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Welcome back! This is part six in my six-part syllable series. In this part, we‘ll explore the consonant + le syllable! I am having so much fun sharing this information about syllables with you! A few quick reminders: What Is The Consonant +le Syllable Type? Word nerd alert! Let’s backtrack a little to learn about…
Welcome back! This is part four in my six-part syllable series. In this part, we’ll explore vowel teams syllable! I am having so much fun sharing this information about syllables with you! A few quick reminders: What is a vowel team syllable? A syllable is a word or a part of a word with one…
Welcome back! This is part five in my six-part syllable series. In this part, we‘ll explore the r-controlled syllable! I am having so much fun sharing this information about syllables with you! A few quick reminders: What is an open syllable? Chant or sing this sentence with your students until they know it by heart….
Welcome back! This is part four in my six-part syllable series. In this part, we‘ll explore the r-controlled syllable! I am having so much fun sharing this information about syllables with you! A few quick reminders: Intro to the R-Controlled Syllable Think back to when you were a kid. I was the youngest of three…
This is part two in my six-part syllable series. If you missed part one, click here. To follow along with this series. please download this chart I created on the six syllable types by clicking here. It spells out CLOVER. Each letter in CLOVER stands for a syllable type but is not taught in that order. Did…
The closed syllable is one of the easiest syllable types to teach. In Orton-Gillingham, it is the first syllable type taught. In this series, we will cover all six syllable types. If you follow this series, you’ll want a copy of CLOVER, an acronym for the six syllable types. The syllable types are not introduced…
While the syllable types explain many spellings and pronunciations in English, we still come across some words that don’t quite work the way we expect them to. One of those is a group of words known as closed syllable exceptions. Let’s talk about teaching closed syllable exceptions! What are closed syllable exceptions? Closed syllable exceptions…
This is the final part of our series on syllable division. The easiest and most common type of syllable division is the division between consonants. The next most common are the V/CV syllable division and VC/V, also discussed previously. The black sheep of the family was in our post on C+LE syllable division. Only one…
This post about C+LE syllable division is the next in our series on syllable division. The easiest and most common type of syllable division is the division between consonants. The next most common are V/CV syllable division and VC/V, also discussed previously. Check out the previous posts in this series: Teaching syllable division rules is…