ShortBossy R (or) word family
-ort Words
/ษrt/ โ words that share the -ort pattern
The -ort family combines /ษr/ with a final /t/. Fort, sort, and port are common enough to use in real classroom sentences right away.
How the -ort family works
Keep the ending -ort together, then add or change the beginning sound. Read through the whole word from left to right instead of guessing from its first letter.
6 reviewed examples
-ort word list
Begin with the shorter words. Add the second group only after blends and digraphs in those words have been taught.
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After blends or digraphs
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Listening check
Listen and choose the -ort word
Question 1 of 5
Now read the same words aloud and use one in a sentence.
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Read -ort words in sentences
1Sort the toys by the fort.
2The ship left the port.
3Play a sport at the fort.
4The pig gave a snort.
5This rope is short.
Ask the learner to underline the -ort word, decode it, and then reread the complete sentence naturally.
Spelling and pronunciation
Keep this family accurate
Keep or as one bossy-r chunk, /ษr/, before the final /t/.
Five-minute routine
Practise without memorizing the list
Cover the list and reveal one word at a time. Say each sound, blend, then reread the word normally.
Build sort, then exchange its first sound to make another real word from this page.
Read one sentence, dictate one target word, and ask the learner to explain which letters spell the shared ending.
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