Stephen's Phonics

Front 1

two vowels together

Back 1

When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking!

boat road team

Front 2

vowel rules:

silent "e" at the end of a word.

Back 2

A vowel followed by a consonant and a silent e is long; code the vowel with a macron and cross out the silent e. name hope
The silent "e" is bossy, because it makes the vowel say its own name.

Front 3

contractions

Back 3

taking two words and making a "shortened" word.
i.e. should not = shouldn't

Front 4

vowel rules

Back 4

An open, accented vowel is long; code it with a macron.

no me I go

Front 5

/j/ sound in the initial position

jam joke giant

Back 5

To spell the /j/ sound in the initial position:
-Use the letter j before the letters a, o, or u.
-Use the letter g before the letters e, i, or y.

Front 6

vowel rules-
short vowels

Back 6

A vowel followed by a consonant is short; code it with a breve. i.e.

log cat sit

Front 7

tch or ch

match pooch bench

Back 7

To spell the /ch/ sound in the final position:
-Use the letters tch after a short vowel.
-Use the letters ch after anything else.