Spelling words for the week of Oct 26 -30th

Posted: October 26, 2009

This week we are focusing on words that have the short e sound:                         Elephant (this picture cue helps them remember the sound of the short e) WENT THERE THEM GET WHERE Students will learn some tricks to help them with the short e sounds: 1.  When a word or syllable has only one vowel and it comes at the beginning of a word, that vowel makes a sound that is called "short"  ex.  egg, Ed, every   2.  When a word or syllable has only one vowel and it is between two consonants, the vowel makes a sound that is called "short" ex. wet, web, get