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When English is Weird

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Expect Exceptions!

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Some letters are silent

● Some letters are silent and don't like to sing

● They are there but are quiet, and don't say a thing

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One letter can have different sounds

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Some letters combine to make new soundsStrategy: Check for H Brothers & Give ng a fling

● CH: hip/chip● SH: hop/shop● TH: hat/that● WH: hen/when● NG: sun/sung

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PH & GH can say “F”

A photograph of a phone

A cough can be rough

gh might be silent, like in light

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Some letters double at the end

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Strategy: Keep Cautious with K & CWhen you hear the hard “k” sound, which will it be?

K takes I & E....C takes the other three

● Kit● Keg

● Cat● Cot● Cut

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Strategy: Give Care with G & CSoft or Hard?

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-CK or -Kspelling the “k” sound at the end of a word

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Vowels can be short, & they can be long

● How can you know how to not get them wrong?

● Short vowels say the sound, long vowels the name

● To know which is which can be quite a pain

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Strategy: Note an E at the end

● Silent e at the end makes the vowel say it's name.

● It turns pin into pine● Apart or together, it

works just the same.

● pie or pine, both ways are fine.

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Defender D

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More ways a vowel can be long

Open Syllables

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Strategy: Observe an R

Bossy R likes to tell the vowels what to do

It can change a cat into a cart. (that is true).

5 Bossy R spellings,

3 Bossy R sounds...

you will see Bossy Rs everywhere around.

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Sometimes Silent e wins

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Sometimes Bossy R does

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ar can sound like er

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or can sound like er

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With an e before ar, anything goes

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Open & Closed SyllablesStrategy: Notice a closed or open door

● A vowel that is followed by a consonant is closed in.

● A closed syllable is often short like in pin.

● A vowel is open with no consonant behind

● Open syllables are often long, you will find.

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Strategy: Look for vowel teamsVowel Teams can be long & say the first sound

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Except for Diphthongs

● Which often make new sounds

● But sometimes not...● AU & AW sound like

the short O in dog● Now don't forget that

OW can also say long O like in grow

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Other vowel teams that don't follow“when 2 vowels go walking, the 1st one does the talking”

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Same Letters, Two Sounds

● ie says long I as in pie, unless you want to have a piece.

● At times it can briefly steal a long E like a thief.

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Same Letters, Two Sounds

● ea says long E when you eat peas, but not bread.

● Did your ear hear the short E that bread said?

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Same Letters, Two Sounds

● Find ow in a brown cow, unless there is snow.

● Then it says Long O, don't you know?

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Same Letters, Two Sounds

● oo might say boot, unless you put in your foot.

● To make good food, you need a cook book.

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Strategy: Discovery of a Y at the end● Y at the end will often

say “I” in a one syllable word like fly

● When more syllables you see, it likely says “E”

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Strategy: Be aware of schwa

● Every vowel can make a schwa sound

● So there are lots of schwa's to be found

● A schwa is a quick & weak “uh”

● You can find two in this word: above.

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Synonyms & Antonyms Homophones & Homonyms

Homonyms: words with multiple meanings

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Homographs & Homophones

● Homographs look just the same but mean something else!

● Watch out for homographs when you say “give me a ring!” (what do you mean?)

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Yes, English is Weird

● Now you know that this is true...

● The rules are more like guidelines that give you a clue!

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Credits● Boostforreaders.com

● Short/Long Chart: First Grade Wow

● Bossy R: carlscorner.us.com

● Defender D & FLOSS Rule: maketaketeach.com

● Schwa: www.logicofenglish.com

● Synonym/Antonyms: vocabularypage.com

● Homograph/Homophones: heerenshappenings2.blogspot.com

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