Vowel Patterns

Closed: A word or syllable that contains only one vowel followed by one or more consonants; the vowel is short. One lonely vowel squished in the middle, says its special sound just a little. sat bed fin top gum sand best print shop lunch at Ed in on up

Vowel Patterns

Open: A word or syllable that ends with one vowel; the vowel is long and says its name. If one vowel at the end is free, it pops way up and says its name to me. me she he go flu fly

Vowel Patterns

Silent e [Magic e]: A word or syllable that ends in e, containing one consonant before the final e and one vowel before that consonant; the vowel is long. The magic e is quiet, but it has a claim to fame; it makes the vowel before it say its real name. The magic e is so powerful, it gives all its strength to the other vowel so that it can say its real name. make Steve ride hope cube

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Double Vowel Talkers: [vowel digraphs] A word or syllable containing two adjacent vowels; the first one is long.

When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and says its name. rain day see meat pie boat toe slow suit blue

Word families

Silent letters

Silent K

K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word. y knife knee know knock knowledge

Silent L

L is often not pronounced before D, F, M, K. y calm half salmon talk balk would should

B is usually silent when used after the letter M and also before the letter T. Examples before M: Jamb, Lamb, Comb, Tomb Examples before T: Subtle, Doubt

y The letter C is silent when used before the letter Z and

sometimes when used before the letter L, the letter K, and the letter S. y before Z: Tzar, Czarina, Czechoslovakia y before L: Muscle y before K: Block, Puck y Example before S: Scythe.

The letter D is silent when it appears before the letter N and then also before the letter G. before N: Wednesday before G: Cadge

The letter G is silent when it is used before the letters M, N and L. Examples before N: Deign, Reign Example before M: Diaphragm Example before L: Intaglio

Silent GH

yGH

is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words

yThought

might

through right

daughter fight

light weigh

Useful websites

https://www.kinderplans.com/p/49/preschool-kindergartenworksheets Tarjetas imprimir letras alfabeto http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/ Dotted letters http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/index.htm Excellent. Letter recognition activities and others http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphaletter_p/a.htm Alphabet books/ worksheets to print http://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/games/index.html Online letter games http://www.apples4theteacher.com/mother-goose-nurseryrhymes/#alphabetnurseryrhymes Nursery rhymes by themes http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/trace.htm Tracing letters http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/index.htm Tracing pages