One-Syllable Words: by Vowel Sound

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List 1: First Vowel Sounds Spelled in Basic Code Only

A (cat) Sound Word List

E (red) Word List
I (hit) Word List
O (hot) Word List
U (cut) Word List

List 2: Second Vowel Sounds Organized by Spelling

AE (Mae) Sound Word List

EE (see) Sound Word List
IE (tie) Sound Word List
OE (toe) Sound Word List
UE (cue) Sound Word List

List 3: Ar, Or, Er, and Err Sounds Organized by Spelling

AR (car) Sound Word List

OR (for) Sound Word List
ER (her) Sound Word List
ERR (merry) Sound Word List

List 4: Remaining Vowel Sounds Organized by Spelling

OW (cow) Sound Word List

OY (toy) Sound Word List
OO (zoo) Sound Word List
OUL (would) Sound Word List
AW (saw) Sound Word List

List 5: Basic Code Vowel Sounds Spelled Differently

E (head, said) Sound Word List with ea and ai Spellings

I (gym) Sound Word List with the y Spelling
O (want) Sound Word List with the a Spelling
U (touch) Sound Word List with the ou Spelling

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One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound a (cat)

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act
add
aft
alp
am
amp
an
and
ant
apt
as
ash
ask
asp
at
ax
back
bad
badge
bag
ban
band
bang
bank
bask
bass
bash
bat
batch
bath
black
bland
blank
blast
brag
bran

branch
brand
brass
cab
calf*
calves*
camp
can
cap
cash
cask
cast
cat
catch
chaff
chance
chant
chap
chasm
chat
clam
clamp
clan
clap
clash
clasp
class
crab
crack
craft
cram
cramp
crash
dab
dad
daft

dam
damp
dance
dank
dash
drab
draft
drag
drank
fact
fad
fan
fang
fast
fat
fax
flack
flag
flank
flap
flash
flask
flat
frank
gag
gang
gap
gas
gash
gasp
glad
glance
gland
glass
gnat
grab

graft
gram
grand
grant
graph
grasp
grass
hack
had
hag
half*
halves*
ham
hand
hang
has
hat
hatch
have
jab
jack
jam
jazz
knack
lack
lad
lag
lamb
lamp
lance
land
lap
lapse
lash
lass
last

latch
laugh
lax
mad
man
map
mash
mask
mass
mast
mat
match
math
nag
nap
pack
pact
pad
pal
pan
pant
pants
pass
past
pat
patch
path
plan
plank

plant
plaque*
prank
quack
rack
raft
rag
ram
ramp
ranch
rank
rap
rash
rat
sack
sad
sag
sand
sang
sank
sap
sash
sat
scab
scalp
scan
scat
scrap
scratch

shack
shaft
shag
slab
slack
slam
slang
slant
slap
slash
smack
smash
snack
snap
snatch
span
spank
spat
splash
stab
stack
staff
stag
stamp
stand
strap
swam
tab
tack

tact
tag
tan
tang
tank
tap
task
tax
thrash
than
that
thatch
track
tract
tramp
trap
trash
valve
van
vast
vat
wag
wax
whack
wrap
wrath
zap
*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound e (red)

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The words in this list use the e spelling of the /e/ sound while the other spellings are
covered in a later list.

bed
beg
bell
belch
belt
bench
bend
bent
best
bet
blend
bless
bred
cell
cent
check
chef
chess
chest
crept
cress
crest
debt**
deck
den
dense
dent
depth
desk
dredge
drench
dress
dwell
ebb

edge
egg
elf
elk
elm
else
end
fed
fell
felt
fence
fend
fetch
fled
fledge
flesh
flex
fresh
gel
gem
get
glen
guess
guest
held
helm
help
hem
hen
hence
jest
jet
kept
keg

led
ledge
leg
left
lend
length
lens
lent
less
let
men
melt
mend
mesh
mess
met
neck
nest
net
next
peck
peg
pelt
pen
pest
pet
pledge
press
quench
quest
red
rent
rest
scent

sect
self
sell
selves
send
sense
sent
set
sex
shed
shelf
shell
shred
sketch
sled
slept
smell
speck
spell
spend
spent
stem
stench
step
stress
stretch
strength
swell
swept
tell
tempt
ten
tend
tense

tent
test
text
theft
them
then
thresh
trek
trench

trend
vent
vet
vex
web
wedge
weld
well
welt

went
wept
west
wet
when
wreck
wren
wrench
zest

**Indicates
an extraneous
letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound i (hit)

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The words in this list use the i spelling of the /i/ sound while the other spelling, y, is
covered in a later list.

bib
bid
big
bill
bin
bit
blink
bliss
brick
bridge
brim
bring
brink
brisk
build *
chick
chill
chimp
chin
chink
chip
cliff
cling
clip
crib
cringe
crisp
did
dig
dim
din
dip
disc
dish

disk
ditch
drift
drill
drink
drip
fib
fig
film
fin
finch
fish
fist
fit
fix
fizz
flick
fling
flint
flip
frill
fringe
frisk
gift
gig
gill
gin
gist
give
glimpse
grid
grill
grim
grin

grip
grit
guilt
hid
hill
hilt
him
hinge
hint
hip
his
hiss
hit
hitch
if
ill
imp
in
inch
ink
inn
is
it
itch
its
jig
jinx
kick
kid
kill
kiln
kilt
kin
king

kiss
kit
knit
lick
lid
lift
limb
limp
link
lip
lisp
list
lit
live
milk
mill
mince
mint
miss
mitt
nib
nil
nip
pick
pig
pill
pin
pinch
ping
pink
pip
pit
pitch
prick

prim
prince
print
prism
quick
quill
quilt
quit
quiz
rib
rich
rid
ridge
rift
rig
rim
ring
rinse
rip
risk
script
shift
shin
ship
shrill
shrimp
shrink
sick
sift
silk
sill
silt
sin

since
sing
singe
sink
sip
sit
six
skid
skill
skim
skin
skip
slick
slid
slim
slip
slit
sniff
snip
spill
spin
spit
splint
split
sprig
spring
sprint
squid
squint
stick
stiff
still
stilts

sting
stink
stitch
strict
string
strip
swift
swim
swing
swish
switch
thick
thin
thing
think
this
thrill
tick
till
tilt
tin
tint
tip
trick
trim
trip
twig
twin
twist
twitch
which
whim
whip

whisk
whiz
wick
width
wig
will
wilt
win
winch
wind
wing
wink
wish
wit
witch
with
wring
wrist
zinc
zip

*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound o (hot)

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The /o/ sound is spelled two different ways in the OnTrack Reading curriculum and in
English words generally. The words in this list use the o spelling of the /o/ sound while
the other spelling, a, is covered in a later list.

blob
block
blond
blonde*
blot
bob
bog
bomb
bond
boss
box
bronze
broth
chop
clock
clod
clog
cloth
cock
cod
cog
come
con
cop
cost
cot
cough
crop
cross
dock
dodge
dog
doll

done
dot
dove
drop
flock
flog
flop
fog
fond
font
fox
frock
frog
from
front
frost
froth
gloss
glove
god
golf
gone
gong
gosh
got
hog
hop
hot
job
jog
jot
knob
knock

knot
lob
lock
lodge
loft
log
long
lop
loss
lost
lot
love
mob
mock
mom
monk
month
mop
mosque*
moss
moth
nod
none
not
notch
odd
of *
off
on
once***
one***
opt
ox

plod
plot
pod
pond
pop
pot
prod
prompt
prong
prop
rob
rock
rod
rot
rough
scoff
shock
shop
shot
shove
slog
slop
slot
sloth
smog
snob
sob
sock
soft
solve
some
son
song

sop
sponge
spot
stock
stop
strong
throb
throng
ton
tongs

tongue*
top
toss
tot
tough
trot
trough
won
wrong

*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling
***Indicates
a missing
letter for a
sound

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound u (cut)

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The /u/ sound is spelled just two different ways in the OnTrack Reading curriculum
because schwa sounds are converted to accurate pronunciations. The words in this list use
the u spelling of the /u/ sound while the other spelling, ou, is covered in a later list.

bluff
blunt
blush
brush
buck
bud
budge
bug
bulb
bulge
bump
bun
bunch
bus
bust
but
butt
buzz
chuck
chug
chunk
club
cluck
clump
clung
clutch
crumb
crunch
crush
crust
crutch
cub
cud

cuff
cup
cut
drug
drum
drunk
duck
dug
dull
dumb
dump
dun
dung
dusk
dust
fluff
flung
flush
fudge
fun
fund
fuss
glum
fuzz
grub
grudge
grump
gulf
gull
gulp
gum
gun
gush

gut
hub
huff
hug
hull
hum
hump
hunch
hung
hunk
hunt
hush
hut
hutch
judge
jug
jump
junk
just
jut
luck
lull
lump
lunch
lung
lunge
lush
lust
much
muck
mud
mug
mumps

munch
must
mutt
nudge
numb
nun
nut
pluck
plug
plum
plump
plunge
plus
puck
puff
pulp
pulse
pump
pun
punch
pus
putt
rub
rug
rum
rump
run
rung
rush
rust
rut
scruff
scrub

scum
shrub
shrug
shun
shut
skull
skunk
slug
slum
slump
smudge
smug
snug

struck
stub
stuck
stuff
stump
stun
stung
stunk
stunt
strut
such
suck
sulk

sum
sun
sung
sunk
swum
swung
thrush
thrust
thud
thug
thumb
thus
trudge

truck
trunk
trust
tub
tuck
tuft
tug
tusk
up
us
wrung

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound ae (Mae)

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-ay-

-ai-

bay
bray
clay
day
gay
gray
hay
lay
may
pay
play
pray
ray
say
slay
spray
stay
stray
sway
tray
way

aid
aim
air
bail
bait
braid
brain
chain
chair
claim
drain
fail
faint
fair
faith
flair
frail
gain
grain
hail
hair
jail
laid
lain
lair
maid
mail
maim
main
nail
paid
pail
pain
paint

pair
plain
praise
quail
quaint
raid
rail
rain
raise
sail
saint
snail
sprain
stain
stair
stairs
strain
strait
tail
trail
train
vain
wail
waist
wait
-a-eace
age
ale
ape
ate
bale
bare
base

blade
blame
blare
blaze
brace
brake
brave
cage
cake
came
cane
cape
care
case
cave
chase
crane
crate
crave
craze
dale
dare
date
daze
drake
face
fade
fake
fame
fare
fate
flake
flame
flare
frame
gale

game
gape
gate
gave
gaze
glare
glaze
grace
grade
grape
grate
grave
graze
hare
hate
haze
jade
knave
lace
lake
lame
lane
late
made
make
male
mane
mare
mate
maze
name
pace
page
pale
pane
pave
phase
phrase
place
plane

plate
quake
race
rage
rake
rare
rate
rave
raze
safe
sage
sake
sale
same
sane
save
scale
scare
scrape
shade
shake
shame
shape
share
shave
skate
slate
slave
snake
snare
space
spade
spare
square
stage
stake
stale
stare
state
take

tale
tame
tape
trace
trade
vale
vase
wade
wake
wane
wave
whale
wage

-aache *
bass
bathe *
change
haste
paste
plague *
range
strange
taste
vague *
waste

-ea-eibear
break
great
pear
steak
swear
tear
wear

beige *
heir **
reign
reins
their
veil
vein

-eigheight
freight
neigh
sleigh
weigh
weight
-eygrey
prey
they
whey

*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling
**Indicates
an extraneous
letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound ee (see)

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-ebe
he
me
she
the
we
-eebee
beech
beef
beep
beer
beet
bleed
breed
breeze
cheek
cheep
cheer
cheese
creek
creep
deed
deep
deer
eel
fee
feed
feel
feet
flee
fleet

free
freeze
geese
glee
greed
green
greet
heel
jeep
jeer
keel
keen
keep
knee
kneel
leek
meek
meet
need
peek
peel
peep
peer
preen
queen
queer
reed
reef
reek
reel
screen
see
seed
seek
seem
seen

seep
seethe *
sheen
sheer
sheet
sleek
sleep
sleet
sleeve
sneer
sneeze
speech
speed
squeeze
steel
steep
steer
street
sweep
sweet
teem
teen
teeth
teethe *
three
tree
veer
weed
week
weep
wheel
wheeze

-eabeach
bead
beak
beam
bean
beard
beast
beat
bleach
bleak
bleat
breathe *
cease
cheap
cheat
clean
clear
creak
cream
crease
deal
dear
dream
each
ear
ease
east
eat
fear
feast
feat
flea
gear
gleam

grease
heal
heap
hear
heat
heave
jeans
knead
lead
leaf
league *
leak
leap
lease
least
leave
meal
mean
meat
near
neat
pea
peace
peak
peal
peat
plea
plead
please
pleat
preach
reach
read
real
reap
rear

scream
sea
seal
seam
seat
sheaf
shear
shears
sheath
smear
sneak
speak
spear
squeak
squeal
steal
steam
streak
stream
tea
teach
teak
team
tear
tease
treat
veal
weak
wean
weave
wheat
wreath
year
yeast
zeal

-iebrief
chief
field
fiend
fierce
grief
grieve
niece
piece
pier
pierce
priest
shield
shriek
siege
thief
tier
yield

-y(common, but
all more than
one syllable)
-eykey
-iquiche*/*
ski
suite*
-eiseize
weird
-e-eeve
gene
here
scene
scheme
sphere
theme
these
*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound ie (tie)

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-i-

-i-e-

bind
blind
child
climb
cried
dried
find
fried
grind
hind
I
iced
kind
mild
mind
pint
rind
sign
spied
tried
wild

bike
bite
bribe
bride
brine
chime
chive
crime
dice
dike
dime
dine
dire
dive
drive
file
fine
fire
five
glide
grime
guide
hide
hike
hire
hive
ice
kite
knife
lice
life
like
lime
line

-iedie
cries
lie
lies
pie
pies
spies
tie
tries
vie

live
lives
mice
mile
mime
mine
nice
nine
pike
pile
pine
pipe
price
pride
prize
quite
rice
ride
ripe
rise
shine
shrine
side
site
size
slice
slide
slime
smile
spice
spike
spine
spire
spite
stride
strife

strike
stripe
strive
thrive
tide
tile
time
tire
tribe
twine
vice
vile
vine
vise
while
whine
white
wide
wife
wine
wipe
wire
wise
write

-y-

-igh-

by
cry
dry
fly
fry
guy
my
pry
rhyme *
shy
sky
sly
spy
sty
try
why

bright
fight
flight
fright
high
knight
light
might
night
plight
right
sigh
sight
slight
tight
tights
thigh

*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound oe (toe)

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-obold
bolt
both
clothes *
cold
colt
comb
fold
folk *
ghost
go
gold
gross
hold
host
jolt
mold
molt
most
no
old
poll
post
rogue *
roll
scold
scroll
so
sold
stroll
told

toll
troll
wolf
vogue *
volt
-oaboar
board
boast
boat
cloak
coach
coal
coarse
coast
coat
coax
float
foal
foam
goal
goat
groan
hoard
hoarse
hoax
load
loaf
loan
loathe *
loaves

moan
moat
oak
oar
oath
oats
poach
road
roam
roar
roast
shoal
soak
soap
soar
throat
toad
toast
-oedoe
foe
hoe
poem
toe
woe

-o-ebone
bore
broke
clone
close
choke
chore
chrome
close
code
coke
cone
cope
core
cove
dole
dome
dose
doze
drone
drove
fore
globe
gnome
gore
grope
grove
hole
home
hope
hose
joke
lone
mole

mope
more
nose
note
ore
phone
poke
pole
pope
pore
pose
probe
quote
robe
rode
role
rope
rose
scone
scope
score
shone
shore
slope
smoke

snore
sole
sore
spoke
stone
store
stove
strode
stroke
strove
swore
those
throne
tone
tore
tote
vole
vote
whole
woke
wore
wove
wrote
zone

-ow-

-ou-

blow
bow
bowl
crow
flow
flown
glow
grow
growth
know
low
mow
own
row
show
slow
snow
sow
throw
tow

court
course
four
mourn
pour
soul
source
-oughdough
though
*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound ue (cue)

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Note: Since all of the spellings below also show up as /oo/ spellings, a student should be
taught to try the /ue/ sound first because it turns out that he will readily end up at the /oo/
sound where appropriate. We tend to say /oo/ when the /ue/ pronunciation is too difficult
to easily articulate. The reverse is not true, however, so a student should start at /ue/ when
decoding an unfamiliar word because he will usually arrive at the correct result, whether
it be /ue/ or /oo/ that works in the word.

-ue-

-u-e-

-u-

-ew-

cue
fuel
hue

cube
cure
cute
fume
fuse
huge
mule
pure
sure *
use

cubed
cued
cured
fumed
fused
used

few
pew
*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound ar (car)

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-ararc
arch
ark
arm
art
bar
barge
bark
barn
car
card
carp
cart
carve
char

charge
charm
chart
dark
darn
dart
far
farce
farm
guard
hard
harm
harsh
jar
harp
lard
large

lark
mar
march
mark
marsh
parch
park
part
scar
scarf
shark
sharp
smart
snarl
spark
sparse
star

starch
start
starve
tar
tarp
tart
tsar**
**Indicates
an extraneous
letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound or (for)

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-orborn
borne
chord
cord
corn
cork
corpse
for
force
forge
ford
fork

form
fort
gorge
horn
horse
lord
nor
north
or
porch
pork
port
scorn
scorch

shorn
short
snort
sort
sport
stork
storm
sword**
sworn
thorn
torch
torn

-ardwarf
quart
quartz
swarm
war
ward
warm
warn
warp
wart
wharf
**Indicates
an extraneous
letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound er (her)

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-er-

-ir-

-ur-

-ear-

berth
clerk
fern
germ
her
herd
jerk
merge
nerve
per
perch
perm
serf
serve
sperm
swerve
term
verb
verge
verse

bird
birth
chirp
dirt
fir
firm
first
flirt
girl
shirk
shirt
sir
skirt
squirt
stir
swirl
third
thirst
twirl
whirl

blur
burn
burp
burst
church
churn
curb
curl
curse
curve
fur
hurl
hurt
lurch
lurk
nurse
purge
purse
spur
spurt
surf
turf
turn
urge
urn

earl
earn
heard
hearse
learn
pearl
search
-orword
work
world
worm
worse
worst
worth

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound err (merry)

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The /err/ sound requires more curriculum decisions than any other sound except
possibly the /or/ sound. Essentially, if Mary, merry and marry are homonyms in your
area then it is feasible, even advisable, to teach an /err/ sound to clean up a few issues.
There are nine spellings of /err/ in the OnTrack Reading curriculum, but four of them are
easily incorporated in the /ae/ lesson where words like chair, bear, their, and share can
be explained as containing /ae/ sounds followed by the consonant /r/ sound Students
generally have no trouble with such words once they know the /ae/ spellings.
However, the other five spellings, ar (Mary), er (very), arr (marry), err (merry)
and ere (where) introduce various issues, especially if all of these words sound like they
have identical vowel sounds in the local dialect. In most other cases, both ar and er
are treated as digraphs, so it makes sense to continue that practice here. In the case of
ere only where and there (plus derivatives like somewhere) and the archaic ere
are encountered, and any other means of breaking apart ere into two sounds would just
introduce new spellings of sounds, so it makes sense to include the ere spelling here.
And arr and err are almost always pronounced the same in every word they appear
with the exception of words like charred so again it works to include them in an /err/
lesson.
The ar spelling of /err/ represents the fourth occurrence of the digraph ar in the
curriculum and the digraph er represents the second occurrence. The others do not
occur elsewhere because the arr spelling is not covered as a spelling of the /ar/ sound
earlier. To make matters even more complicated, the list here is short because most
occurrences of the /err/ sound spelled with these five spellings are multisyllable words.
With that said, here is the one-syllable word list for the /err/ sound.

-ere-

-err-

-ar-

-arr-

there
where

err

scarce

-er(Both only
occur as /err/
sounds in
multisyllable
words)

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound ow (cow)

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-ow-

-ou-

bow
brow
brown
browse
clown
cow
crowd
crown
down
drown
fowl
frown
gown
growl
how
howl
now
plow
prowl
scowl
sow
town
vow

blouse
bounce
bound
bout
cloud
clout
couch
count
crouch
doubt**
dour
foul
found
grouch
ground
hound
hour**
house
joust
loud
lounge
louse
mound
mount
mouse
mouth
noun
pound
ounce
our
out
pouch
pounce
pout

proud
round
rouse
route
scour
scout
scrounge
shout
slouch
snout
sound
sour
south
spouse
spout
sprout
stout
trout
wound
-oughbough
drought
**Indicates an
extraneous letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound oy (toy)

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-oy-

-oi-

buoy *
boy
coy
joy
toy

boil
broil
choice
coil
coin

foil
join
joint
moist
noise
oil
oink

point
roil
soil
spoil
toil
voice
*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound oo (zoo)

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-oobloom
boom
boost
boot
brood
broom
choose
cool
doom
drool
droop
food
fool
goose
groom
groove
hoop
hoot
hooves
loom
loop
loose
loot
mood
moon
moor
moose
noon
noose
ooze
pool
proof
room
roost

school
scoop
shoot
smooth
snoop
soon
soothe*
spoon
stool
stoop
swoop
too
tool
tooth
troop
zoo
zoom
-ewblew
brew
chew
crew
dew
drew
flew
Jew
knew
new
news
newt
screw
shrew
stew
shrewd

-ueblue
clue
due
glue
sue
true
-u-ebrute
crude
duke
dune
flute
June
lure
nude
prune
rude
rule
tube
tune
truce

whom
whose
womb
-uifruit
juice
bruise
cruise
-ougroup
soup
tour
wound
you
youth
-uflu
truth
-ough-

-othrough
do
lose
move
prove
to
tomb
two **
who

*Indicates an
uncommon
spelling
**Indicates
an extraneous
letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound oul (would)

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-oobook
brook
cook
crook good
hood
hoof
hook

look
roof
rook
root
shook
soot
took
wood
wool

-u-

-oul-

bull
bush
full
pull
push
put

could
should
would

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound aw (saw)

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-awawl
bawl
brawl
claw
crawl
dawn
draw
drawn
fawn
flaw
gnaw
hawk
jaw

law
lawn
paw
pawn
prawn
raw
saw
scrawl
shawl
spawn
sprawl
squawk
straw
thaw
yawn

-au-

-augh-

cause
clause
fault
fraud
gauze
haul
haunt
jaunt
launch
maul
mauve
pause
sauce
taunt
taut
vault

caught
taught
-oughbought
brought
fought
sought
thought

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound e (head, said)

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-eabread
breadth
breath
breast
dead
deaf
death
dread
head
health

lead
leapt
meant
read
realm
spread
sweat
thread
threat
tread
wealth

-aisaid
(Remaining words
with digraph ai are
multisyllable words)

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound i (gym)

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The i spelling of /i/ is covered early in the Basic Code section and the y spelling is
left to later when it is presented on its own. It is useful to point out to students that the
letter y represents the same three sounds as the letter i does.
The y spelling of /i/ represents the third occurrence of the letter y in the curriculum.
The typical yuh sound which is taught as the consonant sound of the letter y in words
like yard is not taught. Instead, students are shown during instruction on the /ee/ sound
how using an /ee/ sound when the letter y is encountered at the beginning of a word,
and pronouncing it very quickly, results in the correct word being enunciated.

-ycrypt
gym
hymn
myth

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound o (want)

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...The /o/ sound is spelled only two ways in the OnTrack Reading curriculum, as the basic
code spelling o, and as the third sound of the letter a.

all
bald
balk *
ball
call
calm
chalk *
fall
false
hall
halt
mall
malt
palm
psalm *
quad
salt

scald
small
squad
squash
squat
stall
swamp
swan
swap
swat
stalk*
talk *
tall
walk *
wall
waltz
wand

want
was
wash
wasp
watch
watt
what
yacht **
*Indicates an
uncommon spelling
**Indicates an
extraneous letter

One Syllable Words with Vowel Sound u (touch)

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Note: Very few one syllable words use the ou spelling of the /u/ sound. It is much a
much more common spelling in multisyllable words.

-outouch
young