Digraphs
What is the definition of a digraph?
A digraph is defined as two letters that comes together to make one sound
What is a vowel team?
A vowel team is a spelling pattern that uses two or more letters to represent a single vowel sound
What is the FLOSS rule?
If we have a 1 syllable word, with 1 vowel, and the vowel is short, and the word ends in a S,L,F, or Z we double it!
What is a syllable?
What do I teach during the school year?
Reading and phonics!
How many digraphs do you know?
SH, TH, WH, QU, PH
Are vowel teams considered open or closed?
They can be both!
When do we use -ch at the end of a word?
When we have a 1 syllable word, that has one short vowel, and there is a consonant in between the short vowel and the /ch/ sound!
How many syllables are in the word Chess?
1
How many animals do I have at home?
5!
Two dogs, one cat, a gecko, and a ball python snake
When we think about syllable division, do we count a digraph as one consonant or two?
ONE!
How many ways are there to spell the long E sound?
E, E-E, EE, EA, Y, EI, IE, and EY
When do we use -ge?
When we have a one syllable word that ends with the /j/ sound and the vowel says its name, we use-ge!
Example: page, sage, cage
How many syllables are there in the word picking?
2
What is my favorite color?
Purple!
How many sounds does CH have?
/k/ like in school
/sh/ like in chef
/ch/ bench
How many ways can we spell the long A sound, /ā/?
8
A, A-E, AI, AY, EI, EA, EIGH, and EY.
When do we use -tch or -dge?
At the end of a one syllable word, when there is one short vowel and no consonant right after it.
Example: Match, Catch, Fudge, Grudge
How many syllables are in the word sweltering?
3
What are my kids names and what grades are they in?
Saoirse, 7th grade and Ronan, 5th grade!
Do digraphs appear at the beginning or the end of a word?
They appear in both places!
How many vowel teams are there?
25!
Can words that use the 1-1-1 rule be more than one syllable?
Yes!
Example: Fluffy, picking, dredging, matching
How many syllables are in the word supersonic?
4
How do you spell my name?