1. The Six Syllables!

2. Closed Syllable (C) Ends with consonant One Vowel short sound a,e,i,o,u

3. Examples t gat d pled n tin m phlom un

4. Open Syllable (O) One Vowel Ends with vowel Vowel has long sound a, e, i, o, u, y

5. Open Syllable (O) a/kMaking Ma/king  Making e/fRefund Re/fund  Refund o/bRobot Ro/bot  Robot i/pStipend Sti/pend  Stipend u/sFusion Fu/sion  Fusion Ly/ing  Lying

6. Magic “e” Syllable (ME) Two vowels separated by a consonant (VCe) Final vowel is a silent ‘e’ Other vowel is long sound a.e, e.e, i.e, o.e, u.e

7. Examples e  Quite e  Mis*take e  Home e  Vote e  Bone  Per*fume e  Sale e  Joke

8. Double Vowel (2V) Two vowels in a pair 1. First one does talking, second one silent (ea/ee, oa, ie, ay/ai, ow [o]) Or 2. Make a NEW sound together (oo, oo/ue/ew, au/aw, oi/oy, ou/ow)

9. Example  tie ee  speed ea  Tea  meal oa  Boat ow  Row  cow ai  detail ay  Play ay  Day ue  Blue ew  Stew oo  Spoon aw  Straw oe  toe oi  coin

10. Crazy R (CR) Vowel is followed by “r” ar (car), or (for) er (her), ir (bird) ur (hurt)

11. Example ararar Carstarfar iririr Stirdirtskirt ororor Forstorefloor ererer Herflowerpower ururur Hurtburnturn

12. Final Stable (FS) Syllable ends with consonant ___‘le’ Vowel is hard to hear, but it is there to indicate a separate syllable; Sounds like /I/ at the end fle, ble, ple, dle, tle, gle, ckle, zle, cle When ‘s’ comes before ‘tle’ the ‘t’ is silent

13. Example fle Shuffle ble Bubble ple People dle Middle tle Title gle Juggle kle Trickle zle Puzzle cle Bicycle tle Whistle