VC/CVC
CVCC/CCVC
Silent e or r controlled
Consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs/diphthongs
Multi syllable words
100

How do you say this word: fog

F O G... Fog. One sentence. Closed syllable. 

100

How do you say this word: 

Gasp.

G A S P. Gasp. 

100

Say this word... remember the silent e rule: ripe, mole. 

R I P E, ripe. The I is long. M O L E, mole. The O is long. 

100

Say this word: ship

SHHHHHHip. Ship. 

100

Say this word: moment. 

MOE Mint. Moment.

200

How do you say this word: Tub, and is the vowel short or long? 

T-U-B - the U is short. Closed syllable. 

200

How do you say this word: 

Romp. Is this word an open or closed syllable word? 

R O M P. Romp. This is one syllable, it is closed. 

200

Say these words: cart, fern. Are these words open or closed syllable words?

C A R T, cart. F E R N, fern. Both words are closed single syllable words. 

200

Say these words: wrap, whiz

RRRRAP - wrap. WHUIZ - whiz. 

200

Say this word: basket. Is the A in the word short or long? Is the E short, long... or something else?

Basket. The A is short, the E is schwa. 

300

How do you say this word: nap, is the syllable open or closed, and is the vowel long or short?

N A P - nap, closed syllable, short vowel. 

300

How do you say these words: mint, sled. Are the vowels short or long?

M I N T - mint. S L E D - sled. Both vowels are short.

300

Say this sentence: Pete has five tapes at home. 

Pete has five tapes at home. 

300

Say these words: spoil, haul, straw. 

spOIl - spoil


hAWWL - haul


stRAW - straw

300

Say this word: volcano. How many syllables are in this word?

VOL-CANE-OH. Three syllables. Closed closed open. 

400
Read this sentence: Mom had a top on a big pot. 

Mom had a top on a big pot. 

400

Say this sentence: The frog must flip and spin and jump. 

The frog must flip and spin and jump. All of these are closed-syllable words! 

400

Say this sentence: The dark tar on his torn shirt burned and hurt him. 

The dark tar on his torn shirt burned and hurt him. 

400

Say this sentence: The ducks chomp on the knot. 

CHCHCHomp. Knot = "not"

400

Say these words: bacon, practical.

BAE-CIN 

PRAC-TI-CUL 

500

Read this sentence: Tim can sit in a tub. Finger stretch the word TUB, classify the word as open or closed, and then determine if the U is short or long. 

T U B. Tub. The word is one syllable and it is closed. The U is short. 

500

Say this sentence: Glen will swim past the raft in the pond... are the italicized words open or closed syllables?

Glen will swim past the raft in the pond. All of the italicized words are closed. 

500

Say this sentence: Jane had a pet bird that loves to sing, and Jane takes her nice bird to the park.

Jane had a pet bird that loves to sing, and Jane takes her nice bird to the park. This sentence has r controlled vowels and silent e words! 

500

Say these words: foam, chew, joy, toe.

fOAm - foooome 

ChEWW - chew

JOI - joy 

tOE - tOOOOOe

500

Say this word: evaporate. How many syllables are there?

EEE-VAP-OR-ATE. 4 syllables. Open, closed, closed, closed.