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Scientific Spelling week #12. The Rabbit Rule. What do you see that is the same in all of these words?. ladder muffin sudden tennis mitten. Yes, the words have doubled medial consonants!. la dd er mu ff in su dd en te nn is mi tt en. How many syllables do the words have? ladder
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Scientific Spelling week #12 The Rabbit Rule
What do you see that is the same in all of these words? ladder muffin sudden tennis mitten
Yes, the words have doubled medial consonants! ladder muffin sudden tennis mitten
How many syllables do the words have? ladder muffin sudden tennis mitten Yes, there are two syllables!
How many medial consonants do you hear? ladder muffin sudden tennis mitten Yes, there is only one medial consonant sound!
What kind of vowel is the first vowel? ladder muffin sudden tennis mitten Yes, the first vowel has a short vowel sound.
In a two-syllable base word with one medial consonant sound immediately after a short vowel, the medial consonant is doubled. There are three checkpoints: • Two-syllable base word • Short vowel • One medial consonant sound If any checkpoint is missing, you will not double the medial consonant.
Turn to page 2 in the yellow section of your spelling binder. Now, lets read the information at the top of the page. _______________________________________________ The Rule for Doubling Medial Consonants (The Rabbit Rule) One medial consonant sound immediately after a short vowel in a two syllable base word is spelled with doubled consonants. Example: (rabit) = rabbit ________________________________________________________ The consonant in a consonant-l-e final syllable doubles immediately after a short vowel in a two syllable base word. Example: (bub’l) = bubble _________________________________________________________
Now lets use S.O.S. to write our first 5 spelling words in our notebook.
S.O.S(Save Our Spelling)Procedure • LOOK AND LISTEN Students look at the teacher’s mouth and listen as teacher dictates the word. • ECHO AND THINK Students repeat the word and think about the component parts of the word (sounds, syllables, base words, and affixes.) 3. NAME THE LETTERS Students name the letters aloud. 4. NAME THE LETTERS AND WRITE Students write the word, naming letters as they write. 5. READ TO CHECK Students read the word they have written and name the letters.
Here are the rest of the rule words for this week’s spelling list: comment giggle ribbon ladder sloppy puddle carrot
Now here are the last three words for this week: you your • The last two words are irregular words. • An irregular word is a word that is spelled in an unexpected way.
Turn to the page with letter “y” • Write the word “you” and underline the part of the word that is spelled in an unexpected way.
Turn to the page with letter “y” • Write the word “your” and underline the part of the word that is spelled in an unexpected way.