Volume 3 Reading Deck

Sounds that are open and voiced

• consonants

• vowels

Ends in a consonant, the vowel is short, code it with a breve.

• Open Syllable

• Closed Syllable

Adjacent, side by side vowels in the same syllable.

• Consonant Combination

• Vowel Pair

The e is silent, the vowel is long code it with a macron

• vowel pair

• vowel consonant e

Ends in a vowel, the vowel is long code it with a macron

• Open

• Closed

When an r comes after a vowel, the vowel makes an unexpected sound, code it with an arc.

• Vowel consonant e

• Vowel r

These sounds only happen in Special Situations

• Special Situations

• Vowel r

Sounds that close the mouth. Blocked by the tongue, teeth, or lips.

• Vowel

• Consoant

Adjacent, side-by-side consonants that make one sound, sometimes an unexpected sound.

• Vowel Pair

• Consonant Combination

Usually ends in a consonant -le. The e is silent, cross it out; bracket it off and accent the syllable that comes before it.

• Consonant Combination

• Final Stable Syllable