5.3 – Learning to read and spell words ending with the vowel y

Y says long e when it is at the end of a multisyllabic word

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What we know

• Y says long i when it is the first syllable

• Ty rant• Hy drant• Try• Cry• Sty• Cy cle

What we know

• Y says long e when it is at the end of a multi-syllable word

• hap py• sun ny• fur ry• jel ly• ang ry

Learn this….

• Many multisyllabic words ending in y have two consonants.

• If the first syllable has a short sound, then you usually double the consonant

• pup py fun ny bel ly bug gy• The second consonant goes with the 2nd

syllable

Practice

• jelly puppy funny belly buggy• lady jolly dizzy plenty happy• fifty silly handy ruby baby• pennydaddy empty granny nasty• trolly sunny skinny cozy duty• angry crazy candy pony navy• pantry lobby tidy holly ivy• taffy puny pansy gravy

More Practice• lazy tiny bunny Tammy Billy• Timmy Jimmy Wendy Tony Cathy• Toby Amy Sally Molly Sandy• Henry Eddy sissy belfry giddy• cronyfolly canny envy musty• shinny shanty zany dandy filly• nifty sultry cranny sentry cranky• rally entry daffy petty caddy

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