Lesson 9 Word Lists and Sentences

Short e (ě); tch, ch-tch Spelling Generalization

1. Ted had a pet frog, Jeb.
2. Ted kept Jeb in a pen.
3. The pen had wet moss.
4. Ted went to get Jeb.
5. Jeb was not in the pen.
6. Jeb had sat on the TV.
7. What a pest this Jeb was.
8. Ted went to get a net.
9. He got Jeb in the net.
10. He got Jeb back in the pen.

1. Did you like the sketch that Ken did of the duck?
2. Toss the ball and the dog will fetch it back.
3. There is ham left if you check on the hutch.

1. The next tennis match will be with the French and the Dutch.
2. The stench on the rug in the hall is bad.
3. Jack will dig a trench on this path.

Review Words

What Says?

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

Review

Short e (ě); tch, ch-tch Spelling Generalization

In this lesson, we learned the sounds associated with the following letters.

Vowel

e – edge /ĕ/

Trigraph – Three letters – one sound.

tch – witch /ch/

The ch-tch Spelling generalization – the /ch/ sound at the end of a word is spelled with ‘ch’ when it follows a consonant.
Examples: ranch, bench, birch, porch, lunch.

The /ch/ sound at the end of a word is spelled ‘tch’ when it follows a short vowel.
Examples: latch, fetch, witch, notch, hutch

Practice

Use ch or tch to complete the spelling of each word.

Mark the vowels with a V.  Mark the consonants with a C.  What syllable pattern do you see? Show where the syllables divide. Read the word.

Example
convent    con vent

vccv