2. Syllables 2013-2014 wag l on cot l ton A l las l ka

3. “…You can’t become a skilled reader unless you know the system.” Linnea Ehri, 2002

4. Approximately 86% of English words are phonetically regular for spelling 64% of those are made up of 2 syllable patterns Word meaning and word origin help with many words Why Teach Syllable Patterns for Reading & Spelling?

5. Automatic Processing frimpabruntiveshime

6. Automatic Processing frimp shime abruntive

7. Automatic Processing scrayconzaymentyrmhvecnmztnyao

8. Automatic Processing scray conzayment yrmhv ecnmztnyao

9. What is a Syllable? “A Syllable is a unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel. It may or may not have consonants before or after the vowel.” “I sure wish somebody had told me that before!” Child Friendly: A syllable is a word or part of a word with one vowel sound. Every syllable has to have at least one vowel. Moats, 2011

10. C losed L consonant-le O pen V owel team E vowel consonant “e” R - controlled

11. o o k k r r c c s s k k a a u u l l c c b b w w s s t t e e Closed Syllable Structure: Only one vowel, at least one consonant after the vowel Type of Vowel Sound: Short Vowel is marked with breve trick

12. OPEN o o g g e e m m u u l l f f y y sh Open Syllable Structure: Only one vowel, at the end of a syllable Type of Vowel Sound: Long Vowel is marked with a macron wewe

13. t t e e i i m m r r d d e e o o v v th e e a a b b y y p p Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable t t e e Structure: 1 vowel followed by 1 consonant sound followed by an “e” Type of Vowel Sound: Long Vowel is marked with a macron spoke

14. h h ea t t n n igh t t oi n n c c m m n n oo t t oa b b d d h h ea Vowel-Team Syllable Structure: Two or more vowels together that stand for one vowel sound (may include consonants as in “igh,” “eigh”) Type of Vowel Sounds: variant sounds; long, short, diphthong sound draw

15. f f ir ar m m f f er or k k n n d d h h oo d d d d th r r ur b b R-Controlled Syllable Structure: 1 or 2 vowels followed by “r” Type of Vowel Sound: r-controlled her

16. Open Closed t t a a l l e e r r i i l l e e p p a a d d i i g g g g l l e e Various m m l l e e ar b b ee l l e e Consonant-L-e Syllable l l e e b b f f l l e e l l e e d d g g l l e e b b l l e e t t l l e e Structure: Consonant followed by “L” followed by “e”; found at the end of a word unless part of a multi-syllable word Type of Vowel Sound: schwa sim ple

17. m m a a Consonant-L-e Syllable l l e e p p l l e e p p p p a a p p p p

18. Syllable Types% of Frequency Closed43.3% Open28.9% Vowel-e6.7% Vowel Team9.5% R-controlled10.2% Consonant-le1.4% Syllable Frequency

19. Closed -le Open Vowel teams Vowel-e R-controlled pancake pancake pan cake staple staple sta

20. Word Study: Multisyllable Readers break the syllable between letters that rarely occur in sequence within a syllable. In this word, between g-w and z-p. cagwitzpat cag witz pat

21. Word Study: Syllable Division

22. pancake subtract simple Decoding multi-syllabic words 1.Count Vowel (patterns) 2.Ask yourself: How many consonants are there between the vowels? 3.Divide between the consonants (keep blends and diagraphs together) 4.Draw a syllable box for each syllable 5.Apply syllable patterns to word and sound out… pancake subtract simple

23. Word Study: Decoding Multi-Syllable Words Students use this multisensory method to read compensate confident demonstrate morphemic orthographic compensate confident demonstrate morphemic orthographic

24. Stake out the Schwa “The schwa is like a vampire; it sucks the sound out of vowels in unaccented syllables, leaving them muffled and lifeless.” Spellography, Moats, Rosow cotton wagon pocket

25. Teaching Irregular Words was lip Regular word what she Rainbow Spelling see where

26. Irregular Words: Visualization was

27. youtube 911 message with eucalyptus street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8nqi-RrfX0 You never know when advanced word study might just save a life!