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