| Term | Definition |
| q | ___ is always written with U and we say /kwa/ |
| c | __ followed by e,i, or y says /s/ |
| g | __ followed by e, i, or y may say /j/ |
| i or u | English words do not end in __ or ___ |
| a-e-i-o-u | vowels |
| bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz | consonants |
| syllables | parts of words with vowels and consonants in patterns |
| c-v-c | simple syllable pattern |
| first way a vowel may say its name | with a silent e |
| 5 /ers/ | er-ir-ur-(w)or-ear |
| second way a vowel may say its name | at the end of a syllable |
| ay | two letter /a/ that may be used at the end of a syllable |
| ai | two letter /a/ that may NOT be used at the end of a syllable |
| kn | two letter /n/ used ONLY at the beginning of a base word |
| ough | /o/ /oo/ /uf/ /off/ /aw/ /ow/ |
| oe | the /o/ of toe |
| sh | used at the beginning of a syllable but not at the beginning of any syllable after the first one, except for the ending ship |
| ed | past tense ending |
| c-v-c-c | a vowel may say its name with this syllable pattern |
| rule two for silent e | English words do not end in v or u so? |
| rule three for silent e | to make c or g say their "soft" sound |
| rule four for silent e | every syllable has to have a vowel |
| rule five for silent e | odd job e |
| rule one for silent e | to make a vowel say its name |