6 Syllables Types
What is a closed syllable?
A closed syllable is a syllable that ends with a consonant, causing the vowel to be short.
What is the ability to identify individual sounds in words?
The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.
Phoneme
The ability to break a word into its individual sounds (phonemes).
Phonemic segmentation
The ability to read a text smoothly and accurately at an appropriate speed, which aids in comprehension.
Fluency
Define an open syllable.
An open syllable is a syllable that ends with a vowel, typically resulting in a long vowel sound.
What is the ability to blend individual sounds to form words?
Phoneme blending
The smallest unit of written language that represents a phoneme; it can be a single letter or a combination of letters.
Grapheme
The ability to combine individual sounds (phonemes) to form a word.
Phonemic blending
Words that do not follow typical phonetic rules.
Sight words
What is a vowel-consonant-e (VCE) syllable?
A VCE syllable features a vowel followed by a consonant and then an "e" at the end, where the "e" makes the vowel long.
What is the ability to segment words into individual sounds?
Phoneme segmentation
A combination of two or three consonants where each sound is heard.
Blend
The ability to change, add, or delete phonemes in a word to create new words.
Phoneme manipulation
The system of spelling in a language.
Orthography
Explain a diphthong syllable.
A diphthong syllable contains a complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel sound and glides into another within the same syllable.
What is the ability to decode words accurately and fluently?
Decoding
A combination of two letters that together represent one sound.
Digraph
The ability to recognize a word when a phoneme is removed.
Teaching students new skills in a clear and direct way.
Explicit instruction
What is a consonant-le syllable?
A consonant-le syllable is a syllable that ends with a consonant followed by "le," where the "e" is silent, and the syllable typically comes at the end of a word.
What is the ability to understand the meaning of words, sentences, and texts?
Comprehension
Three letters that represent one sound.
Trigraph
The ability to replace one phoneme in a word with another phoneme to create a new word.
Phoneme substitution
The understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds that are represented by letters.
Alphabetic principle