Definitions and Rules

Phonemic Awareness The ability to hear the individual sounds that make up words; an understanding that speech is composed of Individual sounds.

Phonics The various ways of teaching children the relationship between spelling patterns and sound patterns; the complex relationship between the sounds of language and the system of spelling.

Vowels Consonants a, e, I, o, u, and sometimes y and w

Consonant Blend the remaining letters and sometimes y and w

two or more consonants sounded together in such a way that each is heard

Black Ir ram Crib Swim jpnng

two consonants together that represent one Consonant Digraph sound

When Thin Church Sheep

Pack Know Write

Rule: If a word or syllable has only one vowel and Short Vowels It comes at the, beginning or between two consonants, the vowel Is usually short.

Am Dog Bed Mitt

Rule #1: If two vowels go walking together, the first Long Vowels one does the talking and the second one listens.

Rain Jeep Read Boat

Other Definitions and Rules

One word made up of two or more words. The words in the compound words do not change their spelling. Compound Word Doghouse Sandbox Milkman

One word made up of two words that have letters left out Contraction marked by an apostrophe.

Can't Won't He'!

Word to which a prefix or suffix can be added. Also known Root Word as the base word.

Print Pack Like

Syllable added to the beginning of a root word. Prefix Reprint Unpack Dislike

Syllable added to the end of a root word. Suffix Prints Packing Liked

Adding 'S' to a word to make it mean more than one. Plurals Dogs Kites Jackets

Rule #1: If a word ends in x, z, ss, sh, or ch, usually add es Peaches Glasses Foxes

Rule #2: If a word ends in V which has a consonant before it, change the 'Y5 to an T and add 'ES.' ,

Baby - Babies Fairy-Fairies

Adding 'ing’ and 'ed' Rule#1: When the short vowel word ends in a single consonant, usually double the consonant before adding 'ing' or 'ed'.

Run - Running Hum - Hummed

Rule #2: When the word ends with an '£', drop . :3^.;.~. -.- . the 'E' and add 'ing' or 'ed.'

Bake — Baking, Baked Tape - Taping/Taped

Rule #3: When a word ends in a 'Y preceded by a consonant, change the T to'!' before adding a suffix other than 'ing.' Cry-Cried, Crying Try - Tried, Trying