Have you ever thought about how the “or” in “word” doesn’t sound like an “or”?
In this video, I talk about one of my favorite spelling patterns. The reason I like it so much is that it covers a set of words that many people feel are spelling exceptions… but they aren’t! They’re just following a pattern at a slightly higher order.
- Phonics Friday #3 – Diphthongs and when to use two “L”s vs one “L”
- Phonics Friday #11- When is “ow” pronounced as a long O instead of as an “ou” sound?
- Phonics Friday #10 – The many pronunciations of the letter Y
- Phonics Friday #6 – Three ways to pronounce “ed” and s vs z
- Phonics Friday #5 – When to spell words with one “S” vs a double “S”
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