1. Substep 3.2 Mandy Ellis Wilder Waite Elementary School
Wilson Reading System
Substep 3.2
Mandy Ellis
Wilder Waite Elementary School

2. Decode two closed syllables with more than three sounds in a syllable.
Goal
Decode two closed syllables with more than three sounds in a syllable.
Syllable division rules
Spelling multisyllabic words

3. These words are similar to 3.1, but they have blends.
Important to know
These words are similar to 3.1, but they have blends.

4. Part 1 Sound Cards Quick Drill

5. ang fang ang
ang

6. ing ring ing
ing

7. ong song ong
ong

8. ung lung ung
ung

9. ank bank ank
ank

10. ink pink ink
ink

11. onk honk onk
onk

12. unk junk unk
unk

13. ild wild ild
ild

14. old cold old
old

15. olt colt olt
olt

16. ind kind ind
ind

17. ost host ost
ost

18. Part 2 Teach and Review Concepts for Reading

19. Important to know
If there are three consonants between vowels (with a digraph) the blend stays together
If a blend can be made in both directions, the blend usually goes with the second syllable.
When there are four consonants together, it will split between them. Keep welded sounds, digraphs, and blends together.

20. cat cat nip The word cat has one part made up of three sounds
The word catnip has two parts. You can hear it. Each part is one push of breath. When another push of breath is needed, it is a new part.

21. To read or spell longer words, you just have to do one part at a time
To read or spell longer words, you just have to do one part at a time. You can already read the parts separately, so it will be easy to read and spell longer words-one part at a time.

22. bath
tub

23. napkin
The two vowels in this word are separated by consonants.

24. nap
kin

25. tennis cactus catnip sunfish Should we divide this word?
Why? (two vowels are separated)
Where would you divide?

26. When there is only one consonant, that consonant is needed to close in the first syllable.
relish
habit

27. rocket bathtub nutshell
When three consonants are between two vowels, including a digraph, the digraph stays together!
rocket
bathtub
nutshell

28. gumdrop
children
pumpkin

29. Part 3 Wordcards

30. Timed Practice
How many words can you read in 1 minute?

31. Part 4 Wordlist Reading

32. handbag

33. slingshot

34. singsong

35. himself

36. sandlot

37. sandbox

38. fishpond

39. pinch-hit

40. wingspan

41. milkman

42. pressbox

43. blindfold

44. lift-off

45. sandblast

46. grandchild

47. ostrich

48. chipmunk

49. disrupt

50. clinic

51. contest

52. insist

53. hundred

54. dentist

55. plastic

56. mattress

57. impress

58. trespass

59. spandex

60. gumdrop

61. actress

62. Wigglet nonsense word

63. shupnest nonsense word

64. drennist nonsense word

65. pabbid nonsense word

66. trendid nonsense word

67. flonnich nonsense word

68. shiblent nonsense word

69. frentlap nonsense word

70. thibselt nonsense word

71. plimmut nonsense word

72. triddop nonsense word

73. chinfrob nonsense word

74. troppit nonsense word

75. fleppen nonsense word

76. trilmest nonsense word

77. flidden nonsense word

78. clupnet nonsense word

79. podjift nonsense word

80. stroplim nonsense word

81. glisset nonsense word

82. drappog nonsense word

83. thipnest nonsense word

84. timplet nonsense word

85. greffib nonsense word

86. vambith nonsense word

87. enflont nonsense word

88. instom nonsense word

89. contimp nonsense word

90. extrib nonsense word

91. admest nonsense word

92. vel
meg
nut it
gob
vet
sub
mit
hab
lin

93. pumpkin
trumpet
problem
children

94. Part 5 Sentence Reading

95. We had chips, pretzels, and dip.

96. The traffic in Boston is a bad problem.

97. Dad got a kitten for Dennis.

98. Mr. Griffin did not let it happen

99. Nelson was absent from the banquet.

100. The chestnut fell into the hot pot.

101. Abdel is in the next contest.

102. Did Dad insist that Ben have a nap?

103. Jim had a bobsled on the hill.

104. Bob will go to the dentist with Ben.

105. Alfred will win the next contest.

106. The twist contest was fun.

107. Get the pumpkin in the shed.

108. That bat had a six-inch wingspan.

109. Ted did insist that he got the best fish.

110. The ostrich can run fast in the sand.

111. Tim was upset that he did not win the contest.

112. We will get the nonstop jet to Dallas.

113. Did the sudden problem upset him?

114. Scott was not absent at all from math class.

115. Part 6 Quick Drill (in reverse)

116. what says? z
ost
unk k kw

117. Part 7 Teach and Review Concepts for Spelling

118. Multisyllabic words ending in /ik/ are spelled with an ic

119. Words that start with the /xs/ sound are spelled with an EX

120. Part 8 Written Work Dictation: sounds, words, sentences

121. Part 9 Controlled Passage Reading

122. Part 10 Listening Comprehension

123. The Schwa a e i o
Sometimes the vowels a, e, i, and o sound more like /u/ than the expected sound. ә

124. schwa wagon /u/ ә

125. w a g ә o n

126. s a l ә a d