Spelling Rules
What does "C" stand for in COPS?
Capitalization
What are consonants and vowels?
Consonants = Any sound using your teeth, tongue, or lips.
Vowels: Sound made with an open mouth.
What is the base word for cats?
Cat.
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Tap the word BLISS
4 taps
What does the "O" stand for in COPS?
Organization/Order
What are welded or glued sounds?
Which word contains a suffix?
1. Foxes
2. Dog
3. Cat
4. Frog
1. Foxes
What is underlined in a sentence frame?
The subject
What is the name for the green tiles?
Welded/Glued Sounds
What does the "P" stand for in COPS?
Punctuation
What is a digraph?
Two consonants that make one sound.
What are some examples of sight words?
Is, the, for
What do we put 4 mountains underneath?
The action/verb
What is a suffix?
The added ending to a word?
What does the "S" stand for in COPS?
Spelling
What sound makes the buddy letter?
"Qu"
The girl believed she heard a monster under her bed.
Believed
What does each mountain answer?
1. Where 2. When 3. How 4. Why
How many sounds can /s/ make?
two - s and z
What is the bonus letter rule?
s, l, f get two letters at the end if only one vowel in the sentence
What is a closed syllable?
When a vowel is closed in by consonants.
What are the mountains in this sentence?
The puppy barked loudly all night in her crate because she needed to go outside.
When = at night
Why = Because she needed to go outside
How = loudly
Is this word a closed syllable? CAT
Yes
What is a breve?
The note we put above a short vowel closed in between two consonants (e.g., cat)