Schwa
away, amaze, ago are examples of what schwa rule
words starting with an A then a consonant can sound like a schwa
When is the letter Y a consonant and give me an example of a word containing Y as a consonant.
When it is at the beginning of a word
yellow, yes, yam
Give me a word with two syllable using
Decoding Skill 1. One must run.
The word must have two working vowels with one consonant between the two working vowels or one consonant blend between the two working vowels.
behave delay refrain recent robot
Using the list of adjacent vowels below. Which 3 pairs can begin a word?
ay ea oa ue ie ai
ea in eat
oak in oak tree
ai in aim
which two words below contain special vowel combinations -
tilt wild molt milk whisk mist
special vowel families for O and I
wild molt
-old & -olt & -ost
-ild & -ind
tuna, extra, sofa, zebra are examples of what schwa rule
words ending with an A after a consonant
When is the letter Y a vowel that sounds the short sound of the letter /i/ and give me a word where the letter y sounds like the short letter /i/.
In phonetic skill 1 & 2 words where y is a vowel
pyx, cyst, gym, crypt, etc...
Give me a word with two syllable using
Decoding Skill 2. Two must split.
The word must have two working vowels with two consonant between the two working vowels or one consonant & a consonant blend between the two working vowels.
explain candy dictate subject hundred
Give me a word where the letter Y is a silent vowel and spell the word.
Any word that contains Phonetic Skill 5 with Y as the second vowel.
pray, stay, play, tray, say, etc...
The third sound and the most common sound of the letters GH is silent. However, the letter I followed by GH makes a special vowel combination. Give me a word with the IGH special vowel combination and spell the word.
Special vowel combinations with IGH
sigh, thigh, nigh
sight, right, might
legal, total, fiscal are words containing the schwa sound for what rule?
words ending with an AL or EL
When is the letter Y a vowel that sounds like the long sound of the letter /i/ and give me a word that uses the letter y sounding like the long letter /i/.
In phonetic skill 3 & 4 words where y is a vowel
type, shy, try, hype
or words that follow the NFL rule
deny, rely, satisfy
Where would you break apart the word kingdom?
ING is special vowel combination, so it will stay together. Thus the split will be
king - dom
Give me a word that has a Z as the letter and spell the word.
Note: Remember the San Francisco Zoo rule.
Almost any English word spelled with a Z at the end is a short one syllable word and has two ZZ's
jazz, fuzz, fizz, razz, buzz
exceptions: quiz, whiz
Give me two words with two different special vowel combinations where the special vowel combination makes a long /e/ sound; however, the word is spelled with the vowel I
ink - sink, wink, shrink
ing- trying, lying, ring, sing
why do we say that -LE is lonely and always needs a friend? And give me one word that follows this rule.
because most words ending in -LE will always take the consonant before the -LE like the words
bible, temple, humble, gentle
When is the letter Y a vowel that sounds the long sound of the letter /e/ and give me a word where the letter y sounds like the long letter /e/.
When Y ends a multisyllable word that does not follow the NFL rule
candy, happy, quickly, Betsy
how many syllables and where do you break the following word.
accumulation
5 syllables
mark the vowels & take off the suffix & the first C is silent. It is there to make the short /a/ sound.
ac cu mu la tion
Give me a word that ends with the sound of /J/ and spell the word.
Note: English words do not end with the consonants J(or V.) They end with a silent E.
To make the /J/ sound at the end of an english word use -ge or -dge
cage, bridge, age, wedge, stage, edge
Give the present tense and irregular past tense of the same verb where BOTH the present tense and the past tense are examples of special vowel combinations.
present tense irregular past tense
sing sang or sung
ring rang or rung
sink sank or sunk
What two letter consonants are the exception to lonely -LE rule? And give me one word that is an example of that exception.
The letter CK combination is sealed together and will not be split even if it comes before a word ending in -LE
tackle, pickle, freckle
What is the NFL rule as it applies to the letter Y as a vowel? And give me an example of a word that follows the NFL rule.
The NFL rule is: When Y ends a multisyllable word that
1) is a verb (shows action)
2) and has the letter N or the letter F or the letter L before the Y
deny, identify, apply
How many syllables does this word have and where do you break the word?
needle
The word ends with -le and any word ending in -le makes the schwa sound and is very, very lonely.
-le needs a friend more than than decoding skill 2
nee dle
Give me an english word where the /K/ sound at the word is spelled with the letter C.
Note: Very few words have the /k/ sound spelled with a C. all words ending in C have the letter I before the C.
The few words that are spelled with the last letter C-
Aaronic, attic, magic, comic, music, logic, cubic, prophetic...
Give me word that has a special vowel combination where the letter A does not follow the phonetic skill 2. Instead the letter A makes a long /a/ sound.
special vowel combinations for the long /a/ sound
ang - sang, rang ank - bank, thank
ange - strange, range aste - paste, waste