Long VCC
These are tricky words endings because they change the sound of the vowel in the word.
What are the word ending OLD, ILD, OLT, OST.
What is different about the vowel sounds in the words that end in ILD, OLD, OLT and OST?
Most wild colts are bold and kind.
This is an example of the LONG VCC endings, where the vowel even though it is 'cut-off' by a consonant is pronounced long.
These endings don't follow the rules that apply to vowels in closed syllables.
What is different about words that tend in ILD, OLT, IND, OLD and OST?
Long VCC words
What words ending need to be remembered because they do not follow the rule that the vowel in closed syllables is a short syllable?