Monday, April 29, 2013

Syllable types

Using cereal to help them grasp and hold on to the syllable types we have covered over the entire year.

1.  Closed; vowel is short.
2.  Closed exception; vowel is long.  (kIND, OLD, hOST, rode the wILD, cOLT)
3.  V-E; vowel is long and 'e' is silent.
4.  V-E exception; vowel is short and 'e' is silent. (gIVE)
5.  Open syllable; vowel is long.


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