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Concept Deck
Foundational Reading Skills
11 cards·by mpeteken
What are the beats or bites of a word?
syllable
What starts with an uppercase letter, ends in a period, question mark or exclamation point,
and has a subject and predicate?
sentence
What is the difference between short and long vowels?
Short vowels have a short sound and are marked with a breve above. Long vowels say their name and
are marked with a macron above them.
What is part of a sentence called?
Phrase
What are all the letters besides the vowels called?
consonants
What is the difference between short and long vowels?
Short vowels have a short sound and are marked with a breve above. Long vowels say their name and
are marked with a macron above them.
No word in the English language can end in the letter v. If you hear /v/ at the end of a word, how
would you spell it?
-ve
What are the fat vowels?
a, o, u
What are the skinny vowels?
e, i, y
What is the beginning /k/ spelling rule?
Use c before a, o, u and use k before e, i, y.
x can never be doubled or followed the letter s, so if you have a word ending in x (like fox), how
would you make it more than one?
Add -es (foxes)