| A | B |
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| The stars of the alphabet | a, e, i, o, and u |
| Every word or part of a word needs | a vowel |
| Protect the short vowel | for it is weak |
| The strong long vowel | no help does it seek |
| Closed syllable | consonant following vowel protects it |
| Fizzle Rule | double consonants protects the v |
| -ck Rule | vowel is protected by -ck |
| -tch Rule | vowel is protected by -tch |
| -dge Rule | vowel is "protected" by -dge |
| 1-1-1-V Rule | double consonants protects the v |
| -ble, -dle, etc. Rule | double consonants protect the v |
| [c] loves | fat vowels such as [a], [o], and [u]. |
| [k] loves | skinny vowels [i], [e] |
| magic e Rule | /e/ reaches over con. makes v. long |
| Bossy "R" Rule | polite ,but controls the vowel sound |
| Letter S allows letter C | to use its sound with [i] and [e] |
| In an open accented syllable | the vowel is long. |
| A closed syllable | 1 V. closed in by a C.- the V. is short |
| An open syllable | one vowel at the end-theV. is long |
| An R control syllable | vowel followed by an r. |
| A magic e syllable | vce pattern Ex. ate |
| A vowel team syllable | 2 vowels they can be long or short |
| A consonant-le syllable | 1 consonant followed by an le ending |
| A dipthong syllable | 2 vowels that have a special sound |
| This "H" brother /ch/ | wants to be an engineer |
| This "H" brother /wh/ | wants to whistle like the policeman |
| This "H" brother/th/ | is naughty and sticks out his tongue |
| This"H" brother/sh/ | wants quiet in the house |
| There are ? kinds of syllables | seven |
| A syllable | must have a least 1 vowel |
| y at the end of a 1 syllable word says | long /i/ sound |
| y at the end of a 2 syllable word says | long/e/ sound |
| In a 2 syllable word, the 2nd syllable | is usually unstressed and schwa |
| Schwa is found most frequently | in closed and open syllables |
| Schwa zaps | the vowel and makes it say short /u/ |
| consonant[-le] | always at the end of a word |
| The vowel in a -cle syllable | is invisible and hides between c andl |
| wa, all and alk graphemes | same sound as /a/ as in all |
| [qua] says | /kwo/ |
| [war] says | /wor/ |
| /ed/ may say | /id/ ,/d/, or /t/ |
| c followed by i, e, y | has speech sound /s/. |
| g followed by i,e, y | has the speech sound /j/ |
| -ui -ue -ew | say /oo/ |
| 3 sounds for [ear] | /ear/ fear /er/ earth /air/ pear |
| /air/ | represented by six graphemes |
| eigh | says long /a/ |
| kn and wr | the first letters are silent |
| mn an mb | the last letters are silent |
| y in the mid position | acts as the vowel[i]. |
