1. Double Consonants

2. Double Consonants grill
The double consonant is said as a single sound.

3. Double Consonants
Can you buy snapping crabs and blackfish at the outdoor market?
snapping
How many syllables do you hear?
snap / ping two

4. Double Consonants snap / ping
Notice that in each syllable there is a vowel. The vowel in the first syllable is a and the vowel in the second syllable is i.
s n a p / p i n g
v c / c v

5. Double Consonants snapping
When a word has a double consonant you divide the word into syllables between those letters.
snap / ping

6. Double Consonants
Can you buy snapping crabs and blackfish at the outdoor market?
The ck stays together in the same syllable.
black / fish

7. Double Consonants lesson How many syllables do you hear? les / son two
Notice that the word is broke between the double consonants.

8. Double Consonants puppet How many syllables do you hear? pup / pet two
Notice that the word is broke between the double consonants.

9. Double Consonants lucky How many syllables do you hear? luck / y two
Notice that the ck stay together.

10. Double Consonants muffin How many syllables do you hear? muf / fin two
Notice that the word is broke between the double consonants.

11. Double Consonants
Write the following words and break them into syllables.
cliff
crack
press
glasses
message
willow

12. Your Turn
Turn your practice book to page 143.