Becoming a Spellographer
All the letters in English
What is the Alphabet
Speech Sounds
What are phonemes
How many blends are in the word: twist
What is 2 (beginning and ending blend)
What is a C
When spelling the sound /kw/ us these two letters
What is qu
Vowels
What are: A E I O U and sometimes Y
Vowel sounds
What are open sounds
How many blends are in the word: tap
What is 0: There are no blends in the word tap, all the letters make their own individual sounds.
What is C
Example: cl (clock,) cr (craft,) scr (scram)
How do you know when to use an x or a cks at the end of a word
What is if a word is singular, use an X, or if a word is plural, use a cks
Pictures representing words
What are pictographs
Some consonant sounds like the sounds of /t/, /p/, /k/
What are stops
Speech sounds in a spoken syllable
When spelling the /k/ sound after a stressed short vowel or in a one-syllable word use a
What is ck
Example: back, clock, neck, stuck
What are 3 different endings to words to make them plural
What is add an S, ES, or IES
Complex picture symbols representing words
What are ideographs
What are: /w/, /y/, /r/, /l/, or /ng/
What is a consonant blend
What is C
Example: campus, commit, custom
Words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings are called
What are homophones
The word alphabet is represented by these two Greek words:
Words such as: work, toil, love, care, sleep, fatherhood, sad, joke and water come from what language which was in 1066 A.D.
What is Old English or Anglo-Saxon
Words with one syllable that end in (________) usually double the final letter (Hint: 3 consonant letters)
What is F, L, and S
When spelling the sound /k/ before the vowels: e, i, or y, use a
What is K
Example: kennel, kiss, keg
*Parts of words that come at the beginning of root words
What are suffixes and prefixes