End of Unit Game

A - rules

100

What is ck rule?

short - short

200

Give 2 examples of ck spelling rule.

back    neck    pick    sock    luck

300

The f, l, or s at the ________ of the word must be touching ________ short vowel.

ONE

400

Why is it called the FLS rule?

It applies to the letters f, l, and s.

500

What FLS word fits in the sentence?

The teachers eat in the _______room at lunch.

staff

C-K-CK Spelling

100

Which spelling of /k/ is used before a (t) at the end of words?

(c)

duct

construct

product

200

-ck is at the end of 1-syllable words if there is ________ short ________ touching the /k/ sound.

one

vowel

300

There are exceptions like words that end with -et or compound words. Can you think of a word with (ck) in the middle because of this?

jacket

racket

backpack

jackhammer

400

Can you think of two words that follow the -ck spelling generalization?

black

sack

Jack

smack

hack

500

What is more common in spelling multisyllabic words?

(c), (k), or (ck)

c is more common

C

100

k / c / ck 

ki ___

kick

200

c / k / ck

sna _ e

snake

300

c / k / ck

mil _

milk

400

c / k / ck

chi __ en

chicken

500

c / k / ck

ro __ et

rocket

D

100

c / k / ck

pa __ et

packet

200

Where do you split this word? How did you know?

stifle

sti / fle

The (f) has to go with the consonant-le

300

True or false: Consonant-le is always the final syllable in a word.

True, its a final stable syllable

400

How do you know if the vowel is open in the first syllable or closed? 

If two consonants are in between the vowels, split them. One consonant has to close in the first syllable so its short vowel and one syllable has to start the consonant-le syllable.

500

Why is castle a consonant-le exception? 

Hint: there are two silent letters in the word

The (t) is silent but still needs to be there for that syllable type.

E - suffixes

100

The suffix for past tense

~ed

200

The suffix for continuous tense

~ ing

300

The suffix for plural nouns

 Add 's' or 'es'

400

The suffixes for 3rd person present tense

Add s: May plays online games in her room.

Add s: May watches TV every night.

500

Tell me what this suffix says on these words: Why?

Trusted

Founded

Surrounded

Insisted

They end in a t or d so the -ed says /id/