phonic concepts

r controlled vowels

vowel followed by r; r changes vowel sound or dominates the pronounciation

ex: car, motorcyle, star, orange

vce

vowel + consonant + silent e

consonant digraphs

two consonants form one sound

ex: wish, chew, knee, lamb

vowel digraphs (teams)

two vowels that make one sound

ex: dough, stay, play, paint, piece

consonant blends

two consonants that retain their sound when blended

ex: park, sold, crawl, swank, stomp, shelf, bent

diphthongs

vowel sounds that glide from one to the next within the same syllable

ex: fault, fawn, boy, point, fault

inflectional endings

change the numbers, tense or comparison without changing the root word

ex: biggest, smallest, computers, interested