore rig.
4. Beth could collect five firebugs with one swish of the fishnet backpack.
5. Spareribs are the best if they are hot and come with a dip.
6. Expect to be on the sideline until you get more skills.

Review Words

What Says?

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

Review

VC/V-e, V-e/CV, compound words

In this lesson, we learned the following syllable division patterns.

• VC/VCe – when we see the VC/VCe pattern in a word, the syllables will divide between the consonants.

Examples: cas/cade, dis/pute

• VCe/CV – when we see the v-e/cv pattern in a word, the syllable will divide between the e and the consonant.

Examples: line/men, fire/bug

We also learned about compound words. A compound word is two words that combine to form a new word. Examples:  makeshift, baseball, into

Practice

1. Is it k or ck?

2. Is it c or k?

3. Is it f or ff?

4. Is it ch or tch?