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    Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel U
    Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel U
    Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel U
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    Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel U

    By Camilia Sadik

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    Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day is a book for children and adults who can read but cannot spell the words that they read. It can be used by parents or in schools from the 4th grade and up, or by older children and adults as a self-help book without the help of a teacher. All ages are guaranteed to learn to read and spell hundreds of words at a time!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpellingRulesCom
    Release dateMay 10, 2014
    ISBN9780990411642
    Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel U

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      Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day - Camilia Sadik

      10 Phonics and Spelling Books

      The Vowel U is a volume in Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day, which is a book in six volumes that are The Vowel A, The Vowel E, The Vowel I, The Vowel O, The Vowel U, and The Consonants.

      The 10 phonics and spelling books by Linguist Camilia Sadik are for all ages and their titles are:

      1. Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day (6 volumes)

      2. 100 Spelling Rules

      3. Read Instantly

      4. The Compound Words

      5. How to Teach Phonics - Teachers’ Guide

      Contents

      The vowel u has six sounds we call phonics, which are spelled in 28 ways we call spelling patterns.

      Every sound and spelling pattern of the vowel u is presented in The Vowel U book, as in these examples [Long u: sue, suit, feud, few, cute, menu, soup, shoo, shoe, tomb, to, prove] [Short u: dug, Doug, flood, ton, done] [Special sounds of u: out, language, guest, curb] [Schwa sound of u: stadium, humorous, nature]

      Section 1: The first sound of u is the Long u Sound

      The long u sound is spelled in 10 ways, as in Sue, Suit, Eugene, Mathew, June, Rudy, Snoopy, Lou, Who, and Brooks.

      Chapter 1: The long u sound spelled with "ue as in Sue"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The two vowels walking Rule

      Lesson 3: The "ue" phonic in 90 words

      Lesson 4: The "ue words in a story about Sue"

      Homework

      Chapter 2: The long u sound spelled with "ui as in Suitor"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The two vowels walking Rule

      Lesson 3: The "ui" phonic in 28 words

      Lesson 4: The "ui words in a story about a Suitor"

      Homework

      Chapter 3: The long u sound spelled with "eu as in Eugene"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The "eu" sounds like long u

      Lesson 3: The "eu" phonics in 57 words

      Lesson 4: The "eu words in a story about Eugene"

      Homework

      Chapter 4: The long u sound spelled with "ew as in Mathew"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: Two "ew" is for the end of words

      Lesson 3: The "ew" phonic in 72 words

      Lesson 4: The "ew words in a story about Mathew"

      Homework

      Chapter 5: The long u sound spelled with "u-e" as in "June"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The "u-e" can still walk Rule

      Lesson 3: The "u-e" phonic in 236 words

      Lesson 4: The "u-e words in a story about June"

      Homework

      Chapter 6: The long u sound spelled with "u´ as in Rudy"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The stressed final u´ Rule

      Lesson 3: The "u´" phonic in 189 words

      Lesson 4: The "u´ words in a story about Rudy"

      Homework

      Chapter 7: The long u sound spelled with "oo as in Snoopy"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The Homonyms’ Theory

      Lesson 3: The "oo" phonic in 137 words

      Lesson 4: The "oo words in a story about Snoopy"

      Homework

      Chapter 8: The long u sound spelled with "ou as in Lou"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The Homonyms’ Theory

      Lesson 3: The "ou" phonic in 21 words

      Lesson 4: The "ou words in a story about Lou"

      Homework

      Chapter 9: The long u sound spelled with "o as in Who"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The "o" says long u as in: who, shoe, tomb, prove

      Lesson 3: The "o" says long u in 15 words

      Lesson 4: The "o" as long u words in a story about "Who"

      Homework

      Chapter 10: The long u sound spelled with "oo as in Brooks"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

      Lesson 2: The Homonyms’ Theory

      Lesson 3: The "oo" phonic in 36 words

      Lesson 4: The "oo words in a story about Brooks"

      Homework

      Section 2: The second sound of u is the Short u Sound

      The short u sound is spelled in two ways, in "u as in dug and in ou as in Doug."

      Chapter 11: The short u sound as in "Gus"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Short Vowel

      Lesson 2: The short vowels’ Rule

      Lesson 3: The short u phonic in 182 words

      Lesson 4: The short u words in a story about "Gus"

      Homework

      Chapter 12: The short u sound as in: Doug, other, flood

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Short Vowel

      Lesson 2: The Homonyms’ Theory

      Lesson 3: The short u phonic in 22 words

      Lesson 4: The short u words in a story about "Doug"

      Lesson 5: Compare sounds and spelling patterns of u

      Homework

      Section 3: Two minor sounds of u as in "Counselor and Guy"

      Chapter 13: The "u says w": Counselor, Queen, Suite

      Lesson 1: The "u says w as in Counselor"

      Lesson 2: The "ou" phonic inside 114 words

      Lesson 3: The "ou words in a story about a Counselor"

      Lesson 4: The "u says w as in Queen" in 54 words

      Lesson 5: The "u says w" in 18 words as in "Suite"

      Lesson 6: The "u as a w in a story about Distinguished"

      Homework

      Chapter 14: The silent "u as in Guy"

      Lesson 1: The silent "u" can have useful functions

      Lesson 2: The silent "u" in 51 words

      Lesson 3: The silent "u words in a story about Guy"

      Homework

      Section 4: The schwa sound of u as in "virus"

      A schwa is a weak sound of any vowel.

      Chapter 15: The schwa sound of u as in "virus"

      Lesson 1: Meaning of a Schwa

      Lesson 2: The schwa sound of "u" in 33 words

      Lesson 3: The schwa sound of "u in ous as in humorous"

      Lesson 4: The schwa sound

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