1. REVLOC Syllable Rules R: r-controlled E: Magic E V: Vowel Teams
L: Consonant + le
O: Open
C: Closed

2. Vowel Pattern Chart R controlled Magic e Vowel Teams C+le Open Closed
Talkers Dipthongs
C+le
Open
Closed

3. Vowel Pattern Chart R controlled car girl tur- Magic e ride cape hope
Vowel Teams
Talkers Dipthongs
boat boy
meat clown
C+le
ta - ble
bub - ble
tur - tle
Open me go
ta-
Closed
cat
fish
bub-

4. R Controlled
A word or syllable containing a vowel followed by r; the vowel sound is changed by the r to make a new sound.
car her girl for curl

5. Magic E
A word or syllable that ends in e, with only one consonant before the final e and one vowel before that consonant; the vowel is long.
The magic e hops over the consonant, and makes the vowel say its name.
make Steve ride hope cube

6. Vowel Teams Vowel Talkers: [vowel digraphs]
A word or syllable containing two vowels next to each other; the first one is long.
“When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and says its name.”
rain day see meat pie
boat toe slow suit blue

7. Dipthongs (Vowel Teams)
Dipthongs : When the vowels say neither a long or short vowel sound, but rather a very different sound.
fault saw foil boy loud cow

8. C + le (consonant + le)
This syllable ends with “le” preceded by a consonant, and occurs in two-syllable words.
When a word ends with a consonant and “le,” the “le” grabs the consonant before it, and the word breaks into two parts right before that consonant.
bubble cable eagle poodle purple
bub–ble ca–ble ea–gle poo–dle pur-ple

9. Open A word or syllable that ends with one vowel; the vowel is long.
me she hi go flu fly

10. sand best print shop lunch
Closed
A word or syllable that contains only one vowel followed by one or more consonants;
the vowel is short.
sat bed fin top gum
sand best print shop lunch
at Ed in on up

11. Websites of Interest www.aft.org American Federation of Teachers
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Education World
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Branch - IDA
International Dyslexia Association
National Institute for Literacy
National Reading Panel
International Reading Association
Reading Rockets