What are word families called?
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern or groups of letters with the same sound. For example, the “ain” word family includes brain, chain, gain, pain, rain, and so on. The following list of common word families come from Wylie and Durrell, 1970.
Is UE a long vowel?
Long Vowel u: u_e, ue.
What words have silent UE?
When ‘ue’ is after ‘g’ at the end of a word, it is usually silent; as in fatigue and league. Some of the words are: Observation: ‘gue’ makes /g/ sound. When ‘ue’ is after ‘q’ at the end of a word, it is usually silent; as in bisque and oblique (‘q’ makes /k/ sound).
How do you describe a word family?
Word families, also called phonograms or “chunks,” provide us with groups of words that have a predictable pattern or “chunk.” These words have the same ending, and they all rhyme. This makes learning a set of words (a word family) easier on our beginning readers.
How do you say UE?
The letter combination ue is pronounced with the lips tightly puckered, as if you’re saying the French u, but instead make a tight “w” sound – phonetic symbol: [ɥ].
What is the silent word of UE?
In the word unique, the -ue was silent. In the word avenue, the -ue was pronounced as the oo sound (oo sound), like in the word soon. In the word rescue, the -ue was pronounced as the long u sound (long u), like in the word cute.
What are some words with UE in them?
All words containing UE are listed here. abluent, abluents, accrue, accrued, accruement, accruements, accrues, acquest… See the full list of words here!
What is a word family in phonics?
Phonics word families are groups of words that have similar letter patterns. By learning just one pattern your child can learn many words at the same time. When two vowels are placed side-by-side, in most cases the first vowel says its name and the other is silent.
How can my child learn many words at the same time?
By learning just one pattern your child can learn many words at the same time. When two vowels are placed side-by-side, in most cases the first vowel says its name and the other is silent. Take for example the word rain. Notice that the a in rain says its name and the second vowel i is silent.