No word in the English language can end in the letter v. What does a word end in if you hear the /v/ sound?
100
superb, terrific, wonderful
What is another word you can use for "good"?
100
/z/
What sound does s make besides /s/?
200
The fat vowels are: a, o, u
The skinny vowels are: e, i, y
What are the fat & skinny vowels?
200
sad
Jason was in a "somber" mood when he heard the bad news. What does the word somber mean in the sentence?
200
a, e, i, o, u
What are the short vowel sounds?
300
CVC (consonant vowel consonant)
What is one of the seven syllable types, where the final consonant shuts the door on the short vowel?
300
noun
What is a person, place, or thing called?
300
c goes before the fat vowels (a, o, u)
k goes before the skinny vowels (e, i, y)
It helps you to know when to use a c or k when spelling a word.
What is the beginning /k/ spelling rule? How does it help you?
300
There indicates a place as in, "I live here not there." It is the opposite of here.
Their is the possessive of they, as in "They live there but it isn't their house." Here you want to indicate that the house belongs to them.
They're means: they are
What is the difference between there and their?
What does they're mean?
300
- - - - -
a e i o u
What are the long vowel sounds?
400
Vowel consonant e (VCe)
What is one of the 7 syllable types where the silent e at the end of a word bounces back 2 spaces and and zaps the previous vowel to say it's name?
400
Proper noun
What is specific person, place, or thing called?
400
Double it.
Jeff will pass Buzz.
If you have a 1 syllable word with a short vowel (needs protection) that ends in f, l, s, or z....what do you do to the final f,l,s,z?
What sentence helps you remember this rule?
400
A suffix is a letter, or group of letters, that is added to the end of word that can change the meaning of the word.
What is a suffix?
400
Digraph
What are 2 letters put together that make 1 new sound and you cannot separate them when you see them in a word?
500
verb
What shows the action of a sentence? (run, jump, think)
500
It makes the /s/ sound.
city, cycle, cent
What happens to a the letter c when it is used before a skinny vowel? Give an example of a word with soft c.
500
-ing
(Action going on)
What is the suffix in the word thinking? What does the suffix mean?