Keyword
Sound Types
Syllables
Spelling Rules
Mystery
100

This is the keyword for the /ch/

chin or chair

100

If a vowel has a consonant behind it, what type of sound does it make?

Short because it is closed.

100

Name two of the six syllable types.

open, closed , r-controlled, consonant -le,  vowel team, diphthong

100

What is the FLOSZ rule?

1 syllable word, short vowel, ends with a f, l, s, or z---double the letter

stuff, smell, grass

100

Meaning of C & P in the acronym C.O.P.S.

What is capitalization and punctuation?

200

This letter of the alphabet has the keyword  "box".

What is x?

200

What three vowels go with "r" to make the "rrrr" sound?

ir, er, ur

200
The type of vowel produced in an open syllable.
What is long?
200

What two letters show past tense?  What sound can it make?

ed

/id/  /d/  /t/

200

What must we have in every syllable?

a vowel sound

300

The keyword for i_e.

bike

300
This is the phonogram oi, what sound does it make?

/oi/ like in coin


300

What type of vowel produced in a closed syllable.

 short

300

When do we use the "ck?"

End of a short word (single syllable) after a short vowel


300

Give me an example of a vowel team.

ea, ee, ai, ay, oa, oe

400

This is the keyword for the a_e.

cake

400

Name one welded sound: ie. "ing"

ang, ong, unk, ink, ank, unk

400

The code for an open syllable.

What is a macron?

400

What letter or letters are used to show "more than one"  or plural?

s  or es

400
What does the C mean in C.O.P.S.?

Capitalization

500

This is the keyword for -dge

bridge

500

What is the rule for the different sounds of "y?"

single syllable and y at the end says "I"

multiple syllables and the y at the end says "e"

500
The code for a closed syllable.
What is a breve?
500
How many sounds (phonemes) are in the word 

carted?

4

500

When we write a letter, where should we always start?

At the top