Mrs. Holmes teaches students about vowel-consonant-e syllables and how to divide words into syllables. She provides examples with words like 'mistake', 'firemen', 'athlete', 'baseball', 'captive', and 'caveman', explaining the rules for syllable division and identifying closed syllables and vowel-consonant-e syllables. The lesson includes interactive exercises for students to practice identifying syllables and marking them correctly.

What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable?

• A syllable that ends with a vowel and a silent 'e'

• A syllable that starts with a vowel and ends with a consonant

• A syllable that contains only vowels

• A syllable that ends with a consonant and a silent 'e'

In the word 'mistake', where is the syllable division?

• Between 'mist' and 'ake'

• Between 'm' and 'istake'

• Between 'mi' and 'stake'

• Between 'mis' and 'take'

What is a compound word?

• A word made up of two separate words that retain their meanings

• A word with two syllables

• A word that has a vowel-consonant-e syllable

• A word that is a synonym of another word

How is the word 'athlete' divided into syllables?

• A-thlete

• Athl-ete

• At-hlete

• Ath-leet

In the word 'baseball', what type of syllable is 'base'?

• Compound

• Open

• Closed

• Vowel-consonant-e

What makes the word 'captive' a closed exception?

• It ends with a silent 'e'

• It has a long vowel sound

• It is a compound word

• The 'ive' ending has a short vowel sound

How is the word 'caveman' divided into syllables?

• Ca-veman

• Cav-eman

• Cavem-an

• Cave-man

In the sentence 'The athlete can run very fast', which word is a trick word?

• Run

• Fast

• Athlete

• Very