Lesson 31
Vowels with No Sound Clues
Spelling Focus: In many words, the vowel sound gives no clue to its spelling: machine, moment, animals, iron, support.
- machine
- especially *
- usually
- probably *
- giant
- moment
- animals
- iron
- support
- suppose
- buffalo
- Canada
- canoe
- relatives
- stomach
- cement
- yesterday
- favorite *
- welcome
- August
*indicates words that are most commonly misspelled by fourth graders in their writing.