Spelling Rules
Grapheme Names
Affixes
Syllable Patterns
Reading Rules
100

F(o)(i) is spelled...

What is diphthong oy 
100

These graphemes are all examples of a...? (diphthong, digraph, trigraph, or final stable syllable)


oi, oy, ou, ow 

What is a diphthong

100

What affix is in this derivative?

subway

What is prefix sub- ?

100

The syllable pattern in the word napkin is... (VCCV, VCV)

What is a VCCV syllable pattern? 

100

[tion is read...

What is (sh)(u)(n)?

200

[(sh)(u)(n) is spelled...

What is final stable syllable tion 

200

These graphemes are all examples of a...? (diphthong, digraph, trigraph, or final stable syllable)


dge, igh

What is a trigraph?

200

What affix is in this derivative?

greedy

What is -y ?

200

The syllable pattern in the word tulip is...(VCCV, VCV)

What is the VCV syllable pattern?

200

a before l is read...

(au) 
300

What derivative rule would be used for make + -ing? (just add, doubling, dropping)

What is the dropping rule? (bw ends in a consonant silent e) 
300

These graphemes are all examples of a...? (diphthong, digraph, trigraph, or final stable syllable)

ea, oa, oe, ue, ow

What is a digraph?

300

-s vs. -es. Why is -es used instead of -s to make a word plural?

What when a word ends in a hissing sound ((ch), (sh), (s)), -es is used to make it plural? 

300

Where would we divide the syllables in the VCV word fever?(before the consonant or after the consonant)

What is we would divide the VCV word fever before the consonant? (make the first vowel long)

300

g before e or i is read...

(j)

400

What derivative rule would you use to spell tap + -ed? (just add, doubling, dropping)

What is the doubling rule? (bw ends in an accented one vowel, one consonant) 

400

These graphemes are all examples of a...? (diphthong, digraph, trigraph, or final stable syllable)


tion, sion 

What is a final stable syllable? 

400

What prefix means to remove, out of, and reduce?

What is prefix de-?

400

Where would we divide the syllables in the VCCV word program?(between the consonants or before the consonant)

What is we would divide the VCCV word program before the consonant? (make the first vowel long)

400

If you have a short vowel sound before a consonant sound and final stable syllable [sion, [sion is read...((v)(c)'[sion = ?) 

What is [sion is read (sh)(u)(n)

500

(vv), (C) F(j) is spelled...

What is ge

500
ow is considered to be both a __ and a ___. (digraph, trigraph, final stable syllable, diphthong)

What is a dipthong and a digraph? 

500

What suffix means like, how, and when? 

What is consonant suffix -ly? 

500

Where would we divide the syllables in the VCV word vivid?(before the consonant or after the consonant)

What is we would divide the VCV word vivid after the consonant? (to make the first vowel short)

500
The word cuter is read...

What is cuter? (long u, due to the dropping rule (base word is cute)). 

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