Good to Know
Jobs of the Silent E
Syllable Types
Vocabulary
Sounds in English
100
How many letters are in the English language?
26
100
What can the silent e do when it comes after a <c> or a <g>?
It softens the <c> to /s/, and <g> to /j/.
100
rep/tile
Closed/Silent e
100
A letter or group of letters that represents one sound in written language is
a grapheme.
100
How many sounds are in the word: neighbor
4
200
How many phonemes does the English language have?
44
200
What is the job of the silent e in the word: kite
CVe, Magic E
200
ta/ble
Open/Cle
200
The smallest unit of meaning:
Morpheme
200
What are the 3 nasal sounds?
/m/, /n/, and /ng/
300
Approximately how many graphemes do we have in English?
over 200!
300
What is the job of the silent e in: moose
It makes moose not look like a plural noun.
300
bird/house
Vr/Vowel Team
300
What do we call the smallest unit of sound?
A Phoneme
300
What are the sounds of <ch>?
/ch/, /sh/, and /k/
400
How many vowel sounds are here in English?
18
400
What is the job of the silent e in the word: bathe
It voices the <th> and make the <a> long
400
neigh/bor
Vowel Team/Vr
400
What is a digraph?
Two letters that make one sound.
400
What are all the ways you can spell the long <a> sounds?
Open syllable is in ba/by Silent e syllable as in cake Vowel Teams: ay, ai, ei, ey, ea, aigh, eigh
500
There are only 2 trigraphs in English. What are they?
-tch & -dge
500
Why is there an <e> on the end of these words: give blue tie huge
English words do not end in the letter v, u, i, or j.
500
light/house
Vowel Team/VowelTeam
500
What is a digraph blend?
shr: sh + r: (shred, shrug) thr: th + r: (three, through) nch: ch + n: (lunch, munch, bench)
500
Why do we teach short vowels first?
