Building Your Skills, Part 8

      'th' is called a digraph, which means the two letters together make one sound.

Take a look:

the

that

them

Cool. Now let's learn some more spelling patterns.

      'ay' makes a long 'a' sound.

day

may

      The 'a-consonant-e' pattern makes a long 'a' sound too. 

made

Tip: if you take the 'e' away from the end, it usually turns the 'a' into a short sound, like:

mad

Let's make sure we know these words too:

was

of

if

a

Can you spell them all? Try the practice to see. 😺