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Rhymes or Sayings for Different Spelling
Submitted by Admin (09-11-2012)
Rhymes or Sayings for Different Spelling
Hello Everyone
I am looking for the various little rhymes or 'sayings' to teach children the alternative spelling of vowels ie ai, a-e and ay.
I walked into a classroom one day and the teacher in there had a chart of 'sayings' to help the children with the use of alternative spelling.
Donna, I have looked around your site and cannot find it, so if you already have this please direct me to the correct place.
Thanks everyone and enjoy what is left of your well earned break.
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I heard a good one today.
When the 'ing ' comes to play, the 'e ' runs away.
(For adding ing to words that end in 'e'
If anyone knows more of these please share them.
I like " Q and U stick like glue"...cute and catchy
There are too many exceptions to the "i before e except after c" rule.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C
Some kids in my class came up with the saying
'to get her' as a way to remember how to spell together.
Just to add to RB's first one:
'i' before 'e' except after 'c' when the sound says 'ee'. That way you allow for words like 'weird'.
I teach Prep and they love to sing 'because' to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...you will need to hum as you read!
b-e-c-a-u-s-e (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
b-e-c-a-u-s-e (How I wonder what you are)
b-e-c-a-u-s-e (Up above the world so high)
b-e-c-a-u-s-e (Like a diamond in the sky) etc!
It really helps them to remember!
My year 1/2 class loves the story for because...
big, elephants, can, always, understand, small, elephants.
I was taught the story for 'family' and 'when' by the teacher I work with.
Father and mother I love you (family)
(when) - has a hen
If I remember more I will post them to share.
I haven't seen a chart of them but one could certainly be compiled if we put our heads together. Often there are words that 'break the rules' and these need to be specifically taught as doing so.
Some I use are:
1. 'i' before 'e' except when following a 'c' eg. brief, receive
2. When 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and says its own name. eg. boat
3. 'Q' is always followed by 'u'
4. A bossy 'e' at the end of a word can tell the vowel to say its own name - this rule can also be taught as- Magic 'e' at the end of a word can tell the vowel to say its own name. eg. hate, hate
5. Word endings in 'e' - chop off the 'e' to add endings that begin with a vowel or letter 'y' - eg.'ing', 'ed', shine> shining> shiny
6. Doubling - consonants are doubled before adding an ending only when there is a short vowel followed by ONE consonant. eg. shop>shopping but wash, washing (this rule is used to protect the short vowel sound)
7. I also teach children that 'forty is naughty as it loses/drops the u'
Let's see what we can come up with together!
R.
If anyone can come up with some little 'ditties' or 'rhymes', 'rules' for this I would be happy to make them up into charts - they need to be original however - thanks!
Donna
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