Welded Sounds
Digraphs
Closed Syllable Exceptions
Bonus Letters
Blends
100
letters grouped together because their sound is slightly different
What is a welded sound?
100
When two consonants make one sound
What is a digraph?
100
ild, ind, olt, ost, old
What are the closed syllable exceptions?
100
f, l, s & z
What are the four bonus letters?
100
st, pl, tr, mp, sl, br, nd, dr
What are examples of common blends?
200
am, ink, ung, all
What are examples of welded sounds?
200
ch, ck, sh, th, wh
What are examples of some digraphs?
200
rule-breaker
What is another word for exception?
200
when f, l, s or z come at the end of a one syllable word just after a short vowel sound
What is the rule for when to use a bonus letter?
200
When two consonants are next to each other in one syllable but are not a digraph
What is a blend?
300
box in the letters
What is the proper way to mark up a welded sound?
300
ck
What is the digraph that ONLY comes at the end of a one syllable word just following a short vowel sound?
300
most
What is a sample word with a closed syllable exception?
300
a star over the second letter
What is the proper way to mark up a bonus letter?
300
Underline each consonant separately
What is the proper way to mark up a blend?
400
bank
What is the keyword for ank?
400
wh
What is the digraphs that ONLY comes at the beginning of a word?
400
underline the word, put a small c under the line, put a short line over the vowel, cross out the small c
What is the proper way to mark up a closed syllable exception?
400
sniff, kiss, fuzz, will, smell, fluff
What are examples of words with bonus letters?
400
nch, shr, thr
What are examples of digraph blends?
500
e
What is one vowel not in a welded sound?
500
underlined with one line
What is the way that digraphs are marked up?
500
use context clues in the sentence
What is the way to know how to pronounce words that are both closed syllables and closed syllable exceptions (like: wind) when they are not marked up?
500
fizzles
What is the funny words that can remind you of the four bonus letters?
500
scr, spr, spl, str, mpt
What are examples of three-letter-blends?
M
e
n
u