Fundations Review

This week will be a review week for spelling. The children will receive lists from each unit (1-6) to choose the words that are most challenging for them. At the same time, we will review the rules that we have learned. I thought you might like a refresher.

Unit 1:
A closed syllable has 1 vowel, and is closed in by a consonant.
A closed syllable almost always gives the short vowel sound.
K is usually used at the end of a word.
C is usually used at the beginning of a word.
CK is used immediately after short vowels.

Unit 2:
Read the baseword first, then read the word with the suffix.
A 1-1-1 word has 1 closed syllable, 1 vowel, and 1 consonant after the vowel.
When adding a vowel suffix to a 1-1-1 word, double the final consonant.

Unit 3:
When s is between 2 vowels, it often says /z/.
Ive makes the short vowel sound (exception to the rule) because words in the English
language never end in v.

Unit 4:
When adding a vowel suffix to a word that ends in e, drop the e.

Unit 5:
When e is followed by t in the second syllable, it sounds like /it/(with a
short i sound).

Unit 6:
An open syllable has one vowel at the end of the syllable and makes the long sound.
Y works as a vowel in an open syllable.
Y says /i/ (long i) at the end of a one syllable word.
Y says /e/ (long e) at the end of a multisyllable word.