week of april 15-19

Suffix -ED

sounds like /id/   /t/    /d/

week of april 8-12

diphthongs 

aw & au

week of February 26 - March 1

LONG u VOWEL TEAMs 

ew & Ue

week of February 19-23

LONG e VOWEL TEAms 

ie & Ey

week of February 12-15

LONG e VOWEL TEAms 

ie & Ey

week of February 5-9 

LONG O VOWEL TEAMS 

oa

ow

week of JANUARY 29 - February 2

LONG E VOWEL TEAMS 

ea

ee

week of January 22-26

LONG vowel units

break the "closed syllable" rule as long vowel sounds in 5 units:

ild

ind

old

ost

olt

week of January 16-20

LONG A

long a vowel teams [ai] + [ay]

week of January 8-12

soft C

C makes the /s/ sound when followed by WATCH OUT VOWELS - I, E, Y

week of December 11-15

soft G

G makes the /j/ sound when followed by WATCH OUT VOWELS - I, E, Y

week of December 4-8

Huge Bridge

-dge spelled at the end of a word after a short vowel

G makes the /j/ sound when there are
WATCH OUT VOWELS - I, E, Y

week of november 28-dec 1

the schwa

unaccented syllable

the vowel makes the /uh/ sound - any vowel can be a schwa, but is most commonly A + O

week of november 13-17

open syllables

end with a single vowel

the vowel makes it long sound

week of november 6-10

silent e  - vce pattern 

using K

silent "super" E makes the vowel long - jumps over one consonant

/k/ sound must be spelled KE at the end 

CE says /s/ and CK is spelled after a short vowel

week of Oct 31 - nov 3

silent e  - vce pattern

silent "super" E makes the vowel long - jumps over one consonant

week of October 23-27

units with -ng  and -nk

one syllable words with short vowels -ng  and  -nk 

considered "chunks" - no E

ang, ing, ong, ung

ank, ink, onk, unk

week of October 16-20

catch lunch RULE

one syllable words with short vowels - /ch/ sound is spelled
-tch immediately after the vowel

if there is another consonant (n or r) just use "ch"

week of October 2-6

MILK TRUCK RULE

one syllable words with short vowels - /k/ sound is spelled
-ck immediately after the vowel

if there is another consonant (l or s) just use a K

week of september 25-29

FLOSS RULE

one syllable words with short vowels - double the final 

F, L, S, Z at the end

week of september 18-22

DIGRAPHS - TH

TH makes two sounds

/th/ as in thick - uses only the teeth

/th/ as in this - vibrates in the throat

week of september 11-15

DIGRAPHS - SH, CH, WH, PH

2 consonants that make one new sound

week of september 5-8

blends

2 consonants that keep their individual sounds - can be at the beginning or end of a word

week of august 28 - 31

spelling with c & k

k goes with i & e

c before the other 3: a, o, u