The Basics
Name the Vowels
a e i o u
zle
zle
action
ac tion
pumpkin
pumpkin
What should you do if the 2nd syllable begins with a vowel.
Back up 1 letter
What are the letters that are not vowels called?
Consonants
er
er
rabbit
rab bit
halloween
halloween
What do you call 2 consonants that are the same letters.
double consonants
What is a syllable?
a chunk of a word
ing
ing
candle
can dle
haunted
haunted
What is an open syllable?
When at the end of a syllable there is a vowel and the vowel says it's name.
What do you call these:
ble, cle, sle, ly
suffixes
fle, ful
fle, ful
trounter
troun ter
dracula
dracula
What is a closed syllable?
There is consonant following the vowel and the vowel says it's sound.
Name 2 ways to break a word into syllables.
Break off the suffix.
Break between double consonants.
dle, ble
dle, ble
pudle
pu dle
spooky
spooky
Read this word:
superstition