Spelling -ue and -ir words

Ages 6–8 · 15 minutes · English

Use flashcards to practice intermediate spelling words with the -ir and short -ue pattern

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Learn to Spell 3

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Alabama

ELA21.2.38g — Encode words with the common vowel teams, including diphthongs.
ELA21.2.38h — Encode words with vowel-_r_ combinations.
ELA21.2.38a — Encode grade-appropriate multisyllabic words using knowledge of syllable types, including open, closed, vowel-consonant-_e_, vowel teams, vowel-_r_, and consonant-_le_.

Alaska

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Arizona

2.WF.3.a.3 — Less common vowel teams for long vowels (e.g., ow, oo, au, ou, ue).
2.WF.3.a.4 — Vowel-r combinations (e.g., turn, star, third, four, for).
2.WF.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words.
2.WF.3.a — Spell on-level, regular, single-syllable words that include:

Arkansas

2.FR.10.PE — Encode one-syllable words with less predictable vowel-r patterns (e.g., girl, burn, world).
2.FR.13.PE — Encode one-syllable words with common vowel teams (e.g., rain, pay; beach; high, pie; boat, snow, toe; book; new, moon).
3.FR.7.PE — Encode two-syllable words with vowel-r patterns (e.g., forget, doctor, cartoon, mustard).

California

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Colorado

RWC20-GR.2-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.iv — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (for example: cage → badge; boy → boil).
RWC20-GR.1-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.v — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RWC20-GR.2-S.2-GLE.3-EO.a.ii — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Connecticut

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Delaware

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Florida

ELA.1.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Decode words using knowledge of spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs, trigraphs, and blends. • Decode simple words with r-controlled vowels. • Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words. • Decode words with inflectional endings. • Decode two-syllable words with regular patterns by breaking the words into syllables. • Decode words that use final –e and vowel teams to make long-vowel sound.
ELA.2.C.3.1 — Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
ELA.2.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words. • Decode words with variable vowel teams (e.g., oo, ea, ou) and vowel diphthongs (e.g., oi, oy, ow). • Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long and short vowels. • Decode words with open (e.g., hi, baby, moment) and closed (e.g., bag, sunshine, chop) syllables and consonant -le (e.g., purple, circle, stumble). • Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. • Decode words with silent letter combinations (e.g., knight, comb, island, ghost).
ELA.1.C.3.1 — Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Georgia

ELAGSE2L2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
ELAGSE1L2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
ELAGSE2RF3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Hawaii

2.L.2d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
2.RF.3b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
2.RF.3e — Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

Idaho

2.GC.M.3a — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
1.FR.PH.3e — Learn all the r-controlled vowel patterns (-ar, -er, -ir, -or, -ur) and recognize how they change short vowel recognition and pronunciation
1.GC.M.3a — Use conventional spelling for words with common, taught spelling patterns and frequently occurring irregular words.
2.GC.M.3 — Use knowledge of spelling in writing.

Illinois

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.3.2.e — Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
L.3.2.f — Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

Indiana

2.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing greetings, months and days of the week, titles and initials in names, and proper nouns, including holidays and geographic names. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, or exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using an apostrophe to form contractions and singular possessive nouns. III. Using commas in greetings and closings of letters, dates, and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Correctly spelling words with short and long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, and consonant-blend patterns. II. Generalizing learned spelling patterns (e.g., word families) when writing words. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration
1.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing the first word of a sentence, dates, names of people, and the pronoun I. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, and exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using commas in dates and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Spelling unknown words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. II. Correctly spelling words with common spelling patterns. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration

Iowa

RF.2.3.b — Decode and encode common vowel teams. With prompting and support, decode and encode additional vowel teams.
L2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled two-syllable or multisyllabic words.

Kansas

W.2.11.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.
RF.2.3.b — Know correspondences for additional common vowel teams (e.g., steak).
W.1.11.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently-occurring irregular words.
W.3.11.f — Use spelling patterns and generalizations when writing words.

Kentucky

L.2.2.d — Generalize spelling patterns.
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Louisiana

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage→ badge; boy→ boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.2.3.e — Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

Maine

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.2.1.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
R.3.2.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Massachusetts

L.2.2.e — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.3.2.h — Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

Michigan

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Minnesota

2.2.1.2 — Apply spelling patterns and rules to spell words with consonant and vowel digraphs and diphthongs, six syllable types, and inflectional suffixes authentically in writing.
2.1.1.2.a — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: know the spelling-sound correspondences for the common vowel graphemes.
2.1.1.2.b — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: decode multi-syllabic words that include prefixes,suffixes and vowel digraphs.

Mississippi

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Missouri

1.L.1.B.e — spell words using regular spelling patterns
1.L.1.B.f — spell words phonetically using phonemic awareness and spelling knowledge
2.RF.3.A.h — using common syllable patterns to decode words including r-controlled vowels

Nebraska

LA.1.F.3.b — Decode and encode simple words with r-controlled vowels
LA.1.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding (spelling) words.
LA.1.F.3.d — Decode and encode final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
LA.1.FW.2 — Demonstrate sound-letter concepts when writing.

Nevada

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

New Hampshire

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.2.3.e — Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

New Jersey

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.3.2.f — Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

New Mexico

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
L.3.2.f — Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

New York

2L2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (See Notes for grade-band conventions.)
2RF3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
2RF3c — Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words.

North Carolina

L.2.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 conventions continuum.
RF.2.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.4.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

North Dakota

2.F.9d — r-controlled

Ohio

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.2.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Oklahoma

2.2.SE.1 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: a. digraphs b. trigraphs c. vowel digraphs d. r-controlled *sequential skills
2.2.SE.2 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following syllable types in single-syllable and multisyllabic words: a. closed b. open c. vowel-consonant-silent e d. r-controlled *sequential skills

Oregon

2.L.2d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.
1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
2.RF.3b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.4.2.F — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize proper nouns. • Use commas and apostrophes appropriately. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns. • Consult reference material as needed.
CC.1.4.2.L — Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize proper nouns. • Use commas and apostrophes appropriately. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns. • Consult reference material as needed.
CC.1.4.2.R — Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize proper nouns. • Use commas and apostrophes appropriately. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns. • Consult reference material as needed.
CC.1.4.1.F — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.

Rhode Island

L.2.2.e — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

South Carolina

ELA.2.F.3.8 — Decode and encode multisyllabic words using: a. consonant digraphs (i.e., sh, th, ch, wh, ph, ck); b. combination (e.g., qu); c. three-consonant blends (e.g., str-, scr-); d. blends containing digraphs (e.g., thr-, -nch); e. trigraphs (e.g., -tch, -dge); f. variable vowel teams and vowel diphthongs (i.e., oi, oy; ou, ow; au, aw; oo, ew, ue; ee, ea; igh, ie; ai, ay); g. vowel-r combinations (i.e., ar, air, are, ear, eer, er, ere, eir, ir, or, oar, ore, our, ur); h. common inflectional endings that may change the base word (e.g., -ed, -ing, -s, -es); i. words with a after w read /ä/ and a before l read /â/ (e.g., wash, water, wasp; tall, all, talk, small, fall); j. words with the hard and soft sounds of c and g, in context and in isolation. (c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y g=/g/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y); k. words with vowel y in the final position of one- and two-syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words; l. words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /ĭ/ sound for these words (e.g., fly-my; baby-happy; myth-gym); m. words with silent letter combinations. (e.g., kn, wr, gn, mb, gh); and n. contractions with am, is, has, not, have, would, and will.
ELA.1.F.3.8 — Decode and encode words using: a. onset/rime; b. consonant blends (i.e., initial and final); c. consonant digraphs (i.e., ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ck); d. trigraphs (e.g., -tch, -dge)*; e. combination (i.e., qu); f. VCe; g. vowel r (e.g., ar, er, ir, or, ur); h. common inflectional endings that do not change the base word (e.g., -s, -ed); i. contractions with am, is, has, and not; j. hard and soft sounds of c and g (c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y; g=/g/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y) *; k. vowel y in the final position of one- and two-syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words, and words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /ĭ/ sound (e.g., fly-my; baby-happy, myth-gym) *; l. words that follow the -ild, -ost, -old, -olt, and -ind patterns (e.g., mild, host, fold, jolt, kind); m. silent letter combinations (e.g., kn, wr, mb, gh, gn) *; n. words with final /f/, /l/, and /s/ sounds in one-syllable base words by doubling the final consonant when it follows a short vowel sound (e.g., cliff, hill, pass); and o. words with final /v/ sound, using knowledge that no English word ends with a v. (e.g. have, give, save).

South Dakota

2.L.2.e — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
1.L.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
2.L.2.d — Spell grade appropriate high frequency words correctly.

Tennessee

2.FL.WC.4.a — Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words including position-based patterns, complex consonant blends, less common vowel teams for long vowels, vowel-r combinations, contractions, homophones, plurals, and possessives.
2.FL.WC.4.b — Use conventional spelling for regular two- and three-syllable words containing combined syllable types, compounds, and common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
1.FL.WC.4.b — Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common vowel spelling patterns including CVCe, common vowel teams, final -y, and r-controlled vowels.

Texas

2.2C.i — spelling one-syllable and multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
1.2C.i — spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;
2.2C — demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

Utah

2.R.3 — Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.
2.R.3.a — Identify and begin reading and spelling words with all six syllable types (i.e., open, closed, CVCe, vowel team, vowel-r, consonant -le) in multisyllabic words.

Vermont

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Virginia

2.FFR.3.B — Decode and encode words with vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.
2.FFW.2.A — Use phoneme-grapheme (sound/symbol correspondence to encode (spell) single-syllable words containing closed syllables (cvc, ccvc, cvcc, and ccvcc), open syllables (cv, ccv), vowel-consonant-e (cvce, ccvce), vowel teams, and r-controlled vowels.
2.FFW.2.B — Use phoneme-grapheme (sound/symbol) correspondence to encode (spell) multisyllabic words.
2.LU.2.C — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.

Washington

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

Washington, D.C.

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.2.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

West Virginia

ELA.2.37.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage / badge; boy / boil).
ELA.1.37.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
ELA.2.II.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Wisconsin

ELA.1.RF.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds (Examples include but are not limited to: ai, ay, oa, ea, ee, ie, ue, ow).
ELA.2.L.6.d — Use common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and basic reference materials to solve words.
ELA.2.RF.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
ELA.1.L.6.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and draw on phonological awareness and spelling conventions to spell other words phonetically. Related to Reading Foundational standards (RF.1.3).

Wyoming

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.