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Spelling Foundation Skills 1. Have paper and pencil ready!. Alphabet Knowledge. There are ____ letters in the alphabet. 26 There are two types of letters. Consonants and Vowels. VOWEL SOUNDS. ALL vowel sounds are OPEN sounds. Say: A E I O U Your mouth is at least slightly open.
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Spelling Foundation Skills 1 Have paper and pencil ready!
Alphabet Knowledge • There are ____ letters in the alphabet. • 26 • There are two types of letters. Consonants and Vowels
VOWEL SOUNDS • ALL vowel sounds are OPEN sounds. • Say: A E I O U • Your mouth is at least slightly open. • ALL vowel sounds are VOICED. Your voice is ON when saying vowel sounds. • Vowel sounds may be ______ or ______. • LONG or SHORT
VOWEL SOUNDS • Say WHILE you write • LONG VOWEL SOUNDS: • A, E, I, O, U • Say WHILE you write • SHORTVOWEL SOUNDS: • A, E, I, O, U There are MANY ways to spell long vowel sounds! This is the ONLY way to spell short vowel sounds!
CONSONANT SOUNDS • ALL consonant sounds are at least a little closed. The closure may be inside your mouth and hard to see, as with the sound (g). • Consonants may be voiced or unvoiced, as with the sounds (g) and (k). • There are many ways to spell some consonant sounds and you will learn the rules to help you. • You need to know the POSITION of vowel and consonant sounds in words!