TRICKy Word Warmup

Today’s Red Flag Word is:

Today we preview 3 concepts

Closed Syllables

Consonant Teams

Best and Rest Spellings

Closed Syllables

Look at these words.

What do you notice?

cup

it

end

pod

hat

Each word has 1 vowel.

A consonant or consonants come after the vowel.

This is a closed syllable.

Circle the one vowel in each word.

Consonant Teams

Look at these words.

What do you notice?

shop

chin

when

that

Two consonants spell one sound.

They are consonant teams.

Circle the consonant team in each word.

Best and Rest

New teams. Sounds we know!

Let’s read these words together.

shop

kn

spells

/n/

wren

wr

spells

/r/

graph

ph

spells

/f/

Two letters spell one sound that we know.

Circle kn in knot, wr in wren, and ph in graph.