Vowel Teams
Name long ’a’ sounds/symbols
Long A
AI
AY
when is a vowel r-controlled?
When r follows a single vowel or vowel team.
What is a suffix? And do they start with a vowel or consonant?
a word part that can be added to the end of a word to change the meaning of that word.
Both. A suffix can start with a vowel AND consonant
The main part of the word is the base word.
What is a syllable?
A word or part of a word with a single vowel sound.
Name long ‘e’ sounds/symbols
Long E
EE
EA
what does the r do to the vowel, how does it change?
Changes the vowel to a different sound than normal, it’s neither short nor long. It makes the vowel r-controlled.
Explain when you use -tch/ch/ vs. -ch
-tch=a trigraph used after a single short vowel at the end of a one-syllable word.
-ch=used at the end of a word in all instances that do not follow the -tch rule. Use it after a long vowel sound, r-controlled vowels or a consonant. With few exceptions; rich, much, which.
Show me all the different patterns in syllable division patterns
VC/CV
VC/CCV
V/CV
VC/V
What consonants typically follow ‘ai’
l and n.
Give me 4 examples of r-control vowels.
ar
er
ir
or
ur
our
ear
air
-ed has 3 different sounds. What are they?
-ed=/ed/
-ed=/t/
-ed=/d/
Use syllable division for
wintergreen
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‘ea” says what? and give an example
ea=long e
seat
mean
leaf
ea=short e
head
bread
sweat
Explain the difference when you use -er vs. er
-er is a suffix to change the base word.
colder
painter
er is typically used in the middle of a word.
fern
verb
When do you use -dge? -ge?
-dge=after a single short vowel at the end of a one-syllable word. With few exceptions
-ge=/j/=used at the end of a word in all instances that do not follow the -dge rule. Use it after a long vowel sound, r-controlled vowels or consonants.
Use syllable division for
garment
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spell the following
Chain
stray
queen
flow
throat
treat
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Give me an example of a word with the following r-control vowels.
er, or, ir, ur and ar
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Explain the sound and rule to each sound
-ve
-se
-ze
-ve=/v/ add a silent e to words ending in v.
-se=/s/ add silent e to words ending in s IF the s has a vowel team, r-control vowel or another consonant before it.
-se=/z/ add a silent e to words ending in s IF the s has a vowel team, r-control vowel or another consonant before it.
-ze=/z/ add silent e to words ending in z IF the z has a vowel team, r-control vowel, or another consonant before it.
What is a closed syllable pattern?
VC/V.
Cab/in
divide after the consonant when the word does not make sense.