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Doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words by doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - If the root word...
Instructional Video21:53
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The 'j' spellings, including 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing the representations of the ‘j’ phoneme: 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'. Key learning points: - The letter 'j' is never used to represent the 'j' phoneme at the end of the word. - The spelling 'dge' is...
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Applying the 'j' spellings, including 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling patterns for the representations of the ‘j’ phoneme: 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'. Key learning points: - The spelling 'dge' is usually used after short vowels. - The spelling 'ge' is usually used after...
Instructional Video21:53
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The 'l' spellings, including 'le' and 'el'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing the representations of the ‘l’ phoneme: 'le' and 'el'. Key learning points: - The 'll' representation of the 'l' sound is often found after short vowels in single syllable words. - The 'el' and...
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Spelling the 'e' phoneme with 'ea' and the 'ch' phoneme using 'tch'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words like head, bread, catch and pitch. Key learning points: - 'ea' can be used to represent the 'e' phoneme. - 'tch' is the representation of 'ch' usually used after a short vowel. - Exceptions to the 'tch'...
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The 's' spellings, including 'ss' and 'c'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing two representations of the ‘s’ phoneme: 'ss' and 'c'. Key learning points: - 's' is the most common representation of the 's' phoneme at the start of a word. - 'c' is sometimes used to...
Instructional Video23:48
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Other people's actions: singular present tense strong verbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular forms of strong verbs to understand and respond to information about other people's actions. Key learning points: - German vowels (with or without umlauts) can be short or...
Instructional Video18:31
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How to Learn the British Accent: Received Pronunciation (Modern RP)

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Want to know how to learn a British accent? Start by mastering the hardest sounds in Received Pronunciation, or rather, modern RP. These are the features of the RP accent that my students and I work on, most of the time. I transformed my...
Instructional Video7:52
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Common Trigraphs: TCH, DGE, & IGH

K - 3rd
This video teaches about trigraphs, tch, dge, and igh and the rules of when to use them. There is practice with both reading and writing with them.
Instructional Video8:31
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Ending Rules: Doubling, drop -e, y to i

K - 3rd
When we add suffixes to certain words, there are some important rules to know. In this video we learn about doubling the final consonant, dropping the e before adding a suffix, and changing the y to i before adding a suffix.
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Learn English for Kids. Short Vowel A for kids. Sound of short A.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn English for Kids. ESL students and English learners will love this Short Vowel A video for kids. Students will learn the sound of short A within words like cat, bat, can, van, jam.
Instructional Video5:47
Professor Dave Explains

Latin Phonetics Part 1: Vowels

9th - Higher Ed
If we are going to learn Latin, the first thing we must do is learn phonetics, as we need to understand the basic sounds of the language, so that we can read it properly. This will require looking at both vowels and consonants, so let's...
Instructional Video3:53
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Reading Multi-Syllable Words {Open & Closed Syllables}

K - 3rd
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with mostly closed syllables or short vowels. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
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Spelling: C, CK, K, KE

K - 3rd
This video teaches when to use C or K at the beginning of words and which spelling to use at the end of words: CK, KE, or K. We also introduce C endings too. This will help kids at they read, write, and spell words with the /k/...
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Consonant + le Syllables {Syllable Types}

K - 3rd
This video teaches consonant + le syllables, (-ble, -cle, -ple, -tle and more) how to divide them and how to read them. It is assumed that kids already know open, closed, Magic E, r-controlled, and vowel teams syllables. See links to...
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Blend Consonants with Short e

K - 8th
"Blend Consonants with Short Vowel e" demonstrates how to blend and segment the short vowel e sound with consonant sounds.
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Double Up

K - 8th
Mr. Griot explains how doubling a consonant at the end of a word before adding a suffix will keep the vowel short.
Instructional Video5:27
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Open Syllables {Syllable Types}

K - 3rd
This video was re-uploaded with some minor adjustments.)This video teaches open syllables and how to read them. Knowing syllable types help readers read multi-syllable words.
Instructional Video5:27
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Closed Syllables {Syllable Types}

K - 3rd
This video was re-uploaded with some minor adjustments.) This video teaches closed syllables and how to read them. Knowing syllable types help readers read multi-syllable words.
Instructional Video17:46
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Step2_Lesson14_Short Vowel u (_up, _us, _ut)

Pre-K - 3rd
Learn how to read words with the short vowel 'u' sound when they end with 'up', 'us', and 'ut'.
Instructional Video17:18
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Step2_Lesson13_Short Vowel u (_um, _un)

Pre-K - 3rd
Learn how to read words with the short vowel 'u' sound when they end with 'um' and 'un'.
Instructional Video17:47
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Step2_Lesson12_Short Vowel u (_ub, _ud, _ug)

Pre-K - 3rd
Learn how to read words with the short vowel 'u' sound when they end with 'ub', 'ud', and 'ug'.
Instructional Video16:26
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Step2_Lesson11_Short Vowel o (_ot, _ox)

Pre-K - 3rd
Learn how to read words with the short vowel 'o' sound when they end with 'ot' and 'ox'.
Instructional Video17:33
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Step2_Lesson10_Short Vowel o (_ob, _op)

Pre-K - 3rd
Learn how to read words with the short vowel 'o' sound when they end with 'ob' and 'op'.