A3K Word Analysis: A. Syllable Types 2. Mixed Practice...

When a syllable ends in a vowel, the vowel in that syllable will make its long sound.

• open syllable

• closed syllable

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

When a syllable ends in at least one consonant, the vowel in that syllable will make its short sound.

• open syllable

• closed syllable

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

When silent e comes at the end of a syllable, the first vowel in that syllable will make its long vowel sound.

• open syllable

• closed syllable

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

When a vowel is followed by an r in a syllable, the r changes the sound that the vowel makes within the syllable.

• open syllable

• closed syllable

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

When certain vowels are together in a syllable, the first vowel will make its long sound and the other vowel will not make a sound at all Vowel pairs include ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, oe, and sometimes ow.

• open syllable

• closed syllable

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

When you see vowel teams like ou, oi, oy, and ow together in a word, they make two new sounds where both are heard.

• vowel team syllables

• consonant - le syllables

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

When the final syllable in a word contains a consonant followed by - le, the consonant sound will be followed by the schwa sound /uh/ with the /l/ after it. Put them together and they say /ul/

• vowel team syllables

• consonant - le syllables

• silent E syllables

• R-controlled syllables

• vowel pair syllables

Select the words that have both an open and a closed syllable.

• pilot

• lion

• plastic

• giant

• poem

Select the word(s) that have only closed syllables.

• pilot

• lion

• plastic

• giant

• poem

Select the word(s) that have only closed syllables.

• pilot

• himself

• plastic

• bottom

• blanket