In Saxon Phonics, the children are taught various rules
for coding that will help them decode, or sound out, unknown words. As
rules are taught, they will be added to the website. They will also be
sent home with your child. Please keep them together in a safe place so
that your child can refer to them when completing homework.
Please check back on a regular basis
vc
A vowel followed by a consonant is short;
code it with a breve.
l
ŏg
căt
sĭt
tŭg
wĕt
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v′->
An open, accented vowel is long; code it
with a macron.
nō’
mē’
sō’
wē’
gō’
hī’
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K
& C Rules
k before
e, i, or y
keg
kid
milky
c before
a, o, u, or
any consonant
cat
cot
cut
clip
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ck after
a short vowel
black
lock
neck
duck
sick
k
after a consonant or a vowel digraph
milk week bank book
ke after
a long vowel
make
broke
like
duke
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v-e
A vowel followed by a consonant and a
silent e is long; code the vowel with a macron and cross out the silent e.
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vc|cv
Pattern
napkin
This word has more than one vowel which is heard, so
it needs to be divided into syllables.
napkin Students should find the vowels and write a v under each.
v v
v c c v
two
consonants, they should put a c under each.
nap|kin
Students should now divide the word between the two
v c c v
consonants.
nap’|kin
A two syllable word needs an accent. Usually, at this
v c c v
level, the
accent will go on the first syllable.
năp’|kĭn
Students now code each syllable separately and read
the word.
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When a one-syllable root word has a short vowel sound followed by the sound /f/, /l/, or /s/, it is usually spelled ff, ll, or ss.
ff ll ss
puff
hill boss
sniff well
miss
cuff
doll pass
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When a word has the final sound of /v/,
it is spelled with ve.
(These
words can be irregular for reading since the e will sometimes appear to
be a “sneaky e.”)
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