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Ch. 7 Vowel says long sound because of vce, except for words that have a v and u...English words don't ever end with v or u

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The silent e does not always affect the vowel.

50% of silent e-words affect the vowel

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Stressed syllable - dropping chin down the farthest.

vowel and consonant suffix

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Silent E's represent two of the most common spelling mistakes:1) students think E's are randomly added to the end of words, and 2) they forget to add E's where they're needed.

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Ch. 7

Sometimes silent e is put at the end to "make the word longer"!? *weird!

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confusing for new readers

"The best readers decode every word almost instantly"

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Chapter 7

A lot of rules for Silent E!

Why can’t words end in “v” and “u” what about the word “you”?

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Schwa sound - sounds like shout u or short i

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Ch. 7- sometimes silent e is added to help a word not be a plural

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Ch. 7- soft g and soft c b/c of an e on end

/j/ and /s/

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Syllable stress is foundational to both pronunciation and spelling

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Ch 8

Rule 14 is a struggle with adults as well

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Ch 8

Mouth opens farthest to say stressed sound

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chp 8

difficulty with word pairs

hopping and hoping

look for stressed syllable

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Chapter 8

Stress is fundamental to both pronunciation and spelling.

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ch. 8- words end in 1 vowel and one consonant... 1) adding a vowel suffix?

2) is the syllable stressed?

yes to both? add suffix

no? add suffix only 1 syllable words always stressed before a suffix!

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Ch.8

Many people confuse one vowel + one consonant words and silent E words after a suffix has been added.

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Chapter 8

Single-vowel Y changes to i when adding any ending, unless the ending begins with i. There are only 14 words that are exceptions to this rule.