Unit 1
What sounds like /k/?
c, k, ck
What are the ways to spell the sound /er/?
-ir, -er, -ur
Two vowels together that represent one sound are this kind of syllable.
double vowel syllable
These double vowel combinations can be used to spell the long e sound.
-ee, -ea, and -ey
-oi and -oy make this sound.
/oy/
Mark the word brush
-Syllable type
-Blends and digraphs
blend: br
digraph: sh
closed syllable
What letters are bonus letters?
f, l, s, sometimes z
These two double vowel combinations make the sound /a/.
ai and ay
This double vowel spelling of long e is used at the end of words.
-ey
This spelling of the sound of /oy/ is usually used in the middle of words.
-oi
Mark the word crunch
-Syllable type
-Blends and digraphs
blend: cr
digraph blend: nch
closed syllable
When do we use buddy letters?
At the end of a syllable after a short vowel
This double vowel combination for /a/ is usually used at the end of words.
What is -ay?
This is the way you spell the long e sound in an open syllable.
e or y
This /oy/ sound would be used to spell all of these words. enj--, j--ful, t--, tomb--, destr--
-oy
What is a closed syllable?
When a vowel is closed in by consonants and it makes a short vowel sound
This spelling of /er/ would make these all real words: st--, ch--p, sh--t, th--sty, d--ty
-ir
This spelling is used to spell the sound /a/ in a vowel-consonant-e syllable.
a-e
These trick words rhyme.
use - used
one - done
knew - know
one and done
This suffix is added to the end of an adjective to compare 3 or more things.
-est
When do you use k for a /k/ sound?
Before e, i, y
This /er/ word describes a kind of handwriting learned in third grade.
cursive
When two words are spelled different ways, have different meanings, but sound the same.
(for example mane/main, tail/tale)
homophone
These are the 3 sounds of the suffix ed.
/d/, /t/, /id/
This syllable type has a single vowel that is closed in by a consonant and the vowel says its name.
closed syllable exception