Silent Letters
Floss Rule
Magic E/oi/oy
Closed Syllable Exceptions
Miscellaneous
100

Name the silent letter in lambchop.

What is the letter b?

100

What rule is this?

It is a 1 syllable word.

It is a word with a short vowel.

The vowel is closed in by a double f, l or s.

The Floss Rule

100

The e is silent on the end of the word, and it makes the vowel say its long sound.  What rule is this? Examples:

bake, cake, bike, hike

Magic E Rule

100

A word with the following syllables

Find the most wild old colt and let him roll.

Name this phonics rule exception.

What is a closed vowel exception?

100

Name the TWO open syllable words below:

Go 

whistle

try

What are GO and TRY?  

200

Name the silent letter in 

spaghetti,

rhinoceros  and

rhombus

What is the letter h?

200

Find the Floss word:


boat, cross,  pizza

cross

200

Which word is a Magic E word?

Spring,  sweet,  hike 

What is hike?

200

What did the snowflakes say to their friends?

Let's stick together!

200

Tell the LCS’s theme this year.


 What is 

Seek First the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness?

300

Name Mrs.Nilson’s favorite color.


Name Mrs. D’s favorite color.

What is pink?


What is blue?

300

A cuddly, soft critter who lives at Mrs. Nilson's home?  (He has whiskers and a tail.)

 Beans

300

Which word describes a faithful dog?

intelligent, large  or loyal

What is loyal?

300

Finish this phonics rule that helps us to know when to use K or C:

”K takes letter i and e,


C takes the __________ ________.”

What is  “C takes the other three”?

A. O and U.


ketchup, kiss, kelp

cat, cot, cut

300

Finish this phonics phrase for double vowels-

"The first vowel does the talking...

"the second vowel does the walking."

(The first vowel says its name.)

400

Joke


What do you say to a rabbit on his birthday?

HOPPY Birthday!  

400

Show me a FLOSS word on your whiteboard.

Toss, moss, bliss, miss, frizz

400

Name a rhyming Magic E word:

He is a little TIKE.

 bike or like

400

With winter the temperatures make it 

_ _ _ _  outside.

What is cold?

400

This bird waddles when it walks and swims in the ocean in search of food.  A large group of these birds together is called a rookery.

What is the penguin?

500

Find the silent letter in each of these tools.

wrench

knife


What is W and K?

500

Why could the bicycle not stand up by itself?

The bike was two-tired!


Tire and tired have two different meanings.

Two and too have two different meanings.

500

The snowmen eat this for breakfast.....

What are frosted snowflakes? 

500

T or F. 

These words are Magic E exceptions.

give,  live

True!

500

Name the double vowel that you see in these words.


ferryboat

meatloaf

charcoal 

What is the oa vowel team?