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Knowledge
- The hard sound of c is /k/.
- The soft sound of c is /s/.
- The hard sound of g is /g/.
- The soft sound of g is /j/.
- The spelling generalizations associated with hard and soft c and g.
Skills
- Encode (spell) words with the hard c, such as carry, and the soft c, such as cent.
- Encode (spell) words with the hard g, such as game, and the soft g, such as giraffe.
Understanding
- The letter that follows a c or g determines the sound that c or g will make in a word.
- C makes a hard sound when it comes before a, o, u, or any consonant, and it makes a soft sound when it comes before i, e, or y.
- G makes a hard sound when it comes before a, o, u, or any consonant, and it makes a soft sound when it comes before i, e, or y.
Vocabulary
- Encode
- Hard c
- Soft c
- Hard g
- Soft g
