Spelling-Sound Relationships

e_

edge of the chair.

u_

under the chair

sh

She said, "Hush little baby".

__y

tree
The long blank indicates a polysyllabic word

0_

on the chair

th(2)

What is the name of that thing?
Two Sounds:
-Voiced: this, that
-Unvoiced: thin, with

i_

in the chair

a_

at the chair

_y

high kite
The short blank indicates a one-syllable word

Mixed List Reading and Syllable Types

bath

thug

then

Beth

rig

path

thun

roth

lath

lish

Syllabic Transformations

os

pos

po

lap

la

ap

wu

wug

ug

fid

fi

id

et

ret

re

Sight Syllables
Underlined: "Read", "Spell", "Read"
Not Underlined: "Read"

sub-

-est

-er

-ly

-ble

-gle

-ple

-dle

-tle

-col

ad

pic

ex-

-ment

-less

in-

sub-

Reading by Syllables

emp.

ty

emp.ty

can.

dle

can.dle

Mex.

i.

can

Mex.i.can

fif.

ty

fif.ty

un.

der.

stand

un.der.stand

up.

set

up.set

jun.

jun.gle

gle

mat.

ter

mat.ter

a.

mong

a.mong

bu.

sy

bu.sy

Think Ahead Spelling