Special Spelling Patterns

1

100

ph

ph ex)phone

200

2 sounds for ou 

ou     ex) soup

ou      ex) shout

300

ore

ore    ex) before

400

eigh

eigh     ex) eight 

500

sion 

sion ex)confusion

2

100

ce

ce   example) dance

200

igh

-igh    ex) high

300

kn

kn    ex) knock

400

-dge

-dge    ex) edge

500

Name two ways to make the vowel sound that you hear in the word toy. 

oi and oy

3

100

gn

gn  ex) gnome (like the n sound)

200

2 sounds for ie 

ie     ex) piece  (like long e)

ie     ex) pie  (long i)

300

au

au   ex) taught

400

ci

ci    ex) circle

500

Name 3 ways to make the long e sound.

Examples: 

ee, ea, ey, e_e, ie

4

100

wr

wr    ex)write

200

ey

-ey    ex) valley

300

ue

ue    ex) glue

400

ge

ge   ex) cage

500

Name 3 ways to make the long o sound

Some examples:

ow, oa, oe, o_e

5

100

2 sounds for ea

ea    ex) head  (short e)

ea    ex) beat (long e)

200

oe

oe   ex) toe

300

2 sounds for ow 

ow    ex) cow

ow     ex) row

400

gi 

gi   ex) giraffe

500

Name 3 patterns that make the long a sound

ai, ay, a__e