Mrs. Burke 1st Grade

Review beginning and ending sounds.

We will be learning.....

Short vowel a sound and the word families with the short a sound.

• -an
• -at
• -am How many words can you make?
• -ad * Read Dr. Seuss and Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
• -ap
• -ag

Short Vowel i sound and word families with the short i sound.

• -in
• -it
• -ill
• -ip
• -ig

Vowel + CK  sound!!! Read: Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick, Jack Jumps Over the Candlestick

• -ack
• -ick

Short Vowel o

• -op

-ar word family (r controlled words) Use #14 spelling words as examples. See how many new words can you build! Think about: What does a pirate say?? (car, star, Mars, tar, card)

q and u get married!!! qand u are found next to one another in a word. When they are next to one another they make ONE sound!!! (quit,quilt)

long a strategies: -ay strategy: usually found at the end of words. (bay,stay,say,lay,May) -ai startegy: usually found in the middle of words.(brain,train,pain) a with lazy e strategy (lazy e makes the vowel in the word do all the talking)

long i, u, o and e strategies with lazy e at the end of the word.

y as a vowel: You will hear the long e and i sound at the end of the word. (cry,by,very,baby) To add an ending you must change the y to an i and add your ending. (cry-cries, try-tries)