Missing Piece: tch, ch, dge, or ge?
Listen and choose the ending: tch or ch, dge or ge. Short vowels get the longer spelling.
Learning Path · Word parts
DE 14 Advanced Orthography & Spelling
Tackling the less predictable parts of English spelling with structure and morphology.
In DE 14
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DE 14 games (45)
Mystery Reveal: Spelling Rules
Choose the right spelling: badge, bage, or baj? Reveal a hidden picture.
Sentence Detective: Spelling Rules
Find words that break a spelling rule, like cach for catch or hav for have, and fix them.
Skill Bingo: Spelling Rules
Bingo with spelling rules: ff/ll/ss/zz, ck, tch, and dge after short vowels.
Word Sort: ck or k? (Review)
Sort words by their /k/ ending: ck right after a short vowel (duck), or k everywhere else (bake, milk, book).
Fill the Story: Homophones
A short story full of homophones: to, two, too, there, their, and they're.
Match & Remember: Homophone Pairs
A memory game: match words that sound the same, like sea and see.
Mystery Reveal: Homophone Meanings
Choose the homophone that matches the meaning to reveal a hidden picture.
Reading Race: Homophones in Sentences
Choose the right homophone for each sentence: to, two, or too? there, their, or they're?
Sentence Detective: Homophones
Find the wrong homophone, like here for hear, and fix it.
Fill the Story: Homographs
Short stories where the same spelling has two meanings or two sounds.
Match & Remember: Two Meanings
A memory game: match each word with its two meanings, like bat (animal) and bat (for a ball).
Mystery Reveal: How Do You Say It?
Read each sentence and choose how the homograph is said: read like need, or read like bed?
Reading Race: Words with Two Meanings
Read each sentence and choose what the word means here: a bat that flies or a bat for a ball?
Word Sort: Two Ways to Say wind
Sort phrases by the meaning of wind: moving air (a cold wind) or to turn (wind the clock).
Missing Piece: Spelling the Schwa
Listen and choose how the schwa syllable is spelled: les-son, not les-sun. Think of the word you know.
Mystery Reveal: Find the Schwa
Choose the syllable that has the schwa ("uh") sound to reveal a hidden picture.
Sentence Detective: Schwa Spellings
Find schwa words spelled the way they sound, like lessun for lesson, and fix them.
Syllable Mix: Schwa Words
Build two-syllable words that have a schwa, like a-bout and les-son.
Word Sort: Where Is the Schwa?
Sort words by where the schwa ("uh") is: in the first syllable (a-bout) or the last syllable (les-son).
Missing Piece: Unstressed Endings
Listen and choose the ending: -er, -or, -ar, -al, or -el. They sound alike, so remember the word.
Mystery Reveal: -al, -el, or -le?
Choose the right spelling: camel, camle, or camal? Reveal a hidden picture.
Sentence Detective: -ant or -ent?
Find words with the wrong ending, like studant for student, and fix them.
Skill Bingo: -al, -el, -le
Bingo with endings that sound alike: -al (pedal), -el (camel), and -le (table).