Closed or Exception
Vowel Teams
Digraphs and Blends
Suffixes
This or That
100

Is the word "molt" a closed syllable or exception? 

EXCEPTION

100

What is a vowel team? 

A vowel team is a spelling pattern that uses two or more letters to represent a single vowel sound.

100

Find the blend in the word: slippery

sl

100

Make the following word plural: batch

batches

100

Sock or Soc

SOCK

200

If a syllable has a short vowel and is followed immediately by a consonant, it is a/an __________. 

CLOSED SYLLABLE

200

Name at least 3 vowel teams. 

oy, ai, ay, ea, ee, ey, oi, au, aw

200

Find the digraph in the word: phone

ph

200

True or False:The suffix "ing" means happening now. For example: I am jumping. 

TRUE

200

Picknic or Picnic

PICNIC

300

Look at the following word: Boldly 

There are two syllables in the word. Is the first syllable closed or an exception? 

EXCEPTION

300

What is the vowel team in the name of this animal?

oa - for goat!

300

True or False: A digraph is when two or more consonants are joined together in a word and blend their sounds together. 

FALSE

300

Make the word plural: tree

TREES

300

Panic or Panick?

PANIC

400

True or False: 

A syllable is an exception to the closed syllable rule if it contains the following: -ild, -old, -olt, -ost, -ong, -ind

FALSE

400

Choose the correct spelling: 

rainbow or ranebow

RAINBOW

400

Find the blends and digraphs in the following word: clock

cl is a blend.

ck is a digraph. 

400

big, bigger, _____

BIGGEST

400

Tripping or Triping

Tripping

500
ca / bin = cabin


How many syllables? 

Which syllables are closed syllables? 

2 syllables

The second syllable is closed. 

500

What vowel team is used to spell the name of this bird? 

ou - for toucan! 

500

Find the trigraph in the following word: hatch

tch - A trigraph is three letters next to each other that make one sound. 

500

Name the three sounds that the suffix -ed makes. 

/t/ as in walked, /d/ as in yelled, /id/ as in twisted

500

Flossing or Flosing

FLOSSING