Pronunciation
Pronounce this word: inflammatory
inflammatory
Open syllables get this
A macron
e drops the chin
i makes you grin
What so all of these letter pairs have in common: wr, kn, mb, gn?
They each have a silent letter.
Finish this card....au
Saucer /au/
Pronounce this word: pneumonia
pneumonia
Closed syllables get this
A breve
The most common spelling of /shun/
tion
The eigh 8 /a/ rule is in what family?
Special Situations
Finish this card: ui......
Suit /oo/
Pronounce this word: writhing
writhing
The "uh" sound gets this
A scwha dot
When you are dropping a letter and adding a suffix, it's the letter most frequently dropped.
e
True or False: Every vowel can make the schwa sound.
True
What is a phoneme?
The individual sounds in a word
Pronounce this word: kneeling
kneeling
This consonant can be pronounced /s/ and /z/
s
Name this rule: when you have a one syllable word that is short, and ends in f, l, or s, you double that consonant.
The floss rule
How do the greeks spell /f/?
ph
False
Pronounce this word: fortunate
fortunate
The most common place to break a word into syllables
Between the first two consonants
If you don't know how something should be spelled, this is a great strategy.
Spell it several different ways
Pronounce the 3 different ch cards and what county they come from.
ch /ch/ English
ch /sh/ French
ch /k/ Greek
Pronounce this word: antiestablishment
antiestablishment