Sounds
These sounds are voiced and unblocked.
What are vowel sounds?
This syllable has complete meaning and does not need another syllable.
What is a baseword?
This stroke begins at the baseline and stops at the midline.
What is a short swing up?
A code for a vowel when it is followed by a consonant. A closed syllable.
What is a breve?
During this step in spelling, each sound is given as the student repeats and writes the letter.
What is sound by sound?
These sounds are blocked by the lips, teeth, tongue, or throat and can be voiced OR unvoiced.
What are consonant sounds.
This syllable needs another syllable to make it a word with meaning.
What is a detached syllable?
This approach stroke pushes up to the midline and rounds down.
What is a push up over and go?
Coarticulating only as far as the vowel in a syllable. This could be the first sound, or a consonant sound PLUS the vowel.
What is blending through the vowel?
During this step in spelling, a syllable is given and the student must unbend the sounds by using this multisensory procedure.
What is tap it out?
When you see these marks around a letter, / /, you are to say this.
What is the sound of the letter?
This is a group of sounds said with one push of the breath, or one beat.
What is a syllable?
This stroke begins at the baseline and stops at the top line?
What is a long swing up?
This represents an unaccented sound when 'a' is all by itself and says /uh/.
What is a letter 'a' with a dot over it?
During this step in spelling, a whole word is given. The word is repeated and then unblended while writing in cursive.
What is sound spell?
Every sound has this to unlock the sound.
What is a keyword?
Every syllable must contain one of these.
What is a vowel?
This approach stroke starts at the base line and curves up to the midline?
What is a curve up over and stop?
When reading a drill page, sentences, or stories, these are the directions given to the student.
What is code and read?
After spelling a word, you must finish with this step.
What is code and read?
When these two letters are together, they make one sound.
What is a double or twin consonant?
A syllable that has one vowel followed by one or more consonants.
What is a closed syllable?
These are the names for the three lines in handwriting.
What is the baseline, midline, and top line?
This mark tells you to take a breath when you are reading.
What is a comma?
When teaching the letter k, attention is brought to this letter to set the stage for teaching a spelling rule when you teach c.
What is the letter I?