VC/CV Closed Syllable

Closed Syllable

100

A group of letters that has one vowel sound.  It can be a word or part of a word.

Syllable

Examples: stay, miss, stripe, I, op, lect, pre

200

There are three things to remember about a closed syllable:

1. It has only one vowel.

2. The vowel has a short sound.

3. It ends in a consonant.

Example: at, big, must

300

Closed syllables: parts of words have only ______ vowel, it ends in a _________, and the vowel sound is ________.

one, consonant, short

Example: fran, ab, cus, tist

400

A closed syllable has _______ vowel.

one

500

A closed syllable has a _______ vowel sound.

short

Closed Syllable 1

100

A closed syllable ends in a _________.

consonant

200

Exception to a closed syllable.

qu

Example: quin, quest, quiv, quit, quill

300

Closed syllables often end in the consonant blend _____.

ct

Example: evict, convict, elect

400

If you hear a short vowel sound in a syllable, what kind of syllable is it? 

closed

Example: dog, frog

500

If you hear a short vowel sound in a syllable, how many vowels does it have? 

One

Example: help, from

Closed Syllable 2

100

If you hear a short vowel sound in a syllable, is the last letter a vowel or a consonant? 

Consonant

200

The _______ sound is the same for all vowels.

Schwa

300

Schwa sounds like _______ or __________.

Short i and Short u

400

If a syllable is closed, the vowel sound is _______.

Short

500

A closed syllable has only ________ vowel and it ends in a __________.

One, consonant

Closed Syllable 3

100

When two ________ stand between two ________, you divide the word between the _______.

Consonants, vowels, consonants

200

The first vowel sound is usually ______ because the syllable is _______.

Short, closed

300

VC/CV Syllabication Rule: if two consonants stand between two vowels, you divide the word between the ___________.

Consonants

Example: rab/bit

400

Consonant Blends, give two examples 

tr, dr, nd, mp, gr

500

The second syllable of a two-syllable word often has the short ___ sound or the ______ sound.

i, schwa

Random

100

Consonant Digraphs, give two examples

sh, ch, ck, th, wh, rh, 

200

In a two-syllable word, when you hear one consonant sound after the first short vowel sound, ________ it. 

Double

Example: pan+ing=panning

300

Two or more letters making one sound. 

Digraph

Example: ch, th, sh, wh, tch

400

Two or more consonants together. Each consonant sound is heard. 

Consonant Blend

Example: nt, bl, nd, mp, pl, sk, cl, 

500

A shortened way to write and say a word. 

Contraction

Example: can not= can't