The Pirate’s

Pronunciation
Handbook
Creative Language Arts
Advanced Phonics, Spelling Skills
& Cursive Writing Practice
 The Pirate’s
Pronunciation
Handbook
Advanced Phonics, Spelling Skills
& Cursive Writing Practice

Alexandra Bretush & Sarah Janisse Brown

The Thinking Tree, LLC - www.FunSchoolingBooks.com
Copyright 2019 - Do Not Copy —Dyslexie Font
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Creative Language Arts
This Course Covers:

Dyslexia & ESL

Friendly!
 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK :

Learning Tools Required to Complete This Course:

 English alphabet
How many letters are in the English alphabet? ___
Write them below in the correct order!
 Trace the cursive alphabet

Practice writing cursive letters below

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 CONSONANTS
How many consonants are there
in the English alphabet? ___

PRACTICE WRITING THE CONSONANTs IN Cursive

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 Letter B
Draw as many things that start with this letter as you can!

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________
 Silent B
Letter B can be silent at the ends of words after letter m

LAMB
COMB
BOMB
DUMB
WOMB

Write a short story using the words above:

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 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

_________ _________
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 Letter C
Fill in the blanks with words that begin with each sound.

sound [S] sound [K]

before the vowels before the vowels
E, I, Y A, O, U

CENTER CAT
CIRCUS CORD
CYCLE CUCuMBER
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 sound [K]
before consonants

CLOWN
CROWD
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_____

Write A short story or poem using

the words from these pages:

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 LETTER COMBINATION CH
sound [CH]
Open one of the books on
your reading list and write
down as many words with
this letter combination as
you can

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Write A short story or a poem using these words:

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 LETTER COMBINATION CH

sound [k] sound [SH]

in words of Greek in words of French
or Latin origin origin

CHAOS CHAMPAGNE
CHEMISTRY CHEF
SCHOLAR CHANDALIER
CHORUS MOUSTACHE
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 cursive writing
Date:

Copy an interesting
paragraph from your pirate book in cursive

Book Title:_____________ Page #_______

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COMIC time
Create a Pirate comic strip
 Letter D

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
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Write A short story using the words above:

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 Letter F
Draw as many things that start with
The letter F as you can!
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

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 First WRITE AS MANY Letter G
WORDS THAT you can
which HAVE LETTER G
Next SORT THEM BY
IN THEm
THE SOUND LETTER
G MAKES on the
next page

Morning, Sage______________________________
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COLOR IN ONLY THE WORDS IN WHICH LETTER G MAKES the SOUND [J]

agent PAGE gap

guide
leg game
Giant
great general
cage
huge
energy egg
sound [J] sound [G]

Sage Morning
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MAKE a FUNNY DRAWING ABOUT THE WORDS ABOVE

LETTER COMBINATION GH
sound [G} sound [f]
at the beginning At the end of
of the word some words

GHOST ENOUGH
GHOUL LAUGH
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FUNNY DRAWINGS AND DOODLES

If GH comes before T at the end of the word
The GH is usually silent!

bought _____
caught _____
daughter _____
weight _____

make a funny poem USING THE words ABOVE

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 Letter H
Draw as many things that start with letter h as you can!

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find 10 words
starting with this letter and write them below in cursive

_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
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_____________ _____________
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 Silent h
Letter h can be silent
Write a few WORDS WITH THE SILENT LETTER H!

hour _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
 Letter J

Open the book you are reading at the moment and find 10 words
starting with this letter and write them below in cursive

_______ _______
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Letter K

Draw as many things as you that

that you might find on a pirate
ship that start with the letter k.
 Creative Writing

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
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Write A short story using the words above:

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 cursive writing
Write a pirate story in cursive:

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COMIC time
Create a Pirate comic strip
Letter L

Draw as many things that start

with letter L that you can find
underwater as you can!
 Creative Writing

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
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Write A short story using the words above:

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 Letter M
Write 6 nouns Write 5
starting with this adjectives starting
letter with this letter
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_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
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Write a short story using the words above:

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 Letter N
Write as many words that end with letter n as you can

___________
_______________

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_______________

___________
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FUNNY DRAWINGS AND DOODLES

Date: _____________ COMIC time
Create a Pirate comic strip
 Letter P
Draw as many things that start with letter p as you can!

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find 10 words
starting with this letter and write them below in cursive

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 Letter Combination PH
sound [F]

PHONE _____
PHOTO _____
DOLPHIN _____
PHYSICS _____

MAKE AS MANY WORDS out OF THE WORD

PHOTOGRAPHY
As you can

TROPHY _____ _____ _____

_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
 Color me !

MAKE AS MANY WORDS out OF THE WORD

PIRATE
As You Can
_AIR__ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
Draw your own pirate here!
 Letter Q

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
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_______________ _______________
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Write A short story using the words above:

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 LETTER COMBINATION QU
sound [k] sound [KW]

UNIQUE QUESTION
TECHNIQUE QUEEN
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____

WRITE A SHORT FUNNY POEM USING THE WORDS

FROM THESE PAGES
 Letter R
Draw as many things that start with letter R
as you can!
 Creative Writing

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
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Write A short story using the words above:

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 Letter S

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find 10 words
starting with this letter and write them below in cursive

_______ _______
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
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_____________ _____________
Trace and color me!

WHAT IS MY NAME?

___________________________________
 Letter S
SOUND [s] or SOUND [Z]

COLOR IN ONLY THE WORDS IN WHICH LETTER s MAKES SOUND {z}

reason was send

present advise
is
cause boys
wise eggs
busy
always story
cats this kiss
storm smell

tuesday sunday

rose nose
misty
 Make up a funny story using the words you colored in
Title:

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Make an illustration for this story

 Letter combination SS

___________
_______________
lesson, loss, mass,
_______________
mattress, mess,
_______________
message

MAKE AS MANY WORDS out OF THE WORD

“PIRATESS” (Lady Pirate!)

As You Can

_RAT_ _____ _____ _____

_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
 SOUND [sH]
The combination CI: The combination SI:

MUSICIAN MISSION
SPECIAL DISCUSSION
DELICIOUS _____
SUSPICIOUS _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____
_____
 SOUND [sH]
The combination TI: The combination SU:

PATIENT SUGAR
CONDITION PRESSURE
AMBITIOUS ISSUE
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____

write Three funny sentences using the words from these pages

1. ___________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 Letter T
Draw as many things that start with letter T as you can!

MAKE AS MANY WORDS out OF THE WORD

TREASURE
__sea_ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

_________ _________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
 LETTER COMBINATION - TH

[ð]
breath – bath – path
– booth – tooth –
teeth – truth – north –
cloth – moth – earth –
birth – faith – south –
both – growth

[θ]
other – mother –father
– brother – leather –
feather – weather –
whether – together –
gather – either—
neither – further
Open the book you are reading at the moment and
write below as many words with TH as you can.
Then sort them below by the sound they make.

[ð] [θ]
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
 Date:

_____________

READING
TIME

____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Date: _____________

Write a message in each bottle using words from your books.

 Letter V

Write 6 nouns Write 5

starting with this adjectives starting
letter with this letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________

Write A short story or a poem using

the words from these pages:


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 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find 10 words
starting with this letter and write them below in cursive

_______ _______
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
 Letter W
Open the book you are reading at the moment. find 10 words starting
with this letter and write them below in cursive

_______ _______
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________

WRITE A SHORT FUNNY POEM USING

THE WORDS FROM THESE PAGES
 LETTER COMBINATION wh

WHAT WHALE

WHOLE WHEEL

WHERE WHOSE

WHICH WHEN

WHO WHITE

WHOM WHICH

SORT THE WORDS ABOVE BY

THE SOUND THEY MAKE

sound [w] sound [h]

WHAT WHOLE
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
 LETTER COMBINATION wr
Letter w can be silent in wr letter combination

wreck _____
wrist _____
wrong _____
Write _____
Wrinkle _____
wrap _____

Write A short story using the words above:


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COMIC time
Create a Pirate comic strip
 Letter X
Draw as many things that Start or END
with THE letter X as you can!
 Creative Writing

Write 6 verbs Write 5 nouns

starting with this starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________

Write A short story using the words above:

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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 Letter x
SOUND [ks] or SOUND [gz]

COLOR IN ONLY THE WORDS IN WHICH LETTER x MAKES the SOUND {gz}

fix exam exit

experience
relax
example
exist box
exotic
extract maximum

expect EXPENSIVE

exhausting exact
EXPERIMENT exile

anxiety axis
except
 MAKE AS MANY WORDS out OF THE WORD

EXPERIENCE
As you can

_RICE_ _____ _____ _____

_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____

MAKE FUNNY ILLUSTRATIONS ABOUT THESE WORDS BELOW

 Letter Y
Draw as many things that start or end
with the letter Y as you can!

Color in the pictures and finish the words

with this letter

y y
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

_________ _________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
 sound [yu:]
Letter
letter u Letter
Combinations Combinations

EW UE,UE
USE
USUAL
FEW DUE
HUMAN
DEW PURSUE
HUMOR
NEPHEW SUIT
REFUSE
NEW NEUTURAL
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____

MAKE SOME DRAWINGs ABOUT THE WORDS ABOVE

 Letter Z
Draw as many things that start or end with letter z as you can!

Letter combination ZZ

JAZZ _____ PIZZA_____

PUZZLE _____
BUZZ _____
DRIZZLE_____
FUZZ _____
 Creative Writing

Write 6 nouns Write 5

starting with this adjectives starting
letter with this letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________

Write A short story using the words above:

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
 Vowels
There are six vowels in English
What are they?

_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______

SOUNDS
These vowels and different combinations of
them can make other sounds
Ask your parents if they know these sounds!

[i:] [o]
[i] [o:]
[e] [oi]
[ei] [ou]
[i:] [u]
[æ] [u:]
[a] [yu]
[ai] [ə]
[au] [ər]
Find and Color in vowels only!
 Letter A
the letter A typically represents five sounds:

[æ] [ei]
under stress in the letter A in the open
closed syllable of the syllable in the root
root

hat Kate
rat _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______ _______
_______

[a:] [ə] [o:]

card alone call
_______ _______ _______
_______ _______ _______
_______ _______ _______
_______ _______ _______
_______ _______ _______
 A
Draw as many things that start with
letter A as you can!
A
 Creative Writing

Write 6 verbs A Write 5 nouns

starting with this
starting with this
letter letter
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________

Write A short story using the words above:

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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 A

[æ]
In American English,
the letter A under
stress in the closed
syllable of the root is
usually pronounced [æ]

USE THIS SPACE FOR FUNNY DRAWINGS AND DOODLES

 Try saying these words with
British AND American accents

staff, after, draft,

half, ask, task, grasp,
grass, glass, class,
fast, last, castle,
master
disaster, bath, path,
example, chance,
dance, answer, can't,
demand, command
 Sound [æ]
Letter A in the closed syllable—

Add more to the list and then put in alphabetical order

Ask ____________
Task ____________

Fast ____________

Last ____________
____________
Master
____________
Castle
____________
Answer
____________
Act
____________
Pack ____________
sand ____________
Class ____________

Glass ____________

_________ ____________

____________ ____________

____________ ____________

____________ ____________
____________
Color in the pictures and finish the words
with this letter

S
I A
 Sound [a:]
letter A Letter combinations

in some English words AR

and words of foreign origin in the root
usually under stress

PSALM
BALM ART
DRAMA CARD
BRAVO PART
_____ GUARD
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

_________ _________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
 Sound [au]
Letter Combinations

OW
[ou] - [au]
CROWN
own – owl
DROWN
bowl – brown
COW mow – pow
NOW
_____
_____
_____
Letter Combinations
_____
OU
_____

OUT
DOUBT
CLOUD
LOUD
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
COMIC time
Create a Pirate comic strip
 Letter E
Draw as many things that Include
the letter E as you can!
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

_________ _________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
 Sound [e]
letter E Letter
letter E
in the closed Combinations EA in the prefixes
syllable of the root “EM” “EN”

BREAD
BET ENJOY
DEAD
SET EMPLOY
HEAD
ACCEPT EMBRACE
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____ _____
_____

make a funny poem with words

that have an ea letter combination
Color in the pictures and finish the words
with this letter

e
 Sound [ei]
Letter combinations AI, EI Letter combinations AY, AY

AIM DAY
AID GRAY
SAIL PRAY
EIGHT OBEY
VEIL PREY
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____

Letter combinations EA

GREAT
BREAK
STEAK
_____
_____
_____
_____
 Sound [ei]
letter A letter A
in the open syllable in the verbal suffix “ATE”
of the root

DECORATE
KATE EDUCATE
LATE CELEBRATE
PASTE CREATE
WASTE _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____

write 3 funny sentences using the words from these pages

1. _________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

3.________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 Letter I
Draw as many things that start
with letter I as you can!
Color in the pictures and finish the words
with this letter

i
 Sound [i]
letter I letter E
in the closed in some suffixes
syllable of the root and endings

SIT MADNESS
MISS COUNTLESS
FINGER ROCKET
_____ POCKET
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____

letter Y letter Y
in the root in the suffix

SYMBOL LADY
HYMN FAMILY
MYSTERY BUSY
_____ FUNNY
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
 Sound [i]
Letter Letter
Combinations Combinations

IE EY

ANNIE HONEY
CARRIE JOURNEY
KATIE MONEY
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
Make up short funny poems using the words from these pages
 Sound [i:]
letter E letter E
in the open syllable of letter E in the prefixes
the root in the suffixes "pre, re"
"ESE"

ME REMOVE
SHE CHINESE PREPARE
PETE JAPANESE _____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____

Letter Letter
Combinations Combinations

IE, EI EE, EA

BELIEVE DEEP
ACHIEVE SEE
RECEIVE SEA
DECEIVE TEA
_____ _____
_____ _____
_____ _____
 Creative Writing

Write an interesting short story or a poem using as many words with this
sound as you can and draw an illustration about it below

Title:



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Make an illustration about it!

 Letter O
Color in the pictures and finish the words
with this letter

o
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

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 Sound [o]
Letter letter O Letter
Combinations Combinations
WA QUA
BORROW
SORROW
WASH QUALITY
CLOCK
WANT QUARANTINE
COFFEE
SWAMP QUARREL
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Sound [oi]
Letter Letter
Combinations Combinations

OI OY

OIL BOY
POISON JOY
VOICE ANNOY
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 Creative Writing

Write an interesting short story or a poem using as many words with this
sound as you can and draw an illustration about it below

Title:



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Make an illustration about it!

 Sound [o:]
Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

WA,WAR ALL,AL

WARM CALL
WATER SALT
REWARD CHALK
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WRITE A SHORT FUNNY POEM

USING THE WORDS FROM THESE PAGES
Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

OR,ORE AW

TORN DAWN
FORM HAWK
SHORE AWFUL
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Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

AUGHT,OUGHT AU

CAUGHT CAUSE
BROUGHT PAUSE
SOUGHT HAUNT
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 Sound [ou]
letter O letter O letter O
in the open in the closed in the prefixes
syllable of the root syllable of the root “CO” and “PRO”
Before consonant

HOME COWORKER
COLD
HOPE COORDINATE
OLD
MOMENT PROHIBIT
GHOST
TOTAL PROGRAM
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FUNNY DRAWINGS AND DOODLES

 Letter letter O Letter
Combinations in the final Combinations

OW position OA

ROW HERO SOAK

FLOW ZERO BOAT
KNOW POTATO ROAST
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WRITE A SHORT FUNNY POEM

USING THE WORDS FROM THESE PAGES
 Letter U
Draw as many things that
include THE letter U as you can!

Color in the pictures and finish the words

with this letter (yes, pirates were bad)

u
u
 Cursive Writing

Open the book you are reading at the moment. find

10 words starting with this letter and write them in cursive below

_________ _________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
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 Sound [u:]
Letter Combinations letter O Letter Combinations

OO OU
DO
FOOD TWO GROUP
MOON WHO SOUP
TATTOO _____ WOUND
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Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

EW UE

JEWEL TRUE
BLEW BLUE
CHEW CLUE

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 Sound [u]
Letter Combinations
letter u Letter Combina-

OO tions

OU
PUSH
BOOK BULLET
COOK SHOULD
SUGAR
HOOD WOULD
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_____ COULD
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write 3 funny sentences using the words from these pages

1. _________________________________________________________

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2.________________________________________________________

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3.________________________________________________________

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 Sound [ər]
Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

ER UR,IR

HERB BURN
PERSON TURN
PAPER SIR
BETTER CIRCLE
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Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

OUR OR

JOURNAL WORD
COURAGE FAVOR
JOURNEY EFFORT
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Letter Combinations Letter Combinations

AR EAR

DOLLAR LEARN
COLLAR EARTH
COWAR PEARL
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WRITE A SHORT FUNNY POEM

USING THE WORDS FROM THESE PAGES
 NEUTRAL SOUND
[ə] [ʌ]
is the most common vowel sound of English.

It occurs in initial, medial, or final position in the root, prefix, and suffix

under stress or unstressed.

letter A letter O letter U

ABOUT SON DIFFICULT

SODA LESSON NUMBER
CENTRAL FREEDOM SUN
CINEMA MONEY MINUS
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MAKE FUNNY DRAWINGs ABOUT THE WORDS ABOVE

 letter I Letter Combinations letter E
OU
TERRIBLE TOLERATE
POSSIBLE ROUGH GOLDEN
FAMILY TOUGH KITTEN
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_____ DOUBLE _____
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Write A short story USING AS MANY

OF THE SOUNDS ABOVE:

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 Letter combination EA
SORT THE WORDS BELOW BY THE SOUNDS

sea, tea, flea, peace, beach, teach, lead, read, beak,

peak, leak, freak, deal, meal, reveal, seal, steal,
beam, cream, scream, team, bean, lean, clean, heap,
leap, reap, please, treasure, measure, pleasure,
release, increase, tease, meat, beat, heat, beneath,
breathe, creature, leave, great, steak. head, header,
lead, read, spread, thread, dread, tread, ready,
instead, sweat, sweater, threat, threaten, breath,
death, deaf, health, stealth, wealth, weather,
leather, leak, freak, deal, meal, feather, treacherous,
pleasant, jealous, bread, dead, dealt, meant, cleanse,
weapon, heaven, heavy, breakfast, breast, break

USE THE SPACE ABOVE TO DOODLE

Sort the words from the previous page by sound

[i:] [e:] [ei]

SEA BREAD BREAK
TEA DEAD ____________
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 Letter combination OW

SORT THESE WORDS BY THE

SOUNDS and write them on the
list on the next page

follow, hollow, borrow, narrow, window,

yellow, now, how, cow, row, bow, brow,
allow, crowd, powder, owl, fowl, howl,
down, gown, town, know, low, show,
row, bow, clown, brown, drown, crown,
browse, browser, towel, bowel, vowel,
mow, owe, tow, crow, grow, throw,
flower, power, tower, blow, flow, slow,
bowl, own, blown, flown, grown, shown,
thrown, growth, coward, Howard

USE THE SPACE ABOVE TO DOODLE

 [ou] [au]
FOLLOW CROWD
HOLLOW ALLOW
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 The -s/es ending of nouns
Write as many plural nouns in the bubble below as you can

apples fishes kites

Sort them by the sounds

[S] [Z] [IZ]

KITES APPLES FISHES
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USE THIS PAGE FOR NOTES OR DRAWINGS
 The -s/es ending of verbs
[s] [Z] [IZ]

After a After a voiced After

voiceless consonant or the letters
Consonant vowel s, z, x, ch, tch, ge,
dge, sh

TAKES SWIMS JUDGES

WRITES FALLS WASHES
BITES CRIES LOSES
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Make a funny poem below using these words
USE THIS PAGE FOR NOTES OR DRAWINGS
 Irregular Plural Nouns
ox – oxen
mouse – mice
louse – lice
goose – geese
man – men
woman – women
child – children
foot – feet
tooth – teeth

USE THIS SPACE FOR FUNNY DRAWINGS AND DOODLES

The same singular and plural NOUN form

SHEEP SWINE
FISH SERIES
BISON ALMS
MEANS CROSSROADS
DOZEN AIRCRAFT

NOUNS Only in PLURAL

JEANS TIGHTS
TROUSERS PAJAMAS
PANTS SCISSORS
SHORTS PLIERS

write Two funny sentences using the words from these pages

1. _________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 English homonyms
The same pronunciation, different meaning

AIR – HEIR
BUY – BY – BYE
CEREAL – SERIAL
DEAR – DEER
TOO – TWO
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write 3 funny sentences using HOMONYMS

1. _______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
The same spelling, different pronunciation AND meaning

TEAR [tiər] – TEAR [teər]

BOW [bau] – BOW [bau]
DESERT ['dezərt] – DESSERT [di'zərt]

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DRAW SOME OF
THESE WORDS!
WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
 suffixes
Nouns

-DOM
-HOOD
Kingdom
Parenthood
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_____
_____
_____
_____

-MENT -Ness
Basement Kindness
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 Creative Writing
Write a short story using as many of these words as you can
and draw an illustration about it below

Title:

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-SHIP -SION
Worship Compassion
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-TH
health
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-TION
Potion
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-Ty
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Ability _____
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 suffixes
Nouns and Adjectives

-ANCE –ANCY -ANT

-ENCE -ENCY –ENT

Brilliance Brilliant
_________ Important
Patience _________
Difference Different
_________ Pregnant
fluency Fluent
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
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_____________ _____________
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 suffixes
Adjectives

Make adjectives from verbs using the suffixes

-ABLE -IBLE

Notice Noticeable
Sense __________
Response __________
Change __________
Resist __________
Try __________
Enjoy Enjoyable
Eat __________
Agree __________
Accept __________
respect __________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________
_____________ _____________
Make adjectives from nouns using the suffix
-ful

Beauty Beautiful
Care __________
Faith __________
Trust __________
Friend __________
Joy __________
Taste __________
Peace __________
Delight __________
Help __________
Fruit Fruitful
_______________
_____________

write Two sentences using the words from these pages

1. _______________________________________________________________

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2._______________________________________________________________

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Adjectives

-ous -IVE
Dangerous Active
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-Y
Funny
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_____ -IC
_____ Fantastic
_____ _____
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-LESS
Self selfless
Blame __________
Child __________
Pain __________
Noise __________
Hope __________
Head __________
Power __________
Limit __________
End Endless
__________
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Write a short story using the words above:

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Adjectives
-ED -ING
Amazed Amazing
Bored _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ _____________
_____________ Tiring
_____________ Exhausting
_____________ Annoying
_____________ ____________
_____________ __________

What difference do these

suffixes make in
meaning?
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