Silent e
The 'e' is silent.
What is the sound that the 'e' makes?
A long vowel.
What type of vowel is in an Open syllable?
Cat, cot, cut
What are the examples of a closed syllable that starts with a 'c' and ends with a 't'?
A vowel and an 'r' make an r-controlled syllable.
What is a r-controlled syllable made of?
A team is two vowels that make one sound.
What is a vowel team made up of?
The last syllable type usually taught is cle.
What syllable type is usually taught last?
give two examples of words that have the silent 'e'
answers vary
cake, lake, tale,
The vowel in an Open syllable is long because there is no consonant behind it.
What makes the vowel in an Open syllable long?
A vowel closed by one or two consonants.
What makes a syllable Closed?
In the word “turn,” these two letters work together to make an r-controlled vowel sound.
u and r
Yes, the 'w' can be part of a vowel team as in 'ow', 'aw' or 'ew'.
Do vowels ever consist of consonant letters?
A consonant is the letter type that come before 'le'.
What type of letter comes before the 'le'?
The silent 'e' makes the vowel say its name.
What is the job of the silent 'e'?
No, the vowel can stand alone in an Open syllable.
Does an Open syllable have to have a consonant and a vowel?
Which of the following words do not have a closed syllable? cat, look, dog,
look
What word has an r controlled vowel and is a person you go to if you are sick?
doctor
Give an example of a word that has the 'oi' vowel team
oil, boil foil
What is the 'cle' syllable word that starts with a 't' and has a 'b' before the 'le'? You eat your dinner there!
The 'cle' syllable is table
Yes, the 'e' is written even though it does not make a sound.
Do you write the silent 'e' at the end of the silent 'e' word?
Which syllable in the word 'tiger' is an open syllable?
first syllable
When adding 'ed' or 'ing' to a Closed syllable word, the ending consonant is doubled.
What happens to Closed syllable words when you add 'ing' or 'ed'?
Which letter is the dominant one or the letter you hear in the r-controlled syllable?
The r takes over for the vowel sound
Vowel teams can appear in the beginning, middle, or end of words.
Where do vowel teams appear in words?
How many syllable types are in the word 'able'? Identify the syllables.
The work 'able' has two syllable types
a is open and ble is consonant le
Yes, the 'e' is dropped when adding 'ing' or 'ed' to a silent 'e' word. Cannot have two vowels together.
When adding 'ing' r 'ed' to a silent 'e' word, do you drop the 'e'?
An open syllable does not end with what type of letter?
a consonant
In a closed syllable, what sound does the vowel usually make?
a short vowel sound
No, not all r-controlled syllables say their own vowel.
Do all r-controlled syllables say their own vowel?
Do both vowels say their name in vowel teams?
no, they only make one sound
Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a 'cle' word Next year we will be in ______________ school.
middle