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1. NAME The Unit Organizer 4 BIGGER PICTURE DATE Sometimes vowels and consonants break the rules  NEXT UNIT /Experience LAST UNIT /Experience 2 3 CURRENT UNIT CURRENT UNIT 1 12 – Vowel digraph exceptions, silent consonant combinations, the bossy “w”, advanced options for the /k/ sound. 11-The multiple sounds of vowel “y” and the variant sounds of “i”. No following unit exists Student Activities or Assignments 8 UNIT MAP is about... 5 vowels and consonants breaking the rules Objective Review Warm-Up Drill Interactive white-boards Small Group Purposeful talk Independent silent reading of words in isolation Paired reading aloud Closure activity Assessments: Phoneme/Syllable Quiz Charting advanced options for the /k/ sound Vowel digraph exceptions called split vowels the bossy “w” and “qu” Silent consonant combinations What is the difference between a vowel digraph and vowel pair? How does a split vowel effect the sound of a vowel digraph? List two pairs of silent consonant combinations which make the same sound. How does the bossy “w” effect the sound of “ar” and “or”? What letter would you add to “que” to change its sound from /k/ to /eek/ ? 6 Compare and contrast Analyze Predict Synthesize UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS RELATIONSHIPS UNIT 7

2. NAME The Unit Organizer DATE Expanded Unit Map 9 is about... Vowels and consonants breaking the rules 10 NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS 12 – Vowel digraph exceptions, silent consonant combinations, the bossy “w”, advanced options for the /k/ sound Bossy “w” and “qu” advanced options for the /k/ sound vowel digraph exceptions called “split vowels” silent consonant combinations “w” or “qu” before an “a” will force the “a” to make the short “o” sound Ex: wash, squat two consonants where one is silent vowel pairs in which two vowels split to make two sounds “ch” and “que” will say /k/ Ex: chorus, clique gh -/g/ ghost rh-/r/ rhyme kn-/n/ knife mn -/m/ column mb -/m/ comb wr -/r/ write some split vowels were never vowel digraphs (ia, io, ua) Ex: piano, violet, Joshua “w” before “ar” will force “ar” to say /or/ Ex: warp “ique” will say /eek/ Ex: technique some split vowels are digraph exceptions (oe, ea) Ex: poet, create “w” before “or” will force “or” to say /er/ Ex: work m and n are strong but if they meet m is strongest Ex: column h is the weakest and will always be silent Compare and contrast “split vowels” with “silent consonant combinations”.