SALTA 4th grade

Basic Spelling Rules

FLoSSeZ RULE IF there are 3 √ ’s, double the final consonant. √ 1. One syllable. √ 2. Base word ends with f,l,s,or z. √ 3. Short vowel.

Examples: loss, fluff, fill, jazz

Exceptions: bus, gas, has, his, is, us, as, was, this, yes, plus, us, of, chef, pal, if /k/ Rules Short Vowel IF there are 3 √ ’s, spell the word with -- - ck. √ 1. One syllable √ 2. Ends with /k/sound √ 3. Short vowel LongVowel , Most common long vowel spellingpattern (80%) IF there are 3 √ ’s, spell the word with -- - ke. √ 1. One syllable √ 2. Ends with /k/sound √ 3. Long vowel Other vowels, spelled with -- - k Examples: bake, stroke, Pete, smile, rule -- - r controlled, vowel digraph, vowel diphthong Examples: fork, speak, oak, cook, hawk /ch/ Rule IF there are 3 √ ’s, spell the word tch. √ 1. One syllable. √ 2. /ch/ sound at end. √ 3. Short vowel. With l or n Examples: mulch winch lunch squelch branch Other vowels: Spell the /ch/ sound as ch. Examples: torch, teach, coach, pooch, pouch Exceptions: such, much, which, rich-- - Mnemonic: Such rich people have much which they can spend. /j/ Rule Short Vowel IF there are 3 √ ’s, spell the word –dge. √ 1. The word is one syllable. √ 2. There is a /j/ sound at the end of the word base word. √ 3. There is a short vowel in base word. Other vowel patterns/ syllable types: -- - r controlled, vowel digraph, vowel diphthong. Spell the /j/ sound -- - ge. Examples: barge, urge, gauge, siege, gouge Multi-- - syllablic IF each point can be checked off, spell the word with -- - age. /ij/, is most often spelled age. √ 1. The word is multi-- - syllable. √ 2. There is a /ij/ sound at the end of the word base word. Examples: marriage, cabbage, beverage, forage, pillage, plumage Exceptions: college, knowledge, privilege, sacrilege, cartridge, partridge, porridge Examples: brick, track, neck, truck