Vowel Sounds
Is the vowel sound in the word "cat" short or long? What is the vowel sound?
Short, /a/
What digraph do you hear in the beginning of the word "whale"?
Wh
What are the people/animals in a story called?
Characters
What are 2 things every sentence needs to have?
A capital letter at the beginning and punctuation at the end.
What is the opposite of go? Spell the word.
Stop
Which is the correct spelling? Floet, float, flote
Float
What digraph do you hear in the word "dolphin"?
ph
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
What is a noun? Give me an example.
A person, place, or thing
What is an adjective? Give me an example.
A word that describes a noun
What are the two most common ways to identify a long vowel sound?
Magic/silent e and vowel teams
What is the initial blend in the word "brown"?
br
What is the main idea of a story?
What the story is about
What is a verb? Give me an example.
An action word
What are the 4 seasons?
Summer, fall, winter, spring
Which is the correct spelling? Rainbow, ranebow, raynbow
Rainbow
If you took away the initial blend in the word "plant" what new word would you have?
ant
If we were going to write a story about our day today, what would be the setting of our story?
School
When should you use an exclamation mark?
When you are excited/yelling
What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Fiction is make-believe, non-fiction is real
What sound does /ow/ make? Give me an example of a word using this sound.
Long o, snow, blow, show, grow, throw, etc.
What is the difference between a digraph and a blend?
A digraph makes one sound and a blend makes two sounds
Name two story elements.
Characters, setting, problem, solution, main events (beginning, middle, end)
Which is the correct spelling? Beachs, beaches, beachies
Beaches
What is the opposite of inside? Spell the word.
Outside