1. Second Grade Reading and English Language Arts
By: Amy Compton

2. Basic Elements of Phonetic Analysis
Syllabication
Diphthongs
Digraphs
Variant vowel sounds such as r-controlled

3. syl∙lab∙i∙ca∙tion

4. Syllabication is the process of analyzing the patterns of vowels and consonants in a word to determine where the word breaks into syllables

5. A syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a single vowel sound with or without more closely combined consonant sounds

6. Chry∙san∙the∙mum
by Kevin Henkes

7. Practice Syllable absolutely alphabet bloomed dreadful flower garden
name
perfect
thirteen
wilted

8. Answers Syllable absolutely ab so lute ly alphabet al pha bet bloomed
dreadful
dread
ful
flower
flow er
garden
gar
den
name
perfect
per
fect
thirteen
thir
teen
wilted
wilt ed

9. diph∙thong

10. A diphthong is a complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable

11. Chry∙san∙the∙mum
by Kevin Henkes

12. “Chrysanthemum grew and grew and grew.”

13. “She loved the way it sounded when her mother woke her up
“She loved the way it sounded when her mother woke her up. She loved the way it sounded when her father called her for dinner.
And she loved the way it sounded when she whispered it to herself in the bathroom mirror.”

14. di∙graph

15. A vowel digraph is two vowel letters in a word that represent only one sound
A consonant digraph is two consonant letters in a word that represent only one sound

16. Chry∙san∙the∙mum
by Kevin Henkes

17. “Hooray!” said Chrysanthemum. “School!””
“Chrysanthemum thought her name was absolutely perfect. And then she started school.
On the first day, Chrysanthemum wore her sunniest dress and her brightest smile. She ran all the way.
“Hooray!” said Chrysanthemum. “School!””

18. “But when Mrs. Chud took roll call, everyone giggled upon hearing Chrysanthemum’s name.”

19. R-con∙trolled vow∙el

20. When a vowel letter is followed by an r, the vowel and the r represent one murmuring vowel sound; therefore, the vowel sound is r-controlled

21. Chry∙san∙the∙mum
by Kevin Henkes

22. “The day she was ____ was the happiest day in her parents’ lives.”
O R F B N T K

23. “The day she was born was the happiest day in her parents’ lives.”F T K

25. “The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy the material.”
—Charles Clark

26. References
Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1991.
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