1. Patterns for Success
Reading and Spelling

2. Layers of English Language
Greek
Specialized
words used mostly in science.Combining forms are compounded.
Examples: atmosphere, photograph
Latin
Technical, sophisticated words used primarily in more formal contexts, such as in literature and textbooks. Affixes are added to roots. Examples: advocate, expedite, instructor
Anglo-Saxon
Short, common, everyday, down-to-earth words used often in ordinary situations and found in school primers. Many Anglo-Saxon words have nonphonetic spellings.
Many Anglo-Saxon words are often made up of two smaller words: these are called compound words.
Example: doghouse, hockey,

3. Lessons to be included:
Common Affixes (Prefixes and Suffixes)
Anglo-Saxon Layer
Letter Sound Correspondence

4. The Six Types of Syllables
Closed Syllable; VC
Has only one vowel and ends in a consonant. The Vowel is usually short: ad, sug, lish, trom, ject
Silent-e (Vce)
A silent-e syllable has one vowel followed by a consonant followed by an e. The e is silent and makes the preceeding vowel long.
Open (CV)
The open syllable ends in a vowel. The vowel is usually long- pi, glo, stri, u
R-Controlled (Vr)
An r-controlled syllable has a vowel followed by an r,, which modivies the vowel sound: car, mer, fir, cor, tur.
Consonant-le (Cle)
A consonant-le syllable is a final syllable in which the e is silent: thus it sounds like a consonant- ∂l: ta-ble, jun-gle, sim-ple
Double-Vowel
A double-vowel syllable has two vowels that together make one sound- boat, fie, haul, voy, floun.

5. The Five Syllabification Rules
VC/CV
When two or more consonants stand between two vowels divide between the consonants, keeping blends or digraphs together: pup-pet, hun-dred, sup-pose, fan-tas-tic
V/CV
When a single consonant is surrounded by two vowels, the most common division is before the consonant, making the vowel in the first syllable long: hu-man, lo-cate, pi-lot
VC/V
If the V/CV syllabification rule doesn’t make a recognizable word, divide after the consonant and give the vowel its short sound: rap-id, sol-id
/Cle
Divide before the consonant-le. Count back three letters from the end of the word and divide: ea-gle, am-ble
V/V
Only a few words divide between the vowels: di-et, flu-id, qui-et