Table of Contents
Introduction 11
1 The Problem of English 15
2 The Literacy Crisis 21
3 Phonograms: The Building Blocks of Words 25
4 Consonants, Vowels, and Syllables: What They Are and Why They Matter 37
5 Foundational Consonant Rules 41
6 Foundational Vowel Rules 49
7 The Mystery of Silent Final E's Solved! 63
8 Words Ending in One Vowel and One Consonant 77
9 Adding Suffixes to Single Vowel Y Words 87
10 Adding Suffixes to Any Word 91
11 The Power of the Latin Spellings of /sh/ 95
12 Decoding Past Tense Verbs 101
13 Forming Plural Nouns and Singular Verbs 107
14 Clearing Confusion about al- and –ful 113
15 The Final Spelling Rules 115
16 Overcoming Challenges: Creating an Auditory Picture 121
17 Efficient Spelling and Vocabulary Development 129
18 Putting It All Together 141
Appendix A Spelling Rules 151
Appendix B Basic Phonograms 153
Appendix C More about the Basic Phonograms 157
Appendix D Sound to Spelling Reference 167
Appendix E Advanced Phonograms 169
Appendix F Adding a Suffix to Any Word 171
Appendix G Irregular Verbs 173
Appendix H Irregular Plurals 179
Appendix I Common Prefixes and Suffixes 183
Appendix J American, British, Canadian & Australian Spellings 185
Resources 193
Glossary 195
Bibliography 197
Notes 199
Subject Index 201
