Phonics rules dictate how syllables and letters are pronounced in words. Some common rules are that 'c' followed by 'i, e, or y' usually makes a soft 's' sound, 'g' followed by 'e, i, y' usually makes a soft 'j' sound, and when two consonants join to make one sound like 'th' or 'ch' they form a consonant digraph. There are also rules for vowel sounds based on the letters around them, such as a silent 'e' at the end making the vowel long, or a single vowel being short if the syllable ends in a consonant.

1. Rules about PhonicsBy: Macy Hayes

2. Sometimes the rules don’t work.

3. Every syllable in every word must have a vowel.

4. “C” followed by “i, e, or y” usually has the soft sound “s”.

5. “G” followed by “e, i, y” usually has the soft sound “j”.

6. When 2 consonants are joined together and form one new sound, they are a consonant digraph. “th”“ch”“sh”“ph”

7. When a syllable ends in a silent "e", the silent "e" is a signal that the vowel in front of it is long.

8. When a syllable ends in a consonantand has only one vowel, that vowel is short.

9. When a syllable has 2 vowels together,the first vowel is usually long and the second is silent.

10. When a syllable ends in a vowel,And is the only vowel,That vowel is usually long.Pa/per