FLORENCE AKIN • WORD MASTERY
V15/ir/
• bird
• dirt
• chirp
• girl
• fir, first, firm
• third
/st/stir
/sk/skirt
/squ/squirm
• shirt
/hw/whirl
::
• giraffe
• thirty, thirsty
• circus, circle
V15/irr/
/st/stirrup
/squ/squirrel
V15/or/
• word, work, worth, worst, worm, world
::
• tailor
• doctor
/fl/flavor
• sailor
/st/stubborn
• neighbor
C15/ur/
• bur, burst, burn
/bl/blur
• turn
• church, churn
• curl
• fur
• hurt, hurl
::
• purple
• turtle
• curtain, curl(y)
• further
• Thursday
• century
• nursery
V15/ure/
• pasture, picture
• gesture
• capture
• failure, furniture, future
• venture
• mixture, moisture
• lecture
C39+V15/ure/
• cure
C15/ur_e/
• urge
• purse
• curve
• nurse
V15/urr/
• burrow
• currant
• furrow
V15/ear/
• earn
• pearl
• search
• heard
• learn
V15/er/
• perch
• term
• jerk
• fern
/st/stern
• her
::
• up(p)(er), ever, old(er), own(er)(s), Easter
• pitch(er), paint(er)(s), perfect
• better
/br/bright(er), brown(er)
• timber, temper, tender, teach(er)
• dinner, deep(er)
• German
• cold(er), count(er)
/cr/crack(er)(s)
• gay(er)
/gr/grind(er)
/fl/flower(s)
• thunder
• sift(er), sister(s), sing(er), summer, certain, serv(-)(ant)
/sl/sleep(er)
• hammer
• mill(er)
• winter(s), wild(er)
• rock(er), rubber, roll(er)(s)
V15/er_e/
• serve
• verse
• nerve
V15/ere/
• were
V15/ar/
• backward, beggar
• dollar
• cedar
V15/yr/
• syrup
RUDOLF FLESCH • WHY JOHNNY CAN'T READ
V15/ir/
• bird, birch, birth
/tw/twirl
• dirt
• chirp
• girl
• fir, firm, first
• sir
/st/stir
/sk/skirt
/squ/squirt, squirm
• shirt, shirk
• third, thirst
/hw/whirl
V15/ur/
• burn, burst, burn
• turn
• church, churn
• curb, curl
• fur, furl
• surf
/sp/spur
• hurt, hurl
V15/urr/
• purr
• burr
V15/er/
• perch
• Bert
• jerk
/cl/clerk
• fern
/st/stern
• her(s), herd
V15/er_e/
• serve
V15/ear/
• earth
• pearl
• search
• heard
• learn
V15/or/
• actor(s), instruct(or), elevat(-)(or)
• tailor, traitor
• doctor
• janitor
• conduct(or)
• favor, flavor
• sail(or)
• visit(or)
• motor
• word(s), work(er), worth, world, worm(s), worst, worship
• raz(-)(or)
V15/orr/
• worry/worr(-)(i)(es)
V15/or_e/
• worse
V15/our/
• courage
