Phonics
What is the digraph in this word?
crash
What is 'sh'?
Which word in this sentence should have a capital letter?
christmas is on December 25th.
What is Christmas?
Christmas is on December 25th.
The first letter of the first word of a sentence should begin with a capital letter.
December is capitalized because it is a proper noun and the name of a month.
After which word, should there be a question mark?
Are you hungry
What is hungry?
It should be written as:
Are you hungry?
What is the word and what is the welded sound?
string
What is string (ing)?
Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?
bed
What is closed with a short e vowel sound.
What are the two digraphs in this word?
photograph
What are 'ph'?
What sound does 'ph' make?
What word should have a capital letter at the beginning of the word?
tomorrow is Wednesday, December 18th.
What is Tomorrow?
Tomorrow is Wednesday, December 18th.
Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.
What is the proper punctuation at the end of this sentence.
How many wolves did you see today
What is ? (question mark)
How many wolves did you see today?
What is the word and the welded sound?
bling
What is bling (ing)?
Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?
so
What is open syllable. The o is a long vowel sound.
What two digraphs are in this word?
check
What are ch and ck?
Digraphs have two letters, but only one sound.
Is this word singular or plural?
wolves
What is plural?
Plural means 2 or more.
Wolf would be singular or would mean only 1 wolf.
Other examples of words where the f changes to a v for the plural version of the word are:
shelf - shelves
half - halves
elf - elves
self - selves
Is the word singular or plural?
house
What is singular?
Singular means only one.
Houses would mean more than one house.
What is the word and the welded sound?
strong
What is strong (ong)?
Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?
cake
What is vowel-consonant-e or magic-e. The a is a long vowel sound with a silent e at the end of the word.
What is the digraph in this word?
think
What is 'th'?
What word is improperly capitalized in this sentence?
I saw three Wolves.
What is wolves?
This is a common noun and does not need to be capitalized.
Common names do not name something specific.
Proper names name something specific, such as a person, place, event, or thing.
Christmas - name of a specific holiday
Sam - name of a specific person
Spanish or French - name of a language
common noun (church) - (proper noun) Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church is the name of a specific church.
What punctuation should come at the end of the sentence?
The children will ride the bus to school
What is a period (.).
The children will ride the bus to school.
A period is used at the end of a sentence when it is stating information.
What is the word and the welded sound?
strung
What is strung (ung)?
Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?
not
What is closed? The o is a short vowel sound.
What is the last sound of this word?
books
What is /s/?
What word needs correct capitalization?
Today is thursday, December 16, 2019
What is Thursday?
Thursday should be capitalized because it is a proper noun that names a specific day of the week.
December is also a proper noun because it names a specific month of the year.
What punctuation should be at the end of this sentence?
I just won a new car
What is an exclamation mark?
I just won a new car!
This is a statement with strong emotion.
Examples could be: Get out! There is a fire!
What is the word and the welded sound?
thank
What is thank (ank)?
Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?
note
What is vowel-consonant-e? The o is a long vowel sound because of the silent e at the end of the word.