Sounds
Syllables
Spelling Rules
prefixes & suffixes
Latin Roots
100

This is the chicken letter.

What is the letter Q?

100

It is a word or part of a word made by one push of breath.

What is a syllable?

100

This is the bonus letter rule, and the three most common bonus letters.

What spelling rule states that if a one-syllable word, that contains one vowel immediately followed by either the consonant f, l, or s (and sometimes z), then you double the consonant?

100

This prefix means 'not.'

What is non-?

100

This Latin root means break.

What is -fract-?

200

It is two consonants together that make one sound.

What is a digraph?

200

This syllable type has only one vowel, is followed by one or more consonants, and the vowel sound is short.

What is a closed syllable?

200
The digraph used at the end of a one-syllable word that ends with the /k/ sound.
What is ck?
200

This prefix means in, into, within or near.

What is en-?

200

This Latin root means throw.

What is -ject-?

300

The combination of two or more consonants together where each consonant makes its own sound.

What is a blend?

300

This syllable type has only one vowel, is followed by one or more consonants, and the vowel sound is long.

What is a closed syllable exception?

300
The letter used at the end of a multi-syllabic word with the /ik/ sound.
What is c?
300
This prefix means across or beyond.
What is trans-?
300

This Latin root means write.

What is -scribe-?

400

This is how we identify the sound of y at the end of a one-syllable word.

What is the reason for writing /ī/ above the y when it is the last letter and the only vowel in a one-syllable word?

400

These are the five closed syllable exceptions.

What are ild, ind, old, olt, and ost?

400

These two suffixes are used to indicate that there is more than one of something.

What are -s and -es?

400

The only v-e prefix recognized in Wilson Step 4, and it means front.

What is fore-?

400

This Latin root means build.

What is -struct-?

500

What says /ü/?

What is u in a closed syllable, u in a vowel-consonant-e syllable, and u in an open syllable?

500

It is the vowel-consonant-e syllable exception.

What is ive-give-/ĭve/?

500

What are the spelling options for /ī/?

What are i, i-e, and y at the end of a one-syllable word?

500

The open syllable prefix that means with or together?

What is co-?

500

This Latin root means touch.

What is -tact-?