What's the difference between a consonant blend and a trigraph?
A trigraph (three letters) only makes on sound (phoneme).
What does CVC stand for?
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant
What is an example of a 'trigraph'?
tch, igh, ear, eau, eou, iou, dge, eer, air, oor, our
What's the most frequent tricky word?
I
What's the action for the letter sound 'ou'?
*little prick*
What is an alternative spelling for the consonant 'j'?
gy, gi, ge
Which letter sound is in two of the alternative spelling trees?
ow
What's the action for the letter sound 'j'?
*jelly wobble*
Which alternative spelling tree does the letter sound 'y' belong in?
'ie'
Which of these words is not tricky?
after
want
walk
four
At what level can I start blending simple words with my students?
K1
K3
K4
K2
Why should we start teaching lower-case letters?
Because it's the most common form of the letter that students are going to read.
Which comes first?
Write it
Hear it
Read it
Say it
Which part of the word 'shape' is alternative?
a_e
What's the difference between the 'ew' in the words 'skew' and 'screw'?
'sk-y-ew' and 'scr-ew'
What is an alternative spelling for the consonant 's'?
cy, ci, ce
At what level should I start integrating tricky words into class?
K6
K3
K5
K4
What does 'magic e' do to the vowel sound?
It makes it sound like its name!
What is another term for 'magic e'?
Split digraph
What's the action for the letter sound 'oi'?
*shout like a chav*
What's the action for the letter sound 'ar'?
*dentist chair*
What is the action for the letter sound 'x'?
*camera clicking*
At what level should you start integrating alternative spelling into your classes?
K3/K4
What's an example of a friendly blend?
bl/br/cl/cr/dr/fl/fr/gl/gr/pl/pr/sc/sl/tr/sm/sw/tw/sn/sp/st/sk
How many sounds are there in the word 'chewing'?
4
6
5
7
How many alternative spelling trees are there?
8
7
9
6
What's the action for the letter sound 'or'?
*donkey head down*
What's the action for the letter sound 'u'?
*umbrella open*
At what level should students be able to produce the actions to all letter sounds?
K2
K1
K0
K3
Which alternative spelling tree does the letter sound 'au' belong in?
'or'
Which word does not rhyme with 'cow'?
trowel
mow
drown
howl