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b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,z
What are consonants?
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ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk
What are welded sounds?
100
gum-drop, chil-dren, pump-kin, prob-lem, hun-dred
What are words with welded sounds, blends, and digraphs that stay together when dividing syllables?
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/s/ as /z/
What is the sound of s between two vowels or as a suffix?
100
pi and hi
What are the one syllable words that are exceptions to y being used for long i at the end? (p. 81 IM)
200
a,e,i,o,u & sometimes y
What are vowels?
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ild, ind, old, ost, olt
What are closed syllable exceptions?
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until, expel, anvil, litmus, cactus, reef, leaf
What are multi-syllabic words that end in f,l, and s where there is no bonus letter?
200
give, live, olive, have, disruptive, impulsive
What are words with the v-e exception? (p. 75 IM)
200
rel-ish or re-lish; prot-ect or pro-tect
What is the rule where one must be flexible in deciding whether to close in or leave open the first syllable? (p. 82 IM)
300
f,l,s
What are double consonants?
300
wagon, oxen, Texas, basket, jacket, Boston, tonsil
What are words with the schwa sound? (All vowels can make the schwa sound in an unaccented syllable p. 64 IM).
300
gumdrop, children, pumpkin
What are words that are divided keeping the blend together? (usually in the second syllable as in hundred p. 66 IM).
300
twelve, solve, delve, shelve, value, dissolve, involve
What are closed syllable words with silent e following v? (v doesn't like to be last and never ends a word. p. 77 IM)
300
program, reflex, defend, declare
What are words that keep the blend in the second syllable because they begin with a prefix? (p. 82 IM)
400
th, sh, wh, ck
What are digraphs?
400
sunfish, catnip, cactus, tennis
What are words with syllables divided between two consonants?
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-ing, -ed
What are suffixes? (Word endings p. 70 IM).
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me, hi, me, no, pupil, flu, acorn,
What are words with open syllables? (p. 80 IM)
400
baby, pantry, jelly, lady, fifty
What are words that end with y sounded as long e because they're multi-syllabic? (p. 84 IM)
500
am, an
What are welded sounds with m and n, which distort the vowel sound?
500
bathmat, within, chitchat, mishmash, dishpan
What are words where the syllables are divided with digraphs staying together?
500
safe, rule, mule, snake, hope, cape, fate, tape, late, gobe
What are vowel consonant e words/syllables? (v-e)
500
cry, shy, sly, by, try, my, why
What are one syllable words that are spelled with y at the end with the y sounding like long i? (p. 81 IM)
500
bunny, penny, daddy, sunny
What are words that have one of its consonants doubled to make the vowel short? (p. 85 IM)
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