Helpful Resources
http://archwayveritas.greatheartsacademies.org/academics/curriculum/
http://phonogrampage.com/
SPALDING SPELLING RULES
1. q is always followed by u: queen
2. c before e, i,
or y says “s” (city, cent) followed by any other letter says
“k” (cat, cut)
3. before e, i,
or y says “j” (page, giant) any other letter
says “g” (gate, go, gust)
4. a, e, i, u say name at the end of
a syllable (navy, me, open, music)
5. i and y sometime say
“igh”
6. y not i used
at the end of English words
7. jobs
of e
first job of e makes vowel say its name
(time)
second job of e English words don’t end
in u or v (love) third job of e, it
lets g say “j” and c say “s” (twice) fourth job
of e, every syllable needs a vowel (able) fifth job of e,
no job! (one)
8. 5 spellings for “er”, her,
first, nurse, early, work
9. 1-1-1 rule.
Words of one syllable, with one vowel, ending in one consonant, need another
final
consonant before adding an ending that begins with a vowel. Hop+ped
10. 2-1-1 rule. Words with 2
syllables in which second syllable is accented need another consonant
before Adding an ending that begins with a vowel. Begin+ning
11. words ending with a
silent final e (come) are written without the e when adding
a vowel ending.
12. i before e except
after c or when saying /ay/ field
13. sh is used at the beginning or end of a base
word or at the end of a syllable but never at the beginning
of a syllable
after the first one except for the word ending ship
14. ti, si, ci, are used to
say /sh/
15. si says “sh” when the syllable before it
ends in an s /session
16. si may say /zh/ as in vision
17. double l, f, and s when following a single
vowel
18. use ay to say a at the end of a base word
never alone. Play
19. i and o may say /I/ and /O/ if followed
by 2 consonants (find, old)
20. letter s never follows x
21. all, written alone has 2- l’s
22. till and full written alone
has 2-l’s but when written with another syllable only
one l is written
23. dge is only used after a single vowel that
says it’s short sound
24. when adding an ending to a word that ends with
a consonant and y use i instead
of y unless the ending is ing (baby, babies, try, tried,
trying)
25. ck may be used only after a single vowel that says
it’s short sound (back, neck, lick, rock, duck)
26. Capitalize proper nouns
27. words beginning with the sound /z/ are always
spelled with z never s (zoo)
28. “ed” has three sounds and is added to form the past
tense of regular verbs
29. divide words between double consonants within
a base word (little, account, arrive)
Spalding Cues
Phonogram
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You say:
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They say:
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ai
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Clue
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Never used at the end of an English word
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oi
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Clue
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Never used at the end of an English word
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er
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Clue
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As in her
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ir
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Clue
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As in first
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ur
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Clue
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As in nurse
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ear
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Clue
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As in early
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au
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Clue
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Never used at the end of an English word
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ck
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Clue
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Two letters
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ui
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Clue
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Never used at the end of an English word
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oa
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Clue
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As in boat
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ph
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Clue
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Two letters
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oe
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Clue
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As in toe
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kn
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Clue
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Used only at the beginning of a word
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gn
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Clue
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Used at the beginning or end of a word
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wr
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Clue
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Two letters
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dge
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Clue
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Three letters
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eigh
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Clue
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Four letters
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ti
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Clue
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Tall
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ci
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Clue
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Short
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