Final (K)

March 9 - March 13

 The (k) sound in the final position after a long vowel    = ke (cake).

The (k) sound in the final position after a short vowel in a multisyllable = c (picnic).

broke    hike        joke       strike     brake

picnic    metric    music     basic      traffic

Red Words

Red words are irregular words that are spelled in an unexpected way. Red words need to be memorized.

aren’t     often    brother     nothing     answer

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(e)

The (e) sound in the initial or medial position of a one syllable base word =  ee  (feet).

The (e) sound in the medial position of a final syllable = e – consonant - e (athlete).