Lesson 6:Spelling Power: Diphthongs & Vowel + r shifts : Lesson 6:Spelling Power: Diphthongs & Vowel + r shifts
Slide 2 : Key Concepts A diphthong is a gliding vowel sound that is produced when two vowel sounds are combined, as in toy. Recognizing the combinations of letters that make up diphthongs will help you spell a variety of words.
Sound Spelling Word
\ô\ au audition
\I\ ay bayou
\ou\ ou foundry
\ou\ ow scowl
\oi\ oi unspoiled
Key Concepts : Key Concepts When the letter r appears after a vowel, the r changes the way that vowel is usually pronounced. This change is called a vowel + r shift.
Sound Spelling Word
\ar\ aer aerosol
\är\ ar disheartened
\er\ ear hearsay
\ôr\ or orderly
\er\ ur turbulent
Word Bank: : Word Bank: Aerosol: a substance (as an insecticide or medicine) dispensed from a pressurized container
Hearsay: rumor
Audition: the act of hearing; especially : a critical hearing : a trial performance to appraise an entertainer's merits
Orderly: arranged or disposed in some order or pattern
Bayou: a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body of water : any of various usually marshy or sluggish bodies of water
Scowl: to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure : to exhibit a threatening aspect
Disheartened: to cause to lose spirit or morale
Turbulent: causing unrest, violence, or disturbance : characterized by agitation or
tumult : tempestuous : exhibiting physical turbulence
Foundry: an establishment where founding is carried on : the act, process, or art of casting metals
Unspoiled: good, uncorrupted
Spelling Practice : Spelling Practice Draw a line through the word in each set that is spelled incorrectly. Then write the word correctly on the line provided.
dishartened disheartened _____________________
Hearsay heresay ______________________
scoul scowl ______________________
aerosol airosol ______________________
unspoyled unspoiled ______________________
orderly ordurly ______________________
audition oddition ______________________
bayou biyoo ______________________
terbulent turbulent ______________________
foundry fowndry ______________________