Vowels
short a
/a/ as in apple
Y
/y/ as in yo-yo
e-r
/er/
sat
closed
consonant
Any letter that's not a vowel
long u
CK
/k/ as in sock
ing
/ing/
branch
closed
blend
2 or 3 letters that keep their sound
ee
/e/ and eel
TR
/tr/ as in truck
3 sounds of ed
/id/, /d/, /t/
me
open
digraph
two consonants that make one sound
ou- both sounds
/ou/ as in house and /u/ as in touch
chr
/chr/ as in christmas
What's the suffix in richness
/ness/
stripe
long vowel silent e
vowel team
2 vowels together that make 1 sound
ar
/ar/ as in car
wr
/r/ as in wrist
What's the suffix in movement?
ment
staple
consonant-Le
when a c or g is soft
When it is followed by e,i, or y