Encode two-syllable words with double letter endings (e.g., virus vs. confess).
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.5.PE
Encode final /j/ and /ch/ (e.g., badge, cage, merge, gouge; clutch, couch, starch, pinch, screech).
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.6.PE
Encode two-syllable words with medial long vowel teams (e.g., complain, canteen).
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.7.PE
Encode two-syllable words with vowel-r patterns (e.g., forget, doctor, cartoon, mustard).
3rd Grade Writing - Spelling Patterns Lesson
Spelling Patterns
Correct spelling helps readers understand your writing.
Knowing spellingpatterns can help you become a better speller.
SyllablePatterns
Syllable
A syllable is defined by an unbroken vowel sound in a word. Words can have one or more syllables. The number of syllables is like the number of beats in a word. Knowing different syllable patterns can help you spell words correctly.
Closed Syllables
When the vowel sound in a syllable is short, it is "closed off" by a consonantsound. Closed syllables are surrounded by or end with one or more consonants.
Example:
hundred → hun · dred
pilgrim → pil · grim
Open Syllables
When a syllable is "open," it ends with a vowel sound and makes a long vowel sound.
A final stable syllable only comes at the end of a word. When it is combined with a closed syllable, the consonant that comes before the "-le" is often doubled. When it follows an open syllable, it is not doubled.
Example:
puzzle → puz · zle
bugle → bu · gle
VCe Syllables
A VCe syllable, or "magic e" syllable, makes a long vowel sound that is spelled with a single vowel, followed by a single consonant, followed by a silente.
Syllables with an ea or ee vowel team often make a long e sound.
Example:
between → be · tween
ai,ay
Syllables with an ai or ay vowel team often make a long a sound.
Example:
always → al · ways
oi,oy
Syllables with an oi or oy vowel team often make the /oy/ sound as in boy.
Example:
annoy → an · noy
r-Controlled Vowels
When a vowel is followed by an r in a syllable, the r changes the sound. An ar often makes an /ar/ sound. An er often makes an /ər/ sound. An ir also often makes an /ər/ sound, as does a ur. An or may make an /ər/ sound or an /or/ sound.