Third Grade Rules!

Vowels

100

I make the /a/ sound.  

a

200

I make the /e/ sound.

e

300

I make the /i/ sound

i

400

I make the long /A/ sound like in bacon.

open syllable A

500

I make the long O sound like in rope

o-e

Consonants

100

I make the first sound in ship.

sh

200

I am a voiced consonant that is the first sound in them

th

300

I am an unvoiced consonant and it's the first sound in food. 

f

400

I am a voiced consonant and it's the first sound in violin.

v

500

In America, I am a digraph that is pronounced the same as the letter w. 

wh

Floss?

100

The final /f/ in cliff

ff

200

the final /s/ in cactus

s

300

The final /l/ in label

l

400

The final /s/ in mess

ss

500

The final l in farewell

ll

suffixes

100

Add me to a base word to mean more than one 

s / es

200

Add me to a base word to mean I'm doing something now.

ing

300

Add me to a base word to mean you've done something in the past.

ed

400

Add me to a base word to mean I don't have any of the base word. 

less

500

Add me to a base word to turn the base into a noun, and you have the quality of the base.

ness

spelling

100

clip

clip

200

then

then

300

scan

scan

400

pack

pack

500

also

also