Sounds
These sounds are voiced and unblocked.
What are vowel sounds?
This syllable has complete meaning and does not need another syllable.
What is a baseword?
This stroke begins at the baseline and stops at the midline.
What is a short swing up?
A code for a vowel when it is followed by a consonant.
What is a breve?
During this step in spelling, you are given the sound of each word.
What is sound by sound?
These sound are blocked by the lips, teeth, tongue, or throat. They can be voiced OR unvoiced.
What are consonant sounds?
This syllable needs another syllable to make it a word with meaning.
What is a detached syllable?
This approach stroke pushes the vowel up the midline and goes over.
What is a push up over and go?
Reading only as far as the vowel in a syllable. This could be the first sound, or a consonant sound PLUS a vowel.
What is blend up through the vowel?
During this step in spelling, you are given a syllable and you must tap out of the sounds of the syllable with your non-writing hand.
What is sound tapping?
When you see these marks around a letter (/k/) you are to say this.
What is the sound of a letter?
This is a group of sounds said with one push of a breath (or a clap). There must always be a vowel in it.
What is a syllable?
This stroke begins at the baseline and stops at the top line.
What is a long swing up?
This letter says /u/ when it is by itself in a phrase or a sentence.
What is the letter 'a' with a dot over it?
During this step in spelling, you are given a word. You say the word and then sound each letter while writing in cursive.
What is sound spelling?
Every sound has this to unlock the sound.
What is a keyword?
Every syllable must contain one of these.
What is a vowel?
This approach stroke starts at the baseline and curves up to the midline.
What is a curve up over stop?
This is when you code the letters in the word with the proper marks and read the word with the proper sounds that match your coding.
What is code and read?
After spelling a word, you must finish with this step.
What is code and read?
When these two letters are together, they make one sound.
What is a double consonant?
A syllable that has one vowel followed by a consonant?
What is a closed syllable?
These are the names for three lines in handwriting.
What is the baseline, midline, and topline?
This mark tells you to take a breath when you are reading.
What is a comma?
This is the response you need to give when given the sound /k/.
K before i ....
C before ....