The AWFUL Eight

When you have an "a", "o", or "u" RIGHT after a /k/ sound, how do you spell it? Psst - look at the anchor posters by the wall.

• With a "c"

• With a "k"

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How many phonemes (letter sounds) in CLEANLY? Hint - count EVERY sound.

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How many phonemes (letter sounds) in table? Hint - cough cough Final Stable Syllables cough cough

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How many phonemes (letter sounds) in "elect"?

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What is that? HINT - how do you spell the /j/ sound in the final position of a one syllable word?

• lodge

• loge

• louge

How do you spell the /aw/ sound?

• AW in the initial and medial positions, AU in the final position

• AU in the initial and medial positions, AW in the final position

• AU in the initial position, AW in the medial position, UWU in the final position.

How many SYLLABLES in the word "plastic"? HINT: number of vowel sounds = number of syllables & there can be more than one vowel in a vowel sound - bOOk, trEAt, bEAU

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