Syllabe Types
Coding Symbols
Syllabication
Reading the Words
Reading the Words- Endings
100
I have one vowel, end in a consonant, and usually have a short vowel sound?
What is a closed syllable?
100
I am an upside down backwards letter e used above vowels that say "uh" rather than their letter sound.
What is a schwa?
100
I am the word interrupt. My three syllables are....
What is in-ter-rupt
100
continuum
What is con-tin-u-um
100
squirrels
What is squir-rels?
200
I ends in one vowel and my sound is usually long.
What is an open syllable?
200
I am a straight line above a vowel to show the vowel its long sound.
What is a macron?
200
I am the word frequent. My two syllables are ....
What is fre-quent
200
coerce
What is co-erce?
200
scared; snapped; punted
What is scared (d), snapped(t), punted (ted)
300
I end in a consonant, l-e. I may also have the letter s after the consonant, l-e.
What is a Consonant-le syllable?
300
I look like a smile drawn above the vowel to show the vowel has its short soundl
What is a breve?
300
I am the word putrid. My two syllables are.....
What is pu-trid
300
chaotic
What is cha-ot-ic
300
phonetic, systematic, apathetic
What is /ik/
400
I have one vowel followed by the letter r. The r changes the sound of my vowel.
What is an r-controlled syllable?
400
I am a straight line drawn under two letters that make one new sound. The sound is called a
What is a digraph?
400
I am the word polish. My two syllables are....
What is pol-ish
400
minuet
What is min-u-et?
400
fiscal; trial; accidental
What is /ul/?
500
I have one vowel followed by a consonant followed by the letter e. My sound is long.
What is the silent-e syllable?
500
You can see me but you do not hear me. I am coded with a back slash.
What is a silent letter?
500
I am the word tepid. My two syllables are....
What is tep-id
500
quiet, quit, quite
What is qui-et, quit, quite
500
audit; banquet; exquisite; appropriate; immaculate; precipitate
What is /it/; /it/; /it/; /it/ or /at/; /it/ /ate/?