Homophones
Choose the correct homophone to fill in the blank.
"I have never seen _____ dog before."
Their
Which ending does the 'Sticks and Tails' rule apply to?
-le
Like 'apple' and 'table'
What's wrong with the following sentence?
"I went to see the doctor who work there but he was gone."
Subject-verb agreement
Comma
"I went to see the doctor who works there, but he was gone."
What is Syllable Division Rule 1?
One consonant in between the vowels
Move it to the end, if not a real word, move it the other way
Finish this phrase
"Magic 'e' makes the vowel before it _______"
Say its name
Finish this phrase:
"The _______ controls the sea."
Weather
Which ending does the 'Most Nuns Run Very Well' Rule apply to? What are the exceptions to the rule?
-el
Signal my Personal Animal
What's wrong with the following sentence?
"She usually goes to Dallas on Monday Wednesday and Friday "
Commas
Period
"She usually goes to Dallas on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."
Divide the word 'radish'
rad-ish
ang, ank, onk, and unk are all examples of what?
Unit syllables
They're, We're, and You're are all examples of...
Contractions
How do we know when to use the -al ending? Which letter before the ending can we look for?
When we have first ruled out -el and -le
'c'
What's wrong with the following sentence?
"What's your favorit type of anmail? Mine is a tiger."
Spelling
'Favorite'
'Animal'
Divide the word 'insect'. Which rule applies here? Why?
'in-sect'
Rule 2
My sister and are both good at math, but I'm better. Which word could I use to say this: then or than? What would that sentence look like?
Than
"I am better at math than my sister."
I want to refer to something that I'm going to do later today. Should I use the word 'then'?
Yes
Fill in the ending:
'Chlorine is a chemic__'
'Where is my tow__?'
'Don't pop the bubb__!'
-al
-el
-le
Your teacher asks you to spell the word _______, and you're not sure how it's spelled. What steps can you take?
Rectangle
Divide it into syllables
Look for unit syllables
Look at the ending
What is a digraph?
A digraph is two letters that count as one sound, like 'ck' 'sh' and 'th'
Fill in the blank:
"I need to call Anna to see ______ she's coming tonight or not."
Whether
Use the words 'too' and 'to' in a sentence.
Too--An excess of something
To--An adverb showing direction
Use the word the clinician gives you in a full sentence.
The word is 'animal'
Write the sentence given by the clinician.
"After we go to the park, we're going to the lake."
Divide the word 'hundred'. Which rule applies here?
Rule 3
Spell the word given by the clinician.
Magician