Unit 1: Long a, Long e
operate foggy complete screen straight claim gasoline
scary police memory
needle eighty neighbor explain contain beneath freight
daily feature populate
Challenge Words: replace,
Braille, lease, outweigh, delete, marine
Unit 2: Long i, Long o
arrive design froze describe excite slope supply polite
silent bowl
growth chosen spoken thrown style locate type tone deny
decide
Challenge Words: lotion,
grocer, horizon, sorrow, retire, dynamite
Unit 3: Vowel Sounds: /oo/,
/yoo/
humid rescue include movies avenue remove unit continue
value produce
prove annual future humor amuse costume suit beauty museum
youth
Challenge Words: butte,
pollute, nuisance, utensil, junior, substitute
Unit 4: Vowel /o/
launch install drawing astronaut drawn shawl loss caution
office broth
false broad lawyer scald awful author audience recall
automobile flaw
Challenge Words: coffee,
auburn, falter, faucet, awkward, alternate
Unit 5: Short Vowel Sounds
magic staff sense swift habit credit direct discuss interest
thus exist splendid contest exact active deposit business
building promise solve
Challenge Words: secretary,
treasurer, senate, cashier, summon, vanish
Unit 6: Assessment and
Review
marry timid lying soup sausage throne olive haste salty
pure rude scrawl cease demand desire walnut funeral bestow
closet failure
Unit 7: Consonant Sounds:
/sh/, /ch/
shadow bunch picture chest patient cheap nature shelter
official kitchen
social publish special exchange furniture motion ancient
delicious shoulder pasture
Challenge Words: champion,
scorching, situated, eruption, suction, extinguish
Unit 8
humble final festival fossil general angel normal panel
scramble parcel council angle evil marvel civil pupil
syllable rural loyal counsel
Challenge Words: mussel,
freckle, arrival, stencil, possible, additional
Unit 9
citizen solution mission differ dozen profession mention
section bother motor
companion common million mayor onion governor senator
oven copper remember
Challenge Words: latter,
escalator, specimen, elevator, cinnamon, suspicion
Unit 10: r-controlled Vowels:
/ur/
rehearse external world further purpose perfume circulate
internal current deserve murmur service alert burnt squirrel
worth disturb search worst conserve
Challenge Words: girth,
birthmark, furnish, stirrups, hurdles, swerve
Unit 11: r-controlled Vowels:
/ar/, /ar/
repair guard argue flair area aware remark department
article harvest
carpet scarce vary farther despair pardon declare prepare
regard flare
Challenge Words: wary,
aquarium, harmonica, solitaire, carnival, pharmacy
Unit 12: Assessment and
Review
armor attach worse modern peril stern shallow aircraft
penalty prison
linen ample welfare fixture earnest morsel vigor burglar
butcher scarlet
Unit 13: r-controlled Vowels: /or/, /ir/
inform important reward peer career ornament warmth appear
weary pierce
disappear serious perform pier formal pioneer forever
force fortune enormous
Challenge Words: florist,
corporal, sincere, boardwalk, eerie, ordinance
Unit 14: Vowel Diphthongs:
/oi/, /ou/
moisture mountain poise couch bound voyage coward pronounce
tower appoint
employ allow avoid sour allowance ounce oyster decoy destroy
annoy
Challenge Words: lounge,
trousers, loiter, foundation, corduroy, asteroid
Unit 15: Prefixes: pre-,
re-, post-, co-
prerecorded prehistoric precaution prefix refresh reappear
posttest postwar coworker postdate postscript coauthors
rejoin reform reenter cooperate recharge coexist prepaid
reclaim
Challenge Words: preface,
redirect, co-anchor, preamble, recuperate, post meridiem
Unit 16: Suffixes: -er,
-est, -ed, -ing
calmer sunnier denied wisest supplied slimmest wiser interesting
removing slimmer removed grayest sunniest grayer interested
denying trimming trimmed calmest supplying
Challenge Words: laughed,
hiccupped, fluffier, laughing, hiccupping, fluffiest
Unit 17: Consonant Sounds:
/k/, /s/
chorus recent jacket recite comic create practice frantic
celebrate select
suitcase company choir exercise plastic cereal expect
grocery correct stomach
Challenge Words: recipe,
crackers, coconut, juicy, scallop, broccoli
Unit 18: Assessment and
Review
clearing chrome continued co-owner earlier noisy sheer
cucumber friendliest drown refuel convoy warning conceal
lore beginning rethink fountain cinema prepackage
Unit 19: State Names
Ohio Texas Alabama Washington Massachusetts Maine Nevada
Maryland
New York Alaska Montana South Carolina North Dakota Iowa
Florida California Colorado
Challenge Words: Austin
(TX), Albany (NY), Juneau (AK), Sacramento (CA), Cheyenne
(WY), Tallahassee (FL)
Unit 20: Prefixes: dis-,
im-, in-, non-, un-
dishonest unequal unsure unbutton nonsense incomplete
incorrect disagree impolite unknown imperfect dislike
inactive disobey impossible nonfiction nonstop nonviolent
impatient informal
Challenge Words: unlikely,
immature, nondairy, uncommon, insincere, discontinue
Unit 21: Endings -en, ize
broken shaken loosen modernize frozen frighten fertilize
summarize stolen civilize specialize awaken criticize
generalize flatten organize realize forgotten memorize
straighten
Challenge Words: quicken,
strengthen, dramatize, broaden, colonize, plagiarize
Unit 22: Compound Words
outline, homework, downstairs, part of speech, double-header,
home run, peanut butter, themselves, sweatshirt, itself,
full-time, waterproof, parcel post, forty-four, twenty-seven,
up-to-date, make-believe, underline, good-bye,merry-go-round
Challenge Words: eyeglasses,
field goal, decimal point, cheerleader, time zone,
daylight-saving time
Unit 23: Easily Confused
Words
vane kernel invent capitol event principal vein except
accept capitalcountry county colonel vain diary weight
coarse dairy principle course
Challenge Words: navel,
burrow, bridal, naval, borough, bridle
Unit 24: Assessment and
Review
proven ally device close-up devise Wisconsin unfasten
sharpen magnetize pocketbook disgrace weather map Arkansas
Wyoming Arizona horseback nonsmoker unlisted impure alley
Unit 25: Suffixes: -or, -er, -ist
director typist operator artist cyclist pitcher scientist
professor passenger actor commander editor creditor inventor
publisher colonist homemaker instructor tourist gardener
Challenge Words: aviator,
discoverer, cartoonist, commentator, adventurer, specialist
Unit 26: Plurals
soldiers treaties characters beliefs loaves pianos countries
badges gentlemen groceries essays luggage valleys latches
heroes chiefs skis palaces envelopes diaries
Challenge Words: oboes,
orchids, galleries, tactics, teenagers, secretaries
Unit 27: Prefixes: bi-,
mid-, semi-, tri-
bimonthly bicycle semiannual tricycle triangle midday
midterm midafternoon midnight biweekly semicircle semifinal
semicolon bifocals midland trisect midair bisect semisweet
semiformal
Challenge Words: bilateral,
midfield, tricornered, bicoastal, midsection, semiweekly
Unit 28: Consonant Sound
/j/
generous margin college apology region message energy
lodge gentlemen damage stranger oxygen imagine arrange
ledger grudge genius stingy pledge average
Challenge Words: fidget,
sledgehammer, gesture, misjudge, gender, refrigerator
Unit 29: Suffixes: -ty,
-ity, -ness, -ment, -ive
vanity detective argument activity creativity humanity
loyalty humidity relative arrangement sickness majority
ability employment swiftness
amusement gentleness blindness specialty tardiness
Challenge Words: replacement,
promptness, mobility, refreshment, usefulness, maturity
Unit 30: Assessment and
Review
captive density drummer gently midstream register wedge
counselor loneliness ginger ourselves biplane batteries
juggler installment organist radios triweekly ranches
semidarkness
Unit 31: Words Writers Use
diamond language thorough chocolate address handsome beautiful
judgment route poison truly government separate cousin
although camera umbrella suppose sincerely skiing
Challenge Words: waive,
croquet, sergeant, gradual, acquire, poinsettia
Unit 32: Suffixes: -ous,
-ish, -ant, -ic
childish pleasant cubic adventurous vigorous joyous basic
dramatic vacant foolish energetic humorous marvelous dangerous
mysterious bluish stylish famous radiant selfish
Challenge Words: reluctant,
periodic, thunderous, terrific, ticklish, simultaneous
Unit 33: Synonyms and Antonyms
delight freedom narrow decrease forward exit lengthen
eastern private pleasure public backward entire whole
entrance increase liberty western extend slender
Challenge Words: deflate,
worried, incident, inflate, distressed, happening
Unit 34: Words From Other
Languages
haiku alligator kimono crochet burro macaroni knapsack
plaid yogurt guitar
karate boomerang robot shampoo hammock chipmunk plaza
waffle beret yodel
Challenge Words: chowder,
safari, kayak, goulash, llama, verandah
Unit 35: Abbreviations
apt. (apartment) gal. (gallon) sq. (square) yr. (year)
amt. (amount)
no. (number) oz. (ounce) Gen. (General) co. (company)
pt. (pint)
qt. (quart) yd. (yard) ave. (avenue) doz. (dozen) hr.
(hour)
in. (inch) lb. (pound) wt. (weight) pkg. (package) ft.
(foot)
Challenge Words: Jr., adj.,
ht., Sr., adv., etc.
Unit 36: Assessment and
Review
envious tsp. min. tbsp. mi. clamor domestic vibrant patio
horrible barrette uproar exhibit sheepish ukulele ignorant
poncho mustache display dreadful
