Sound Options
sion or tion?
Trigraphs
Contractions
Mrs. Ferraro
100

Scoop and label each syllable:

advice

magic

recent


ad vice

mag ic

re cent

100

Which spelling is correct?

emotion or emosion

emotion

100

What is a trigraph?

Give an example of a trigraph

three letters that make ONE sound

tch or dge

100

What does the contraction who's stand for?

WHO IS

100

Which team is Mrs. Ferraro rooting for to win the World Series?

YANKEES!

200

Scoop and label each syllable:

glance

ledge

dodge

glance

ledge

dodge

200

Which spelling is correct?

explotion or explosion

explosion

200

Which type of vowel always comes before a trigraph?

Short vowel

200

What does the contraction hasn't stand for?

HAS NOT

200

What is Mrs. Ferraro's favorite food?

ITALIAN

300

What sound does ph make in the word dolphin?

f

300

Which spelling is correct?

devotion or devosion

devotion

300

TRUE OR FALSE?


The trigraph dge always makes the /j/ sound



TRUE

300

Give the contraction for THEY ARE

THEY'RE

300

Which town does Mrs. Ferraro live in? 

Three Village- Stony Brook

400

What sound does dge make in the word judge?

j

400

Which spelling is correct?

ignition or ignision?

ignition

400

TRUE OR FALSE?

The trigraph tch makes the /c/ sound

FALSE

It makes the /ch/ sound

400

Give the contraction for YOU HAVE

YOU'VE

400

What was Mrs. Ferraro's favorite soda flavor as a kid?

NOTE: soda is BAD for you!!

Root Beer

500

What vowels come after c and g to change the sound to SOFT C or SOFT G?

e, i or y

500

Which spelling is correct?

promotion or promosion

promotion

500

How does a trigraph get marked?


Give a word with a trigraph

and an example of how to mark it 

itch

ditch

patch

ridge

edge

500

Give the contraction for COULD NOT

couldn't

500

Is Mrs. Ferraro a "morning person" or a "night person"?

Morning!