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Not-So-Special Category: -y

This is a  bunch of words (and there are many, many more -- add them to the list and practice them when you run across them in your reading) that end in y with a long e sound.  Introduce this category early, especially for those students who need to *unlearn* the idea that you should spell the "e" sound at the end of a word with the letter "e."
You can also teach the students that -y is often added to make a word that describes a noun (adjective), turning fun to funny and milk to milky; ly is added to words that describe verbs or adjectives or other adverbs.

*review of when c represents the /s/ sound may be in order.

**review of when g stands for the /j/ sound may be in order.