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It’s Just an Ostrich! VCCCV Patterns
Now that we have gotten through the more challenging VCV syllable pattern, we can move to the next in line – VCCCV, Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel. Even though it looks longer and possibly more challenging, this one requires less work to break up than VCV.
If you have not yet read the posts on REVLOC, VCCV, and VCV,...
VCV – the Tiger and the Camel Slept in a Motel in Japan
A Harvest of VCCV Patterns
The Essence of OG Word Patterns & Syllable Division
When studying Orton Gillingham, one of the main focuses of the program is on dividing words into syllables (known as syllable division). The one and only point of syllable division is to pronounce the word. Nothing else. This means, if someone does not perfectly divide up the word, but is still able pronounce the...
We Sailed and Jumped into a Twisted -ED (the suffix)
Hearing letter sounds is a major key to learning to write and understand English. It can be confusing because many letters or letter combinations have more than one sound. Today I will go over one of the combinations – the suffix –ed.
The suffix –ed is used to represent past tense; plenty of even smaller children may...
They Come as a Team – Vowel Teams
Say, “Wuh”? Pronouncing Sounds
There are times when pronouncing a consonant letter, people will say it like this:
For “m” someone might say, “muh” or “d,” “duh.” Actually, m says, “mmmm” and d says “d” (clipped, no uh on it).
The sounds of letters are the smallest unit of sound in the English language. They are called phonemes (pronounced: ph?-n?ms).
This is...
Don’t Get Ruffled or Baffled by Consonant + le
R is Very Controlling
We’ve covered Closed, (Magic )E, and Open syllables in the REVLOC system of classifying syllables to give them rules to help pronounce words. From here, things get slightly trickier.
The R-controlled syllable is the R in REVLOC. In a past post, I acknowledged the reason for the order of the letters in REVLOC is that...