REVIEW OF LONG VOWEL PATTERNS
Two ways to sort- no oddballs:
"K" SOUND AT END OF WORD
NOTE: The sort is straightforward, just look at the endings. There are no oddballs. Students should notice that -ck=short vowel, -ke= long vowel and -k= oo sound to help them remember how to spell the "k" sound in the word.
SHORT e,o,u WITH INITIAL BLENDS
Two ways to sort:
By initial blend:
_r: trot, fret, gruff, dress, from, cross, frog, drop, drum, drug, truck
_l: glum, plug, fluff, club, plot, bled, slug, slob, gloss, sled, flop, plum, slot
By vowel sound and letter:
e) fret, dress, bled, sled
o) trot, plot, cross, frog, slob, gloss, drop, flop, slot
u) glum, gruff, plug, fluff, club, slug, plum, drum, drug, truck
oddball) from (short u sound, but with an o)
Two ways to sort- no oddballs:
- By long vowel sound
- a) wave, jail, way
- e) bleed, steep, sneak, scene, feast
- i) grind, slide, dry, bind, light
- o) sold, glow, hold, tone, crow, soak
- u) clue, school, drew, pool
- By letter patterns
- CVCC sold, hold, grind, bind, light
- CVVC bleed, steep, sneak, school, jail, soak, pool, feast
- CVCe wave, tone, slide, scene
- CV & CVV glow, clue, dry, crow, drew, way
"K" SOUND AT END OF WORD
NOTE: The sort is straightforward, just look at the endings. There are no oddballs. Students should notice that -ck=short vowel, -ke= long vowel and -k= oo sound to help them remember how to spell the "k" sound in the word.
SHORT e,o,u WITH INITIAL BLENDS
Two ways to sort:
By initial blend:
_r: trot, fret, gruff, dress, from, cross, frog, drop, drum, drug, truck
_l: glum, plug, fluff, club, plot, bled, slug, slob, gloss, sled, flop, plum, slot
By vowel sound and letter:
e) fret, dress, bled, sled
o) trot, plot, cross, frog, slob, gloss, drop, flop, slot
u) glum, gruff, plug, fluff, club, slug, plum, drum, drug, truck
oddball) from (short u sound, but with an o)