Closed Syllable Type
Closed Syllable Type
INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS
When a student reaches an unfamiliar multi-syllabic word, have them try the following steps to break the word down. It is important to follow these steps in the order listed below:
- The most common spelling unit in English; it accounts for just under 50 percent of teh syllables in running text.
- A syllable ending in one or more consonants
- A syllable having a short-vowel sound spelled with one vowel letter
- VC, CVC, CCVC, CVCC
- Single Syllables: dump, fish, men
- Multisyllables: picnic, rabbit
INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS
When a student reaches an unfamiliar multi-syllabic word, have them try the following steps to break the word down. It is important to follow these steps in the order listed below:
- Underline and label the first two vowels
- Draw a bridge to connect the vowels
- Label the consonants on the bridge
- Divide using the pattern
- Identify the syllable types *
- Read syllables
- Read word
Closed Syllables
She describes the rules for open and closed, then leads students through a demonstration of changing open syllable words to closed syllable words by adding a final consonant. Students then sort words into open or closed syllable categories. |
A quick, easy, multisensory activity to teach open and closed syllables.
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She discusses the conditions or "rules" for closed syllables. She demonstrates how three closed syllables can be put together to form a larger, multsyllabic word--"fantastic".
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