Spelling with C or K
Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
Most Common Words
Blends & Digraph blends
Phonetic Skills
100

Which letter begins the word  _up - c or k?

C - cup

100

Name the defining characteristics of a noun.

A noun is a person, place, or thing.

100

What is a MCW (Most Common Word)

A word that occurs frequently in text or speech that may not follow the phonetic skills, but we should recognize & be able to say quickly.

100

Identify the l-blends in the sentence:

The short blue slide is steeper than the long green one.

bl - blue, sl - slide

100

This phonetic skill has the vowel at the end of the word with no guardian consonant.

Phonetic Skill #3

200

Complete the rhyme:  K takes I & E __ ______ ___ _____ _____.

C takes the other three.

200

Identify the verb in this sentence: 

Mom and Dad always hug me and my brothers and sisters good night.

hug

200

This most common word rhymes with bird

word

200

There are 7 r-blends - can you name at least 4 of them

br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr

200

This phonetic skill has a short vowel followed by 2 guardian consonants.

Phonetic Skill #2

300

Explain what the straight lines & curved lines of the letters have to do with the rules for using C or K.

K takes I & E - these letters all have straight lines, no curved letters. However, C is curved and so are the vowels associated with that letter.


300

Fill in the blank:  An adjective ____________________a noun.

describes

300

This most common word means "a lot of", and can you use it in a sentence?

many - (responses will vary)

300

Identify all the blends in this sentence:

I love to swim, skate and play with my friend that lives across the street.

sw - swim, sk - skate, pl - play, th-with, fr - friend, th- that, th - the, str - street

300

This phonetic skill follows the adjacent vowel rule - when two vowels go walking, the first does the talking.

(which makes the first vowel long)

Phonetic skill #5

400

C or K

__ontainer

Container

400

Fill in the Mad Lib by naming one of each:

noun:__________

verb:____________

adjective:_____________

Once upon a time, there was a (adjective)  (noun)  that enjoyed (verb) . The (noun) was always excited to go (verb), and wanted other people to go too, but the others weren't as excited to go (verb). 

400

These 3 words start with a voiced th digraph

Possible words: 

then, this, that, the, these, there, their

but not think or thing or thin

400

Give an example of a voiced & voiceless TH digraph blend.

voiced:  that, this, there, the

voiceless: thorn, thing, thistle, thimble

(answers will vary)

400

Give an example word that follows phonetic skill #1

sun, bun, fun, cat, bat, mat - (any like response)

(consonant, short vowel, guardian consonant)

500

C or K      __op

__an     __it

Cop

Can     Kit

500

Label all the nouns, verbs & adjectives in the sentence:

When I was young, my mom and dad gave me a black and white dog that was really fluffy and friendly and liked to lick me.

nouns - I, mom, dad, me, dog, me

verbs - was, gave, was, liked, to lick

adjectives -young, black, white, fluffy, friendly

500

These 3 words are considered conjunctions 

(connecting words)

and, but, or, for

500

What's the difference between the l & r-blends vs. the s-blends?

The l & r-blends are where the l & r are the second letter of the blend, but the s-blend words actually begin with the s.

500

This phonetic skill has a long vowel because of this letter at the end of the word.

Phonetic Skill #4 - silent e