For the months of April and May, we
will be introducing "bonus letters" and "glued sounds" into
our word study instruction. Students will continue to tap-to-read and
tap-to-write CVC and CVCC words as well.
Bonus Letter Rule- At the end of a one-syllable word, if the word has one vowel,
followed immediately by an f, l, or s (and sometimes z) at the end, double the
consonant. (The extra f, l, or s is considered a bonus letter because it
is extra.
*Mark up a bonus letter word by
putting a star above the bonus letter.
*The Bonus letter does not make an
additional sound.
i.e., the word miss has 4
letters but makes 3 sounds m/i/s/
therefore it will take 3 taps to
"tap out" the word miss
m-i-s -----> miss
Glued sounds are letters that, when
blended together, make a special sound. Some glued sounds that we will be
introducing are -all, -am, and -an. When we tap a
word that has a glued sound, we use the middle and ring finger to
make one tap. For example, the word ball would be tapped out as
b-all----->ball. To mark a word that has a glued sound, students
should make a box around that sound.
Current Unit Words:
shell cuff fuss
miss kiss off
fill puff
toss doll hill fell
chill Russ Bess
well mess Nell
mass bell
pill will huff wall
fall hall
call ball tall mall
man fan pan tan
ham Sam van
