Spelling Rules

I have created some hints within the letter shapes to help remind the students of words that make the same digraph sound.

The letter /ere/ can make lots of sounds. This is a tricky spelling to teach. It is mostly one of the reasons the students start to struggle with sight words. Even for students who are good at decoding, this is a very tricky thing to understand the r controlled clip cards have helpful mnemonic images for the sound connection.

Pairing up the right lessons with card games has given my struggling readers and spellers a great advantage.

I remind them to listen for the vowels. If it is a, o, u, use c. If it is e or i, use the k.

Which to use ck, ke, or k for the final k sound?
These visuals are another way to remind students to look and listen for the vowel sounds and names.