Oh my goodness. You’re going to love this free Phonics Cheat Sheets Folder.
Do all the phonics rules confuse you? Maybe you’d like to just have a go-to spot to put most of the phonics and spelling rules for K-5 learners. You can assemble this simple phonics folder in a matter of minutes and it’s PACKED with phonics and spelling rules.
Keep it beside you as you teach phonics at home, online, and with small groups so you can refer to it when you need it.
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Phonics Cheat Sheets Folder
Please note: While most of the rules I share are consistently more true than not, they are not hard and fast rules that apply 100% of the time. Exceptions can almost always be found in the English language. There’s a really good reason for this, but that’s a post for another day. 
This is why I have carefully used words like often, usually, or typically to describe the rules.
For each rule, I also have example words and even exceptions when applicable.
I’m listing below what you can expect to find in the phonics cheat sheets folder so you can see if it’s right for you. I’m also including links to more of my resources if you need more for a particular phonics or spelling skill.
1. Consonant Phonics & Spelling Help
- What blends and digraphs are
- Q and u stick together
- When to start spelling a word with k vs. c
- Hard and Soft c/g
- The Floss Rule {expanded to include final z, too}
- Silent consonants
- Spelling final /k/
- Spelling final /v/
- Spelling final /dge/
- Spelling final /ch/
2. Vowel Phonics & Spelling Help
- A list of vowels
- Short vs. long vowels
- The two sounds of long u
- Vowels followed by m and n
- i and o often make their long sound when followed by two or more consonants
- Long vowel teams
- What a vowel diphthong is
- When to spell using ai vs. ay and oi vs. oy
- When to spell using ou vs. ow and au vs. aw
- The sound of a when an l follows it
- W before a vowel
- The two sounds of final y
3. Syllables & Syllable Types Phonics & Spelling Help
- Every syllable needs a vowel
- Accented and unaccented syllables
- Schwa
- Compound words
- 6 syllable types {This overlaps with the “Vowel” category a bit.}
- Finding the accented syllable in a two-syllable word
4. Adding Suffixes Phonics & Spelling Help
- Consonant and vowel suffixes
- Three sounds of –ed
- 1-1-1 Doubling Rules
- Adding a vowel suffix to CVCC words
- Drop the e before adding a vowel suffix
- Adding a vowel suffix to vowel team words
- Adding es to words
- Changing the y to i and adding –es
- When to keep the y before adding -s
- Plural words that end in f or fe
- When to double the last letter when adding vowel suffixes to 2- or 3- syllable words
*The resource you see in all the photos is in color. Blackline is also available in the download.
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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky
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