1. CLOVER and Syllable Division
Using the Six Syllable Types to Help Students Unlock Words

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3. Reading Research Blocks Series
Phonological Awareness
Decoding
Syllable division
Onset & Rime
Phonemic awareness
Comprehension
Phonics
Fluency
Syntax
Multisyllabic Words
Spelling
Morphology
Encoding
Vocabulary
Irregular words
Decoding
Word derivation
Rhyme

4. Did you know?
50% of English is rule governed and completely regular
37% of words have only one irregularity
13% irregular
87%

5. What’s this session about?
This session will address helping those kids who have splinter reading skills, but have few skills to unlock unknown words.
They guess based on the first letter or two.
They use pictures (not many pictures at this level) and what they know, or think they know, of the content.

6. Instruction must be cumulative, sequential, and systematic, so that students overcome the bad habit of relying on context and guessing to decode unknown words.
Louisa Moats

7. In this session, you will learn
The 6 syllable types
How to identify syllable types in a word
How to divide words into syllables and identify what the vowel says based on the syllable pattern
Gain confidence in your ability to present vocabulary so that students become more able and empowered in unlocking unknown words.

8. Let’s see what we know first
Pretest
Let’s see what we know first

9. Hang in there…
Here we go!

10. CLOVER
Closed Syllable
drill
stamp
whiz
lip
plod

12. Yes? No? 1 2 3 4

13. 1
Closed? Yes or No
bat coat try
stamp grim grime
no pick shut
ask chip dream

14. Closed? Yes or No
bat coat try
stamp grim grime
no pick shut
ask chip dream

15. n i p c a t

16. f a n t a s t i c
3 vowels
3 syllables
fan tas tic

17. hundred n dr hun dred

18. shadplit
shad plit
Blend to the end

19. swashblam
swash blam
sh = digraph
bl = blend

20. 2
Divide these words into syllables Count the consonants between the vowels and group them together – Remember blend to the end when possible
British
complex
transmit
clupnet
chinfrob
handshake
vambith
contrast
brethren 1
consonant 2
consonants 3 4
tim id
con test
mim ic
van quish
liv id

21. Brit ish
clup net
vam bith
com plex
trans mit
chin frob
con trast
breth ren
handshake

22. CLOVER
Open Syllable
she
try
tra no
dru

24. Open? Yes or No 3
hi I she
fee flu will
Kate pry belt

25. Open? Yes or No
hi I she
fee flu will
Kate pry belt

26. silo
si lo
o o
zero
ze ro
O O

27. Let's combine the two syllable types

28. silent protest erupt 4 tulip open humid even frequent menu
o c o c o c
tulip open humid
even frequent menu
result began defrost

29. How’d You Do? tu lip o pen hu mid o c o c o c e ven fre quent men u
o c o c c o
re sult be gan de frost
o c o c o c

30. Vowel – Consonant e Syllable
CLOVER
Vowel – Consonant e Syllable
stove
bride
flute
cake
tribe

31. Silent e Syllable e e

32. 5
Silent e? Yes or No
quite chive slip
squish eke glare
dim dime camp

33. Silent e? Yes or No
quite chive slip
squish eke glare
dim dime camp

34. Let’s Do These Together
apron
think pr between the 2 vowels
blend to the end if possible
a pron ә

35. distribute Think: 4 vowels, but the e on the end is silent
So I will have 3 syllables
Divide between the 2 “i’s str (3 letter blend)
I’ll try putting s with the 1st syllable and blend to the end with tr – dis tr
Now I have to divide between the i and the u.
I’ll flex the b – dis tri bute dis trib ute
Distribute is a word I know.

36. Closed – Open – Silent e (v-e)6
Closed – Open – Silent e (v-e)
athlete inflate
romantic economize
stipulate replenish
microscope amnesty
rejuvenate navy

37. Closed – Open – Silent e ath lete in flate c v-e c v-e
ro man tic e con o mize
o c c o c o v-e
stip u late re plen ish
c o v-e o c c

38. Closed – Open – Silent e mi cro scope am nes ty o o v-e c c o
re ju ven ate na vy
o o c v-e o o

39. CLOVER
Consonant le
cycle
kettle
giggle
bubble
riffle

40. -le Always the last syllable “e”s only job is to make it a vowel
ble fle
tle ple
gle zle
cle dle

41. Watch the spelling ta ble sim ple drib ble cra dle ket tle
What do you notice?

42. table ta ble o -le
kettle ket tle c -le
drizzle driz zle c -le
rifle ri fle o -le
simple sim ple c -le
cycle cy cle o -le
riddle rid dle c -le
giggle gig gle c -le

43. Your Turn 7 grumble huddle maple able tackle crumble
bugle dangle tumble

44. How did you do? grum ble hud dle ma ple c -le c -le o -le
a ble tac kle crum ble
o -le c -le c -le
bu gle dan gle tum ble
o -le c -le c -le

45. CLOVER
R Controlled Syllable
third
thorn
spurn
star
herd

46. ar or er ir ur smart for bird turn curve skirt short farm
stork fern third storm

47. particle ә
par ti cle
r o -le
Ә = schwa

48. scarlet circus tribute
survive thirsty organize
interrupt paragraph internalize
candle tremble final
Afganistan photosynthesis 8
Putting it together
c l o e r

49. scar let cir cus trib ute
r c r c c e
sur vive thir sty or gan ize
r e r o r c e
ә ә
in ter rupt par a graph in ter na lize
c r c r o c c r o e

50. can dle trem ble fi nal Af gan i stan c c o c pho to syn the sis ә
c -le c le o c
Af gan i stan
c c o c
pho to syn the sis
o o c o c

51. CLOVER
Vowel Team Syllable
sew
steak
roast
slow
stain

52. First Vowel Says Its Name
ai ay
ee ea (eat, bread, steak) ey
igh
oa ow oe

53. eigh (eight) ei (vein)
ie (piece)
ue ui oo ew eu (Sue, suit, moo, blew, Europe)
oi oy (boil, toy)
ou ow (trout, brow, brown, trowel, power)
au aw (August, flaw, brawl)

54. flower
flow er
VT r

55. Try these 9 freedom lighter cruiser crucify May triple
eighteen frontier majority
defeat remember fraternity

56. Try these free dom light er crui ser VT c r VT r cru ci fy May tri pleә
free dom light er crui ser
VT c r VT r
ә ә
cru ci fy May tri ple
o o o VT o -le
ә ә
eigh teen fron tier ma jor i ty
VT c VT o r o o
ә ә
de feat re mem ber fra ter ni ty
o VT o c r o r o o
Try these

57. Syl la ble Di vi sion

58. Takes the guess work out of syllable division
Syl la ble Di vi sion
Takes the guess work out of syllable division

59. Syllable Division Rules
Step One: Find and underline all the single vowel sounds. umbrella
Step Two: Count the number of consonants between the vowels umbrella
Step Three: Divide the syllables according to the number of consonants between the vowels um brel la
c c o

60. Count the Syllables
lady
See Syllable(s)

61. rain
See Syllable(s)
____ ________

62. Try These 10 grape sleeve pillow thief crocodile umbrella
cry porcupine

63. How Did You Do? grape 1 sleeve 1 pillow 2 thief 1
Crocodile umbrella 3
cry porcupine 3

64. Dividing Words Into Syllables
Rule Share Fair
When there are 2 consonants between 2 vowels, each syllable usually gets a vowel
muffin
balloon
signal
Which word(s) have a schwa sound in them?

65. Dividing Words Into Syllables
Rule Share Fair
When there are 2 consonants between 2 vowels, each syllable usually gets a vowel
muffin muf fin
balloon bal loon
signal sig nal
Which word(s) have a schwa sound in them? e e

66. Rules for dividing the syllables between the consonants
Two or 4 consonants between vowels
Usually divide the consonants evenly
ad mit
c c
swing shift
c c
rab bit
c c

67. Rules for dividing the syllables between the consonants
Four consonants between vowels:
in general, divide them evenly
may experiment with other ways
diph thong (keep digraphs together)
sub scribe (keep 3 letter blends together)
seam stress
marsh mal low

68. Dividing Words Into Syllables with One Consonant Between Vowels
Rule Flexing
When there is one consonants between 2 vowels, the vowel can go either way. Flex the vowel – try it with both syllables to find the real word

69. bacon bacon 11 bac on ba con polish Brazil bacon crazy camel
Mark the syllable types.
Which word can be read 2 ways?
Which syllables have a schwa sound?
(Hint: there are 3)

70. How Did You Do? Po lish or pol ish Bra zil ba con cra zy cam el e e
o c c c
Bra zil
o c
ba con
o c
cra zy
o o
cam el
c c e e e

71. Rules for dividing the syllables between the consonants
One consonant between vowels:
Usually divide before the consonant
first vowel will be long
if it sounds like a real word you know – GOOD
tu na
o c
i ris
o c
hu man o c

72. Rules for dividing the syllables between the consonants (continued)
If dividing after the vowel doesn’t make a
word you know. . .
try dividing after the consonant
cab in
c c
hab it
c c
trav el

73. Rules for dividing the syllables between the consonants
Three consonant between vowels:
Generally put the first consonant with the first vowel, and the other two with the second vowel
Try to keep blends together
BLEND TO THE END
sim ply
mis chief
um brella
mon ster
al phabet
con tract
ex treme

74. 12 purchase anthem engrave electric orphanage chemistry comprehend
When there are 3 consonants between 2 vowels, divide the syllables and keep digraphs and blends together if possible
purchase
anthem
engrave
electric
orphanage
chemistry
comprehend 12

75. How Did You Do? pur chase r ch an them n th en grave n gr
e lec tric c tr
or phan age r ph
chem is try s tr
com pre hend m pr

76. With a partner pronounce the verb form of each of these words
With a partner pronounce the verb form of each of these words. What do you notice?
approximate
articulate associate deliberate duplicate
laminate graduate intimate moderate predicate

77. Verbs ending in the letters "ate" pronounce the letter "a" of the last syllable with the "long a" sound (the name of the letter "a", the sound of the words steak and make).

78. Practice 13 Try opportunity These suspect encouraged suspense polish
melodramatic
crocodile
suspect
suspense
suspension
accept
acceptable

79. How did you do? op por tu ni ty c r o o o en cour ag c d c s (suffix)
Pol ish or Po lish
c c o c
mel o dra ma tic
c o o o c
croc o dile
c o v-e
How did you do? ed

80. Elementary Middle School High School
For which child. . . ? Discuss how you would use teaching syllable division to your level students.
Elementary
Middle School
High School

81. How Would You Divide These?
vy got sky
o c o
fout blin
d c
sat is trix
c c c
squil am
c c
rish gliz im
c c c
vygotsky
foutblin
satistrix
squilam
rishglizim
Did you do it differently?

82. Suffixes
Depends on syllable type of word & number of syllables in the word
Depends on the ending being added
Suffix begins with a vowel
Suffix begins with an “i”
Suffix begins with a consonant

83. Sample Vowel Suffixes -ed -en -able -er -ent -ar -ation -ous -or -itis
-ive
-ing
-ist
-ical
-ible
-ibility

84. Consonant suffixes -ness hap pi ness -ly tra gic ly -ful cup ful
-tion tran si tion
-sion ses sion
-cian mu si cian
-ly tra gic ly
-ment in cre ment
-ship pen man ship
-less clue less

85. Vowel suffixes beginning with “i”
-itis
-ive
-ing
-ist
-ical
-ible
-ibility

86. The Schwa Sound
Sound is often determined by placement of the accent within a word.
Any vowel can become a schwa sound in an unaccented syllable
Incredible compliment beckon Alaska

87. Determining Accent
Easier once students recognize the root in polysyllabic words
Accent is most likely to be on the word root

88. Patterns of Accent Primary Accent: Secondary or tertiary Accent:
Stress (syllable pronounced the loudest) is on one syllable
Secondary or tertiary Accent:
Weaker stress on another syllable

89. Accent Generalizations
Accented syllables are pronounced according to their syllable type.
A las ka c
Unaccented syllables are pronounced as a schwa sound.
A las ka

90. Accent Generalizations
Accent the first syllable in two or three syllable words and pronounce according to syllable type
If word does not sound like a word you know, move the accent
Accent the second syllable vowel and pronounce according to syllable type

91. Accent – Two syllable words continued . . .
When a word can be either a noun or a verb . . .
The prefix is accented if it is a noun . . .
com ́ bine
The root is accented if it is a verb . . .
com biné

92. Accent in Three Syllable Words
The first syllable is usually accented while the vowel in the second syllable is a schwa.
miń is ter
When the word consists of a prefix, root and a suffix, the accent is usually on the second syllable.
in dent ́ ed

93. Accent in Four Syllable Words
The accent is generally on the second syllable in a four syllable word.
in veś ti gate
mag net́ ic ly

94. Accents controlled by suffixes
Suffixes beginning with “i”
-ic
Accent on syllable before this suffix
-ity
-ion ( pronounced as /e un/ or /yun/ )
-tion, -sion, -cian
Accent is on syllable before these suffixes

95. Now let’s see what you learned
Great Job!!
Now let’s see what you learned
-le
closed
silent e
open vi la
r controlled
vowel team di
syl
sion
ble

96. Don’t forget to evaluate workshop for credit
Thanks for coming
Don’t forget to evaluate workshop for credit