NWF 1st
NWF 1st
NWF 2nd
NWF 2nd
NWF 3rd
100

Teg

T-e-g

No other vowels change the letter E. 

E says "Eh"

T-e-g

100

Rep

R-e-p

"E" is not changed by any other letter. 

"E" says "Eh"

R-e-p

100

Rin

R-i-n

No other letter changes the "I" sound. 

"I" says "iuh"

100

Nop

N-o-p

No other letter changes the "O" sound.

"O" says "aw"

N-o-p

100

Gide

G-i-de

A silent "E" at the end makes the "I" say its name. 

G-i-de

200

Et

E-t

There is no other letter that changes the E sound. 

E says "Eh"

E-t

200

Yut

Y-u-t

"Y" makes a "yuh" sound in english. 

No other letter changes the "U" sound. 

"U" says "Uh"

200

Sog

S-o-g

No other letter changes the "o" sound. 

"O" says "aw"

S-o-g

200

Pem

P-e-m

No other letter changes the "E" sound. 

"E" says "eh"

P-e-m

200

Freen

Fr-ee-n

"Fr" is a blended pair like "crane" or "frost". 

"EE" sounds like its name "e"

Fr-ee-n

300

Ler

L-e-r

R is a controlling letter. Look to R controlled vowels like "water" or "her".

L-e-r

300

Nome

N-o-me

"O" in this word is a long vowel. "O" says its name because of the silent "e" at the end. 

"Nome" rhymes with "Home" in this case.

300

Narb

N-a-r-b

R is a controlling letter. Look for "R" controlled vowels, like "car" and "far".

N-a-r-b

300

Ged

G-e-d

"G" makes two sounds "Guh" and "juh". In this word "G" makes "guh".

No other letter changes the "E" sound. 

"E" says "eh"

G-e-d

300

Bleast

Bl-east

"Bl" is a blended pair like "Blast" and "Break"

In this case, "EA" makes the "E" sound, like in "Beast"

Bl-east

400

Surn

S-ur-n

R is a controlling letter. Look to R controlled vowels like "Turkey" or "Urn"

S-ur-n

400

Whon

Wh-on

"Wh" takes two different sounds: "huh" like in "Who" and "Wha" like in "What"

Most words will follow "Wha" as in "What"

"O" has no letters that change its sound. "On" will not change. 

"O" says "Aw"

400

Cren

C-r-e-n

"R" is a controlling letter. Focus on blending "C" and "R" together to avoid "C-ruh", like "cross" and "crane". 

C-r-e-n

400

Shan

Sh-an

"Sh" makes a combined "Shhh" sound. 

No other letter changes the "A" sound. 

"A" says "Ah"

Sh-an

400

Whunky

Wh-un-ky

"Wh" makes two sounds in the english language "Hu" like in "Who" and "Wa" like in what. In this case, it is "Wa"

"Un" and "Ky" is a blended pair. 

Wh-un-ky

500

Vun

V-u-n

There is no other letter that controls the U sound. 

U says "Uh"

V-u-n


500

Sart

S-ar-t

R is a controlling letter. Look for R controlled vowels for "car" or "star".

S-ar-t.

500

Yorm

Y-or-m

"Y" makes the "yuh" sound. 

"R" is a controlling letter. Look to "R" controlled vowels for "Form" and "Horse"

Y-or-m

500

Serb

S-er-b

"R" is a controlling letter. Look to "R" controlled vowels for words like "Water" and "Herb"

S-er-b

500

Skaint

Sk-ain-t

"Sk" is a blended pair like "Skate" and "Scare"

"Ai" makes the "A" say its name

Sk-ain-t