Skill: Spelling Pattern (or)
A vowel or (vowels) followed by the letter “r” results in a blended sound which is neither the short nor long sound of the vowel.
Read these (or) words listed below.
| absorb | corncob | escort | normal |
| abnormal | corpse | extort | north |
| accord | corset | firestorm | or |
| bighorn | deform | for | order |
| born | discord | fork | scorch |
| conform | distort | form | short |
| contort | dorm | formal | stork |
| cord | dormant | horn | storm |
| cork | dorsal | horse | thorn |
| corn | endorse | mortal | torch |
What spelling pattern do you see in each of the words listed above?_____________
Dictation/Spelling Practice for (or) words as in stork
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Read these sentences.
- The leghorn wants corn, not a corncob.
- You did not order a morsel of food!
- The resort is north of the border.
- The normal mortal conforms to the rules.
- I saw storm clouds forming in the sky.
- The storks flew north to escape the storm.
- The horn and organ played a forlorn song.
- I experienced some discord with my landlord.
- Can you order a cord of wood for the stove?
- My pig snorts in the morning when he wants an acorn.
- The bighorn sheep went around the thorns.
- The hornets orbited their scorched nest.
- The orphans were escorted into the dorm.
- The foghorn and the torches in the storm saved the ship.
- She made an ornate cork border for the artist's frame.
- The porcupine made a nest for her newborn.
- His retort about my short shorts was in bad form.
Create one or more sentences, include at least one word in each sentence that has the spelling pattern (or) as in stork.
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Please illustrate one of your sentences on the back of the paper.