CVC
What does CVC stand for?
Consonant–Vowel–Consonant
What does the silent e usually do to the vowel in a word?
It makes the vowel say its name (long vowel sound).
What is a syllable?
A word part with one vowel sound.
What is a compound word?
Two smaller words joined together to make one word.
What is a root word?
A base word with no prefix or suffix added.
Which word follows the CVC pattern?
A. cat
B. cake
C. rain
What is cat?
Change “hop” to a VCe word.
What is hope?
How many syllables are in “napkin”?
What is 2?
What two words make up “sunset”?
What are sun + set?
What is the root word in “jumping”?
What is jump?
What vowel sound do CVC words usually have?
What is a short vowel sound?
Which word follows the VCe pattern?
A. kit
B. kite
C. kick
What is kite?
Divide “robot” into syllables.
What is ro / bot?
Is “basketball” a compound word? Explain.
Yes. It is made from basket + ball.
What is the root word in “replay”?
What is play?
Is “basket” a CVC word? Explain why or why not.
Yes. It is a multisyllabic CVC word.
Why does “have” not follow the normal VCe long vowel rule?
Because some words are exceptions; the silent e does not make the vowel long.
How many syllables are in “fantastic”?
What is 3? (fan / tas / tic)
Create a compound word using “rain.”
Possible answers: raincoat, rainbow, rainfall, etc.
Add a suffix to “hope.”
Possible answers: hopeful, hoping, hopeless.
Which syllable in “magnet” follows the CVC pattern?
What is “mag”?
Identify the VCe syllable in the word “complete.”
What is “plete”?
Which syllable type is “cake”?
What is VCe (vowel-consonant-e)?
Is “comfortable” a compound word? Why or why not?
No. Even though it looks like comfort + able, able is actually a suffix.
What is the root word in “careless”?
What is care?