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Title: stephen's phonics
Description: phonics rules
Number of Cards: 7
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Author: woojah7
Created: 2002-07-23
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    • Side 3
    • two vowels together
    • When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking!

      boat road team
    • vowel rules:

      silent "e" at the end of a word.
    • A vowel followed by a consonant and a silent e is long; code the vowel with a macron and cross out the silent e. name hope
      The silent "e" is bossy, because it makes the vowel say its own name.
    • contractions
    • taking two words and making a "shortened" word.
      i.e. should not = shouldn't
    • vowel rules
    • An open, accented vowel is long; code it with a macron.

      no me I go
    • /j/ sound in the initial position

      jam joke giant
    • To spell the /j/ sound in the initial position:
      -Use the letter j before the letters a, o, or u.
      -Use the letter g before the letters e, i, or y.
    • vowel rules-
      short vowels
    • A vowel followed by a consonant is short; code it with a breve. i.e.

      log cat sit
    • tch or ch

      match pooch bench
    • To spell the /ch/ sound in the final position:
      -Use the letters tch after a short vowel.
      -Use the letters ch after anything else.