unit one

unit one FOCUS:

CLOSED SYLLABLES

*have only one vowel

*vowel followed by one or more consonants (closed in)

*vowel sound is short (marked with a breve)

GLUED SOUNDS

*two or three letters welded together

*include all, am, an, ang, ank, ing, ink, ong, onk, ung, and unk

CLOSED SYLLABLE EXCEPTIONS

*follows similar pattern to closed syllables

*have long vowel sound instead of expected short vowel sound

*taught as glued sounds

*include ild, ind, old, olt, and ost

SPELLING of the /k/ sound

*spelled by c, k, or ck

*c is found at the beginning of a word

*k is found at the end of a word following consonants

*ck is at the end of a one-syllable word immediately following short vowels

SPelling of the /ch/ SOUND

*spelled by ch or tch

*ch is found at the beginning of a word or after a consonant/vowel team

*tch is found following a short vowel

SPELLINg Changes of /a/ sound

*w and qu change the sound of a

*qu makes the /kw/ sound

CURRENT UNIT WORD EXAMPLES

CLOSED SYLLABLES GLUED SOUNDS

text blast draft link champ sang

lend sprint scan blank strong sung

CLOSED SYLLABLE EXCEPTIONS SPELLING OF THE /k/ SOUND

most grind cold shack check clap

bolt child kind kick crisp milk

SPELLING OF THE /ch/ SOUND SPELLING OF THE /a/ SOUND

pitch pinch crunch wash want squat

chop itch chimp watch swamp squash

WORDS OF THE WEEK

crunch and stretch

watch and scold

SOUND ALIKE WORDS

know/no

which/witch