Rules, rules, rules
In a one-syllable base word after a short vowel, final /f/, /l/, and /s/ are spelled ff, ll, and ss, respectively.
What is The Rule for Doubling the Final Consonant (Floss Rule)
/b/
What is the cognate for /p/?
Lime
What is a regular spelling?
The smallest unit of speech
What is a phoneme?
Open and voiced
What is a vowel sound?
When a base word ends in a consonant before a final y and a suffix that does not begin with i is added, the final y changes to i before the suffix is added.
What is The Changing Rule?
/d/
What is the cognate for /t/?
Look and listen
What is regular spelling procedure?
Simultaneous Oral spelling
What is S.O.S.
oil and boy
What are words with the sound /oi/ spelled in the medial and final positions?
In a two-syllable base word with one medial consonant sound after a short vowel, the medial consonant is doubled.
What is The Rule for Doubling the Medial Consonant (Rabbit Rule)
/z/
What is the cognate for /s/?
Ocean
What is an irregular spelling?
Pertaining to the a word of more than one syllable (e.g., fantastic)
What is a multisyllabic or polysyllabic word?
Precommunicative, Semiphonetic, Phonetic, Transitional
What are spelling proficiency stages or phases?
When a base word ends in e and a vowel suffix is being added, the final e is dropped before the suffix is added.
What is The Dropping Rule?
/g/
What is the cognate for /k/?
Circle the ___________ part
What is an irregular spelling procedure
Words that sound alike but have different spelling and meanings.
What are homophones?
Fourteen different spellings have been noted in English for this sound.
What is, how many spellings for the /sh/?
When a word ends in one vowel and one consonant and the final syllable is accented (all one-syllable words are accented), and a vowel suffix is being added, the final
What is The Doubling Rule?
/zh/
What is the cognate for /sh/?
Have
What is regular for spelling
The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.
What is orthography?
Letters that are never or rarely doubled in English words.
What are
h, k
y,j
v,w,x