New Spelling Words!

We introduced spelling words this week in a different order so students can hear that sometimes the spelling 'n' sounds like /ng/.

sand, hunt, and thin

These are pronounced in the expected way. 'n' spells /n/

sang, hung, thing

These are also pronounced in the expected way 'ng' spells /ng/

sank, hunk, think

When the 'n' is followed by the 'k' at the end of a word, the 'n' sometimes sounds like /ng/.

To hear the /ng/ sound, point to eh words and say sand and then sank, hung and then hunk, thing and then think.

/ng/ is sometimes spelled 'ng'. 

/ng/ is also sometimes spelled 'n' when followed by 'k'.