Terms
Syllables
Parts of Speech
Suffixes
Spelling Patterns
100

a sound where the mouth is open and air flows out

What is a vowel?

100

the number of vowel sounds in a syllable

What is 1?

100

a word that names a person, place, thing, condition, or idea

What is a noun?

100

a suffix that means more than one (plural); it can have 2 sounds: “s” or “z” 

What is suffix -s

examples: cats, bells

100

the pattern where you double the final consonant of a 1-syllable, short-vowel words ending in “f” “l” “s” and “z”? 

examples: sniff, grill, gloss, fuzz

What is the FLoSZy or ffsszzll pattern?

200

a sound where the air is blocked by the lips, tongue, or teeth

What is a consonant?

200

the number of syllables in fantastic

What is 3?

200

a word that describes a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective?

200

another suffix that means more that one (plural); it follows a base word that ends in a hissing sound. 

What is suffix -es

examples: kisses, foxes, lunches, buzzes, dishes

200

the letter that spells “ks;” it’s the only letter that makes 2 sounds by itself. 

What is -x-? 

example: f i x = 4 sounds

300

two or more consonant letter-sounds next to each other; they both keep their sounds.

examples: bl-, st-, -lf, -nk, 

What is a consonant blend?

300

a weak-and-mushy vowel sound in an unstressed syllable; sounds like “ih” or “uh”

What is schwa?

300

a word that expresses an action or state of being

What is a verb?

300

a suffix that indicates the past; it can have three sounds: 

“t” 

“d” 

“id”/””ud”

What is suffix -ed?

examples: kissed, jogged, potted

300

the two letters used to spell “kw”

What is -qu-? 

examples: quit, quack

400

two letters that make one sound

examples: sh, ff, ng

What is a digraph?

400

a syllable with a short vowel followed (or closed in) by one or more consonants 

examples: an, ant, plant

What is a closed syllable?

400

a word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb

What is an adverb?

400

a suffix that means “without;” it turns a noun into an adjective. 

What is suffix -less

example: job → jobless

400

the suffix spelling pattern where you add an extra consonant to the base word

example: get + ing = getting; add an extra -t-

What is the 1-1-1 doubling pattern? 

pattern: suffix begins with a vowel - 1-syllable base word - 1 vowel letter-sound in the base word - 1 consonant-letter sound

500

three letters that make one sound

examples: -dge

What is a trigraph?

500

a syllable with a long vowel sound that ends with a silent e

examples: bake, rice, cute

What is a Vowel-Consonant-E (VCe) syllable, a.k.a. "bossy" e?

500
the two parts of a complete sentence
What are a subject (who/what) and a predicate (action)?
500

a suffix that means “the state or condition of;” it turns an adjective into a noun.

What is suffix -ness

example: sad → sadness

500

the suffix spelling pattern where you take away the -e- at the end of a base word

example: save + ed = saved 



What is the dropping pattern? 

pattern: -suffix begins with a vowel - base word ends in an -e-