Blends &
Digraph Blends
Adjectives, conjunctions
& The Schwa
Decoding Skills
& Proving Words
Sentence Structure, punctuation
& capitalization
Many Jobs of Y
Suffixes & Sounds
100

Name all 7 of the R-blends

What are br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr?

100

An adjective does this job

What is describes a noun or pronoun?

100

Decode the following word:

jump

What is:  

100

Correct this sentence:

someday i whant too see mount rushmore

What is:  Someday, I want to see Mount Rushmore.  ?

100

Identify the suffixes: 

As I was sitting on a park bench, reading my book, a tall, handsome man walked by and handed me a cell phone and told me that I needed to call the bosses that were listed in the contacts list.

What are: sitting, reading, walked, handed, needed bosses, listed, contacts  ?

200

There are 2 extra blends - do you know them?

What are dw & tw?

200

A conjunction does this job

What is link words, thoughts, or complete sentences together?

200

Decode these words: 

hand     boat      black   

What is:  ?

200

Correct this sentence: 

groundhog day is february 2 every year and is followed by presidents day on the third monday of february

What is: Groundhog Day is February 2nd every year, and is followed by President's Day on the third Monday of February.  ?

200

Gh sometimes has this sound at the end of the word.

What is:  /f/ ?

Example: laugh, slough

300

Identify ALL the digraph blends in the following:

When you want to know which church to choose, share your thoughts with your bishop, preacher, pastor or chaplain.

What are ..When you want to know which church to choose, share your thoughts with the bishop, preacher, pastor or chaplain. (13 digraphs)

300

This is the sound of the short u, /u/ at the beginning, middle or end of a word that isn't represented by the letter u.

What is the Schwa?

300

Decode the words in this sentence: 

My dog is my best friend.

What is: ?

300

Correct this sentence: 

got a new car my family because the old car was stolen

What is:  My family got a new car, because the old car was stolen.  ?

300

Listen for the jobs of Y in the sentence: 

"Yikes!! I thought I saw something in the trees. Good thing Bigfoot is only a myth."

What is: Yikes = /y/ - yuh

              only = /e/ - eee

              myth = /i/ - short i  ?

400

In this sentence, correctly label voiced or voiceless:

The thick, fur of these Huskies keeps them warm in the winter.

What is the - voiced, thick - voiceless, these - voiced, them - voiced?

400

Label the adjectives, conjunctions & schwa's in the following sentence:  Since I won the lottery, I'm dreaming of building a large, fancy adobe-style house with a beautiful courtyard in the center of it, for all my kids and family members.

 

What are adjectives = large, fancy, adobe-style, beautiful. Conjunctions = since, for, and. Schwa = adobe?

400

Decode these multi-syllabic words:

haven     junction     believe

What is:  ?

400

Add in all the punctuation that is necessary:

Are you going to town I might need a ride if my car doesnt start can you pick me up too

What is:  Are you going to town?  I might need a ride if my car doesn't start. Can you pick me up too?  ?

400

When the vowel i comes before gh, the sound is this.

What is:  the i is long and the gh is silent ?

Example:  high, sigh, night

500

Name all the types of blends & digraph blends

What are l-blends, r-blends, s-blends & 2 extra blends - (dw & tw). The digraph blends are ch, wh, sh, th & ph?

500

Identify the adjectives, conjunctions & schwa's in the following: Because I didn't approve of the lengthy agenda, I will be leaving the staff meeting before it officially ends, so I asked my friend to take notes for me.

What are the lengthy & staff - adjectives?

What are approve, of, agenda & officially - schwa's?

What is because, so, for - conjunctions? 

500

What do all these marks mean?

_   x  *  (   upside down e

What are:  _ = long vowel   ( = short vowel

                 x = vowel

                 * = nonsense word, guardian consonant

                  ( = indicates a blend or digraph

 upside down e = schwa

500

Fix all the errors in this sentence:  

harry don and jean are lookking for the big blew food truck (alaskas best) to buy fish and ships for there lunch

What is:  Harry, Don and Jean are looking for the big, blue food truck (Alaska's Best) to buy fish and chips for their lunch.  ?

500

When Y comes at the end of a word, it could say either of these 2 different sounds. 

What is:  Long e - /ee/ (baby, bunny, silly)

              Long i - /I/  (defy, rely, why)  ?