February Word Study

Unit 9
Students will continue learning the r-controlled sounds. 



All three have the same sound. These r-controlled sounds are not difficult to read but they will be difficult to spell.

This is how you mark up an r-controlled word:    


Trick Words: picture, learn, earth 
                     father, brother, mother 
                   

Unit 10 
In this unit, a new syllable type will be introduced. The student will be learning the "D syllable". This syllable type is called d syllable because it contains a double vowel combination. Previously, the students have learned the sounds of the vowel teams. In this unit, we will only be working on 2 vowel teams: ai and ay. 


Now, we will focus on reading and spelling the vowel teams.  


This is you you mark up a d syllable:



Trick Words: great, country, away 
                     America, school, thought