C or J? C or S? C or K? Spelling: Soft Sounds The letter “g” usually has the soft sound of /j/ when it is followed by an e, I or y
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- The letter “c” usually has the soft sound of /s/ when it is followed by an e, i, or y.
- Spelling: C or K 1 Awareness
- To spell the /k/ sound [c]
- To spell the /s/ and /z/ sounds The letter [s]
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C or J? C or S? C or K? Spelling: Soft Sounds The letter “g” usually has the soft sound of /j/ when it is followed by an e, i or y.
If a /j/ sound follows a short vowel sound, it is usually spelled with a “dge” (because “j” is never doubled in English): fudge, judge, budget, edge, midget. In most other instances, the /j/ sound is spelled with a “j” The letter “c” usually has the soft sound of /s/ when it is followed by an e, i, or y.
However, if the /s/ sound follows a short, stressed vowel, it is spelled “ss”: essence, massive, passive. Spelling: C or K?1 Awareness: Read the sentences below out loud, then— Underline the letters that make the /k/ sound. Circle the letters that make the /s/ sound. Make a square around the letters that make the /z/ sound. The lucky black cat stalked its victim, a cute duckling. Life is risky for small succulent creatures. They soon learn not to make noises that can be noticed. A small hiccup can resound and echo like a loud bark – and the duck loses its skin, and the cycle of life begins. To spell the /k/ sound [c] is the most common spelling. List five words from the text above with this spelling of /k/: _____________, ____________, ____________, ___________, ____________. (corn, scat, acorn, public, bike, victim, actor) [cc] is used to “protect” a short vowel from being turned into a long vowel. List two words from the text with this spelling of /k/: _____________, ____________. (Mecca, tobacco, occupy) [k] is substituted for [c] if it is followed by an e, i, or y. List three words from the text with this spelling of /k/: _____________, ____________, ____________. (kin, token, make, keep, kind) [ck] is substituted for [cc] if it is followed by an e, i, or y. List four words from the text with this spelling of /k/: _____________, ____________, ____________, _____________. (picking) [ck] is used to spell the /k/ sound at the end of a one-syllable word with a short vowel: Write one word from the text with this spelling of /k/: _____________. (luck, stick, clock, neck, stack) [k] is used to spell the /k/ sound at the end of one-syllable words following any other sound. List two words from the text with this spelling of /k/: _____________, ____________. (milk, soak, hawk, lake, musk, lurk) Which word in the text does not fit these rules? _________________ To spell the /s/ and /z/ sounds The letter [s] is used most often to make the hissing /s/ sound, especially at the beginnings of words or in combination with other consonants: st, sl, sm, sp, sk. List four words from the above text that follow that pattern: _______________, _______________, _______________, ______________. When the letter [s] is between two vowels, it makes the /z/ sound. List three words from the text above that follow that pattern: ____________, ___________, _____________. (please, poison, result) The hissing /s/ sound is often spelled with an [ss] or a [c]. The [ss], like other doubled consonants, is used before a short stressed vowel: massive, pass, lassitude. The [c] is used elsewhere (soft “c” is followed by e, i or y). List two words from the text that follow this pattern: ____________, _____________. (recent, notice, force, face, trace) Do the words course, purse, horse, nurse, and case follow the above rules? 1 Adapted from English Spelling Rules, www.dyslexia.org (select “spelling rules”) Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 11.49 Kb. Share with your friends:
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