Phonemes
The number of phonemes in the word "spleen"
5
/er/
A macron is
long vowel sound
You divide the word "stampede"
between the letters m and p
AEMS stands for
All Elephants Must eat Snakes
the 4 quartiles of the dictionary
The number of phonemes in the word "migrate"
6
The letter combination igh
/i/
Syllables happen when
your mouth opens
includes a vowel
Take out the trash in "completes"
remove the "s"
it is a suffix
The quartile of the dictionary for the word "giraffe"
2
The number of phonemes in the word "kisses"
5
The vowel pair that is a sail
ai = a
A breve
short vowel sound
The vowel sound in "keep"
underline
they make one sound
long e
The letter "L" is in
the second quartile
Flame without /f/
lame
The vowel pair that is a tray
ay = /a/
Consonants are
sounds that close the mouth
the sounds are blocked by the tongue, teeth, or lips
VCE
long vowel
cross off the final e
the e is silent
Rapture is in
quartile 3
Master without /s/
matter
AR is a part of the group
Vowel R
Vowels are
sounds that open the mouth
the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y
The vowel sound in "basin"
2 syllables
ba = open syllable - long vowel sound
sin = closed syllable - short vowel sound
Guide words
the two words at the top of the page
the first and last words on the page