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The 5 Short Vowel Sounds

short -a- in and, as, aftershort -e- in pen, hen, lend

short -i- in it, in short -o- in top, hop short -u- in under, cup

The 6 Long Vowel Sounds

long -a- in make, take long -e- in beet, feet long -i- in tie, lie long -o- in coat, toe long -u- (yoo) in rule long -oo- in few, blue

The R-Controlled Vowel Sounds

-ur- in her, bird, and hurt -ar- in bark, dark -or- in fork, pork, stork

The 18 Consonant Sounds

c, q and x are missing as they are found in other

sounds. (The C sound is found in the k sounds

and in the s sound in words like cereal, city and

cent. The Q sound is found in 'kw' words like

backwards and Kwanza. The X sound is also

found in ks words like kicks.)

-b- inbed, bad -k- incatandkick -d- indog -f- infat

-g- ingot -h- inhas -j- injob -l- inlid -m- inmop -n- innot -p- inpan -r- inran -s- insit -t- into -v- invan -w- inwent -y- inyellow -z- in zipper

The Blends

Blends are 2 or 3 letters combined to form a

distinct spelling sound.

The blends sounds:

-bl- in blue and black -c- in clap and close -fl- in fly and flip -gl- in glue and glove -pl- in play and please -br- in brown and break -cr- in cry and crust -dr- in dry and drag -fr- in fry and freeze

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-gr- in great and grand -pr- in prize and prank -tr- in tree and try -sk- in skate and sky -sl- in slip and slap -sp- in spot and speed -st- in street and stop -sw- in sweet and sweater -spr- in spray and spring -str- in stripe and strap

The 7 Digraph Sounds

-ch- in chin and ouch -sh- in ship and push -th- in thing -th- in this -wh- in when -ng- in ring -nk- in rink

The Other Special Sounds IncludingDipthongs

-oi- in foil and toy -ow- in owl and ouch short -oo- in took and pull -aw- in raw and haul -zh- in vision

Take, for example, the difference between "hard c"(as in cat) and "soft c" (as incell). After collectingmany words containing the letter "c," studentsdiscover that "c" is usually hard when followed byconsonants (as in clue and crayon) and the vowels

"a," "o," and "u" (as in cat, cot, and cut). Incontrast, "c" is usually soft when followed by "i", "e,"and "y" (as in circus, celery, and cycle).

Of course, for every rule there are exceptions thatthreaten the rule. Students learn, though, thatspelling patterns exist and that these patterns helpto explain how to spell, read, and write words.

Word study is also designed to build word knowledgethat can be applied to both reading and spelling(Henderson, 1992; Zutell, 1998). Because it isclosely tied to reading instruction, it also developsstudents' abilities in phonics, word recognition, andvocabulary (Baker, 2000).

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