screech guides
1. When the sound /k/ is at the end of a word right after a one-letter vowel the defender –c is added.
a. Tack
b. Took
2. When the sound /j/ is at the end of a word right after a one-letter vowel defender –d is added.
a. Fudge
b. Large
3. When the sound /ch/ is at the end of a word right after a one-letter vowel defender –t is added.
a. Hutch
b. Couch
4. When the vowel says its name the –e goes to the end of the word. The 2 ee-s are like twins and mostly stick together; however, they also occur separated.
a. Bike
b. Feet
c. Pete
5. When two vowels go walking (and they are not found together on vowel town) the first one does the talking. What does it say? Its name. The sound /ae/ at the end of a word is spelled –ay.
a. Snail, say
b. Meat
c. Boat
6. When –c is followed by an –e, -i, or –y it always has the /s/ sound.
a. Cite, ice, cell
b. Cat, cub
7. When –g is followed by an –e, -i, or –y it may have the /j/ or /g/ sound.
a. Get, geese
b. Gem, gym
8. When there is a choice of spelling the first sound with a –c or a –k, choose –c. There are far more –c words in the dictionary.
9. The /j/ sound at the end of a word is always spelled –ge.
10. When words begin with the two sounds /k/ and /w/ they are always spelled –qu. When the final two sounds in a word are /k/ and /s/ they are sometimes spelled with an –x. It is better not to use an –x when these two sounds are heard, but to develop a visual memory chart of words that end in –x.
11. The letter –y is very versatile. At the beginning of a word it functions as a consonant with a sound similar to /ee//u/. When stretching a word that begins with the –y sound the sound /ee/ is heard. In all other placements the letter –y represents a vowel sound.
a. Yard - at the beginning of a word
b. Fly – at the end of a one syllable word it represents the sound /ie/
c. Baby – at the end of a multisyllable word it represents the sound /ee/
d. Supply - at the end of a multisyllable word it can represent the sound /ie/
e. Gym - in the middle of words it may have the /i/ sound
a. Tack
b. Took
2. When the sound /j/ is at the end of a word right after a one-letter vowel defender –d is added.
a. Fudge
b. Large
3. When the sound /ch/ is at the end of a word right after a one-letter vowel defender –t is added.
a. Hutch
b. Couch
4. When the vowel says its name the –e goes to the end of the word. The 2 ee-s are like twins and mostly stick together; however, they also occur separated.
a. Bike
b. Feet
c. Pete
5. When two vowels go walking (and they are not found together on vowel town) the first one does the talking. What does it say? Its name. The sound /ae/ at the end of a word is spelled –ay.
a. Snail, say
b. Meat
c. Boat
6. When –c is followed by an –e, -i, or –y it always has the /s/ sound.
a. Cite, ice, cell
b. Cat, cub
7. When –g is followed by an –e, -i, or –y it may have the /j/ or /g/ sound.
a. Get, geese
b. Gem, gym
8. When there is a choice of spelling the first sound with a –c or a –k, choose –c. There are far more –c words in the dictionary.
9. The /j/ sound at the end of a word is always spelled –ge.
10. When words begin with the two sounds /k/ and /w/ they are always spelled –qu. When the final two sounds in a word are /k/ and /s/ they are sometimes spelled with an –x. It is better not to use an –x when these two sounds are heard, but to develop a visual memory chart of words that end in –x.
11. The letter –y is very versatile. At the beginning of a word it functions as a consonant with a sound similar to /ee//u/. When stretching a word that begins with the –y sound the sound /ee/ is heard. In all other placements the letter –y represents a vowel sound.
a. Yard - at the beginning of a word
b. Fly – at the end of a one syllable word it represents the sound /ie/
c. Baby – at the end of a multisyllable word it represents the sound /ee/
d. Supply - at the end of a multisyllable word it can represent the sound /ie/
e. Gym - in the middle of words it may have the /i/ sound