The Sounds

Final Blends

100

ct

ct

200

nd

nd

300

nt

nt

400

pt

pt

500

ft

ft

Digraphs

100

th

th

200

ch

ch

300

sh

sh

400

wh

wh

500

ph

ph

Mixed Sounds

100

or

or

200

sp

sp

300

ck

ck

400

st

st

500

tch

tch

Vowel Sounds

100

Short /a/

achoo

200

Short /o/

octopus 

300

Short /u/

upset

400

Short /e/

eggs

500

Short /i/

icky 

Vowel Rules

100

When a word has a cvc pattern, what sound does the vowel make? ex. cat

What is short?

200

What is the two-vowel together rule? ex. eat

When two vowels are next to each other, the first vowel is usually long (the sound is the same as the sound of the letter) and the second vowel is silent.

300

What is the vowel-consonat-e rule? example: _-e, cake

What is when a short word, or the last syllable of a longer word, ends in this pattern vowel-consonant-e, then the first vowel is usually long and the e is silent. 

400

When b, d, g, m, n, or p appear after a short vowel in a word with two syllables, what happens to the consonant? ex: rabbit, manner, dagger

What is double the consonant?

500

At the beginning of a word, use the /ch/ sound, but at the end of the word, what letters appear to make the /ch/ sound?

What is -tch?