Soft c and soft g worksheets
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C and g usually go soft before e, i, and y: city, giant. Soft c says s; soft g says j. Before other letters they stay hard: cat, go. G breaks the rule in some words, like get and girl, so say the word to check.
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1st grade
C and g each have two sounds, and the next letter usually chooses: soft before e, i, and y (city, gem), hard elsewhere (cat, go). First graders say each word and sort soft sounds from hard ones.
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2nd grade Core grade
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Second graders sort soft from hard fast, including -ge and -dge endings, and can name the trigger letter in each word they place.
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3rd grade
Third graders use the rule in both directions: reading new words (celery, gentle) correctly on sight, and choosing ge or dge in spelling by checking the vowel before it.
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