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Unit 2: Spelling the consonant sounds, part 1

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Unit 2: Spelling the consonant sounds, Part 1

Unit StartPage 1: IntroductionPage 2: Consonants in one-syllable words: one consonant or two?Course Test: Spelling end consonants: ff ss ll ckPage 4: Spelling end consonants: ff ss ll ckPage 5: Spelling longer words with: ff ss ll ckPage 6: Spelling the /k/ sound at the end of words: c, k or ck?Course Test: Spelling choices: ick or ic?Page 8: Spelling choices: ick or ic?Page 9: ick and ic rulebreakers and homophonesPage 10: Spelling the /k/ sound before a vowel: c or k?Course Test: Spelling choices for the /k/ sound: c or kPage 12: Spelling choices for the /k/ sound: c or kPage 13: Rulebreakers for the c/k spellingsUnit End

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Consonants in one-syllable words: one consonant or two?

Most consonants are easy to spell: Just listen to the sounds you hear and write one letter for each sound:

rat peg drip blob drum

Sometimes you need two consonants after a short vowel sound.

Think back - help with spelling rules The short vowel sounds are those you hear at the start of these words:

long vowel sounds - learning vowels
alligator
long vowel sounds - learning vowels
elephant
long vowel sounds - learning vowels
insect
long vowel sounds - learning vowels
octopus
long vowel sounds - learning vowels
umbrella

Teaching point Some end consonants need to be doubled after a short vowel. The end consonants which need to double are :
f s l c

f > ff s > ss l > ll and c becomes ck
doubled letters after a short vowel doubled letters after a short vowel doubled letters after a short vowel doubled letters after a short vowel
cliff pass shell clock
staff
sniff
tiff
puff
bluff
cuff
stuff
scoff
off ('get off')		 mass
class
press
stress
fuss
hiss
miss
boss
cross		 bell
smell
still
doll
bull
pull
The 'all' words:
call
fall
small
wall		 track
snack
neck
speck
click
thick
lock
shock
duck
struck
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