syllables 2013-2014 wag l on cot l ton a l las l ka
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Syllables2013-2014
wag l on
cot l ton
A l las l ka
“…You can’t become a
skilled reader unless you
know the system.”
Linnea Ehri, 2002
Why Teach Syllable Patterns for Reading & Spelling?
Automatic Processing
frimpfrimpabruntiveshime
Automatic Processing
frimpshime
abruntive
Automatic Processing
scrayconzaymentyrmhvecnmztnyao
Automatic Processing
scrayconzayment
yrmhv
ecnmztnyao
What is a Syllable?
“A Syllable is a unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel. It may or may not have consonants before or after the vowel.”
“I sure wish somebody had told me that before!”
Child Friendly: A syllable is a word or part of a word with one vowel sound. Every syllable has to have at least one vowel.
Moats, 2011
C losed
L consonant-le
O pen
V owel team
E vowel consonant “e”
R -controlled
oo kkrr cc
ss kkaa
uullcc bb
ww ss ttee
Closed Syllable
Structure: Only one vowel,
at least one consonant after
the vowel
Type of Vowel Sound: Short
Vowel is marked with breve
trick
OPEN
oogg
eemm
uullff
yyshsh
Open Syllable
Structure: Only one
vowel, at the end of a
syllable
Type of Vowel Sound:
Long
Vowel is marked with a
macron
we
tt eeii mm
rrdd eeoo vv
thth eeaabb
yy pp
Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable
tt ee
Structure: 1 vowel
followed by 1 consonant
sound followed by an “e”
Type of Vowel Sound:
Long
Vowel is marked with a
macron
spoke
hh eaea tt nn ighigh tt
oioi nncc mmnn oooo
ttoaoabb
ddhh eaea
Vowel-Team Syllable
Structure: Two or more vowels together that stand for one
vowel sound (may include consonants as in “igh,” “eigh”)
Type of Vowel Sounds: variant sounds; long, short,
diphthong sounddraw
ff
irir
arar
mm
ff erer
oror
kk
nn dd
hh
oooo
dddd thth
rrurur
bb
R-Controlled Syllable
Structure: 1 or 2 vowels followed by “r”
Type of Vowel Sound: r-controlled
her
Ope
nO
pen
Clo
sed
Clo
sed
tt aa ll ee
rr ii ll ee
pp aa dd
iigg gg ll ee
Var
ious
Var
ious mm ll eea
rar
bb eeee ll ee
Consonant-L-e Syllable
ll eebb
ll eedd
gg ll ee
bb ll ee
tt ll ee
Structure:
Consonant followed
by “L” followed by “e”;
found at the end of a
word unless part of a
multi-syllable word
Type of Vowel
Sound: schwa
sim ple
mm aa
Consonant-L-e Syllable
ll eepp
ll eepp
pp
aa pp pp
Syllable Types % of Frequency
Closed 43.3%
Open 28.9%
Vowel-e 6.7%
Vowel Team 9.5%
R-controlled 10.2%
Consonant-le 1.4%
Syllable Frequency
Closed -le Open
Vowel teams Vowel-e R-controlled
pancakepan cake
pan
cake
staplesta ple
ple sta
Word Study: Multisyllable
Readers break the syllable between letters that rarely occur in
sequence within a syllable.
In this word, between g-w and z-p.
cagwitzpatcagwitzpatcag witz pat
Word Study: Syllable Division
pancake
subtract
simple
Decoding multi-syllabic words1. Count Vowel (patterns)
2. Ask yourself: How many consonants are there between the vowels?
3. Divide between the consonants (keep blends and diagraphs together)
4. Draw a syllable box for each syllable
5. Apply syllable patterns to word and sound out…
pan cake
sub tract
sim ple
Word Study: Decoding Multi-Syllable Words
Students use this multisensory method to
read compensate
confidentdemonstratemorphemicorthographic
com pen sate con fi dent
dem on strate
mor phem ic
or tho graph ic
Stake out the Schwa
“The schwa is like a vampire; it sucks the sound
out of vowels in unaccented syllables,
leaving them muffled and lifeless.”
Spellography, Moats, Rosow
cotton wagon pocket
Teaching Irregular Words
Regular wordRegular word
whatshesheshesheRainbow Spelling
seewhere
Irregular Words: Visualization
was
youtube 911 message with eucalyptus streethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8nqi-RrfX0
You never know when advanced word study might just save a life!