Q and u are friends, n and g are too!

king /ng/

queen /kw/

q u /kw/ As in the words…quee

n

?

A

question

?/????

quilt

question

quarter

quick

quiet

quail

quiz

quack

except when q + u comes before a +r the sound changes to /wor/ as in quarter

When qu comes before ar it makes /wor/

Examples include:

quarter and quart

Flip Booksare a fun way for children

to learn and practice words that

follow a pattern

Cards to Make a Flip Book

qu ack

? een

iltarte

rick

iet

izail

estion

Cut the cards out, place them in order, and staple them together

Use the flip book to practice reading words that begin with qu.

Review

Play the game of concentration!

quiz

quiz

questionquiz

quarter queen quilt

quickquail

quarterqueenquitqueen

question

quick

sting

quilt

quail

quit

bring

quiz

queen

Concentration – Find and Read Matching Words

n g /ng/ as in the words…kin

g?questio

n?/???

wing

sing swing

ring

sting

string

bring

strong

When n /n/ and g /g/ join together they make a completely different sound /ng/

To help children hear the difference in the sounds, have them say a word that ends with the letter n and then the letters ng.

1. win, wing 2. kin, king 3. son, song

4. ran, rang

Cards to Make a Flip Book stro

ng bri stri sti

wi si

ki

swi

ri

Cut the cards out, place them in order, and staple them together

Use the flip book to practice reading words that end with ng.

kingstrong

wing sting swing

singstring

ringsongwingbring

sing

string

sting

ring

song

king

bring

swing

strong

Concentration – Find and Read Matching Words

Additional Practice

Making and Using a Game board

ring

queenswing

Lose a turn

STARTT

Extra turn

q and u

n and g

strong

Children draw word cards from the stack. They must read the words correctly to move their markers on the game board.

Children spin to see how many spaces they can move.

wing

queen

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