Spelling Words 3 (Words with variant vowels and diphthongs)
Objective: To correctly spells words with variant vowels and diphthongs
To correctly write dictation sentences
1. toil
2. faucet
3. boyhood
4. choice
5. dawn
6. awful
7. foist
8. daughter
9. flaw
10. annoyed
11. royal
12. allow
13. destroy
14. blew
15. spoon
16. shampoo
17. brown
18. renew
19. wooden
20. auction
Challenge Words
1. tougher
2. browse
3. cashew
4. moonbeam
5. laundry
Do not toil in the hot sun.
The faucet is dripping.
He had a happy boyhood.
You have a choice of pasta or chicken.
The sky looks beautiful at dawn.
The flu makes me feel awful.
Don’t foist your chores on me.
She is their only daughter.
This diamond has no flaw.
The mosquitoes annoyed me.
The royal family marched in the parade.
Will your mom allow you to go?
The waves will destroy our sand castle.
The wind blew hard today.
Please give me a spoon.
Her shampoo smells like apples.
Some leaves turn brown in the fall.
It’s time to renew my library card.
She kept her letters in a wooden box.
We held an auction to raise money for our school.
My little sister is tougher than you think.
I like to browse in the library.
These cashew nuts are salty!
A moonbeam glowed on my pillow.
I have to do laundry today.
Words with variant vowels and diphthongs
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the short o sound can be spelled au and aw
the /oi / sound can be spelled oy and oi
the /oo / sound can be spelled ew and oo
the / ow / sound can be spelled ow
the letters oo can stand for the oo sound in spoon or the sound in wooden