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!