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Students will learn:

the definition of a syllable
to hear syllables in words
To recognise vowel spelling patterns and to pronounce the different types of syllables they are in
To divide written words into syllables
To read and spell unfamiliar, multisyllabic words

What is a syllable?

A syllable is a unit of pronunciation, like a beat in words that always contains a vowel.

Some words have only one syllable (book) and others have two (pen/cil), three (tom/a/to), four (hel/i/cop/ter) and more

(in/spir/a/tion/al)

Syllabification of Words

Long Vowels

When a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, divide the word before the consonant if the first vowel is long.

re/verse	mo/tor	ba/bies	la/bour
re/turn	po/ny	ti/dy	pi/rate

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Syllabification of Words

Short Vowels

When a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, and the first vowel is short, divide the word after the consonant..

tax/i	gar/age	dam/age	clev/er
com/ic

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Syllabification of Words

Prefix

When the word is a prefix, divide the word between the prefix and the root word first

un/knot	dis/please	dis/count	re/search
re/start	un/true	to/ward	un/veil

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Syllabification of Words

Suffix

When the word has a suffix, divide the word between the root word and the suffix first

car/ry/ing	en/joy/ment	start/ed	look/ing
play/ful	sleep/y	first/ly	haunt/ed

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