Syllables
A vowel on its own
open syllable
playground
play ground
Any two letters that are stuck together making 1 sound
Digraph
beautiful
Something appealing or pleasant
Latin:
Apart or Away
Dis
The vowel is closed in on one or both sides by a consonant
closed syllable
romantic
Ro Man Tic
/ch/
Mother
bad
Mal
bone
v-e
constitution
Con Sti Tu Tion
/ck/
c, k, ck, ch
Please
To make happy or pleasant
Latin root meaning:
with or together
con
bird
explosion
ex plo sion
/ay/
a, a-e, ai, ay
Mountain
A large geologic feature
Min-
Small or Little
tion or sion
final stable syllable
cathedral
cath e dral
/ir/
er, ir, ur
Country
pre-
before