Teaching Phonics- Syllable Types and One-Syllable Words (CVC, VCe, vowel team, r-controlled)

More info on syllable types: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/six-syllable-types A few key definitions: Consonant blend: when 2 consonant letters are blended together at the beginning or end of a word...each consonant makes its own sound Consonant digraph: when 2 letters together represent ONE consonant sound Vowel digraph (sometimes called a 'vowel team'): when 2 letters together represent ONE vowel sound Open syllable: the syllable ends in a single vowel letter, the vowel usually makes the long sound (examples: go, me) Closed syllable: the syllable ends in a vowel followed by consonant letters, the vowel makes the short sound (examples: in, bed, pest)-- these syllables are often expressed as VC, CVC, CVCC, CCVC, or CCVCC...closed syllables sometimes have special endings (e.g., floss rule where consonant doubles even in single syllable word; 'ck', 'dge') R-controlled syllable: a syllable where the vowel is followed by "r", making the vowel make a slightly different sound (examples: car, her, turn, bird, storm) Vowel team syllable: a syllable where a 'team' of letters (often a digraph, 2 letters, but sometimes more than 2 letters) go together to make one vowel sound (examples: boy, coin, pay, rain, boat, clown, meet, bread) Consonant-le syllable (in multi-syllabic words only): a syllable where a consonant is followed by "le", sounds like 'ul' (examples: candle, cradle, thimble, noble, needle) Final stable syllables (in multi-syllabic words only): a syllable that stands alone and makes a consistent sound (e.g., "tion", "ture") If you want an amazing book that explains SO many things about the English language, try: https://www.amazon.ca/Speech-Print-Language-Essentials-Teachers/dp/1598570501/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463004247&sr=8-1&keywords=speech+to+print