1. Multi-Syllabic Decoding

2. Syllabication Vocabulary
Word
Definition/Example
Vowels
a, e, i, o, u
Consonants
b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
Consonant digraphs
sh, th, ch, wh
Special combinations of consonants that make one sound ck
Compound word
One word made up of two words (ie. sun –set)
Syllables
Parts of a word; each containing a vowel
Use the sound spelling cards as often as possible.

3. Syllabication: General Rules
Every syllable must have a vowel sound. This can be represented by one vowel or a vowel pair.
potato pain

4. Syllabication: General Rules
Special combinations of consonants that make one sound are not divided.
Examples:
pathway pickle
path - way pick - le

5. Specific Guidelines VC-CV
Divide between 2 small words as in compound words
Examples:
sun-set base-ball cup-cake
Divide between 2 consonants in the middle of the word. Each syllable has its own vowel sound.
hap-pen den-tist

6. pattern pat-tern basketball written traffic basket-ball writ-ten
Practice VC-CV
pattern
basketball
written
traffic
pat-tern
basket-ball
writ-ten
traf-fic

7. Specific Guidelines V-CV
Divide before the middle consonant if the first vowel makes a long sound.
Examples:
be-low pi-lot mo-ment

8. Practice V-CV
frozen
recess
solo
spiral
fro-zen
re-cess
so-lo
spi-ral

9. Specific Guidelines VC-V
Divide after the middle consonant if the first vowel makes a short sound.
Examples:
nev-er lim-it prod-uct

10. Practice VC-V
hab-it
habit
cabin
salad
model
cab-in
sal-ad
mod-el

11. Specific Guidelines –C-le
When the letters le come at the end of a 2 syllable word, include the consonant that comes before it as part of the last syllable.
Examples:
ta-ble bu-gle cra-dle lit-tle

12. maple beetle candle noodle ma-ple bee-tle can-dle noo-dle
Practice –C-le
maple
beetle
candle
noodle
ma-ple
bee-tle
can-dle
noo-dle

13. column col-umn makeshift propel make-shift pattern steeple pro-pel
Review Break each word into syllables. Tell which of the guidelines were followed.
column
makeshift
propel
pattern
steeple
col-umn
make-shift
pro-pel
pat-tern
stee-ple

14. Six Syllable Types Syllable Type Examples Explanation closed syllables
rab-bit
com-ment
nap-kin
pic-nic
ex-act
rack-et
When a vowel is followed by a consonant it is short
open syllables
ra-dar
mo-ment
mu-ta-tion
de-cide
When a vowel is at the end of the syllable, it is long

15. Six Syllable Types Cont…
Examples
Explanation
R-Controlled
bird, birth
When a vowel is followed by /r/, the vowel often is not long or short but spoken with the /r/ sound.
Vowel Team
great, afloat, explain
point
When two vowels are next to each other, they can be long, short, or diphthong vowels. They can be followed by a consonant or used at the end of syllables.

16. Six Syllable Types Cont…
Examples
Explanation
Vowel-Silent e
compete,
decide
abatement
A syllable with a long vowel-consonant-silent e pattern.
Consonant-le
table
little
middle
An unaccented final syllable that has a consonant plus –le.

19. Resources FCRR.org Game board Websites:
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