Spelling Standard I, Basic Spelling
Lesson 100, Beginning Vowel Sounds
Understanding spelling rules concerning vowels
Understanding long vowels sound the same as the name of the letter (a, mate)
Understanding a vowel sound is long if it is followed by a consonant plus a silent e (robe, mane, kite)
Understanding two vowels together can also make a long vowel sound: long a sounds nail, main, fail, pail; long e sounds wheat, eagle, dream, tea; long o sounds soap, road
Understanding two vowels together do not have to be long (count, surround, avoid)
Understanding that the consonant r controls the sound of a vowel that comes before it (nurse)
Understanding that the letter y can sound like a consonant or a vowel
Knowing when an a, e, i, o, or u is not present, the y sounds like i (my, spy)
Knowing the y sounds like e when a vowel is present (duty, empty)
Knowing the letters oy together sound like oi (loyal, oil)