Long e (VCe,ea,ee,ey,y,ie,e) and Short e

Long o (VCe,oa,ow,oe,o) and Short o 

1. follow

2. oath

3. oldest

4. goes

5. costume

6. stolen

7. online

8. telescope

Tuesday: 

spelling of long vowels

Wednesday/Thursday:

R-controlled vowels

ar, or, er, ir, ur 

Monday:

Closed Syllable Patterns

*A closed syllable ends in a consonant and usually has a short vowel sound.

Example: sat,  has a short vowel sound and ends n a t

Tuesday: 

Open syllable Patterns

An open syllable ends in a vowel and usually has a long vowel sound.

Example: go, has a long vowel sound and ends in a vowel 

Wednesday:

Consonant -le Syllable Patterns

When a word ends in -le, the consonant before it plus the letters -le form the final syllable. 

Example: table, -ble is the final syllable in the word.

Thursday:

Vowel Team Syllable Patterns

The vowel team works together to make the vowel sound; the vowel teams must stay together in the same syllable.

Example: explain, the ai make the /a/ sound, and will stay together in the second syllable.

Inflectional Endings

(with spelling change)

/oi/ and /ou/

/oo/ and /oo/  

Homophones 

Prefixes: 

dis-,un-,pre-,re-

Suffixes: -less,-ful,-able,-ness,-ment

Long a (VCe,ai,ay,ei,ea)

Short a