No Glamour Reading Syllables

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Course Objective: To become familiar with the rules involved with decoding and syllabication for word recognition.

Materials: No Glamour Reading Syllables C.D. and/or downloads.

Information: Syllable division of words is a key component to the word decoding process. As students advance into higher level reading materials, the number of multisyllable words increases and it becomes necessary for students to have the skills to separate a word into its parts. No Glamour Reading:Syllables is an instructional book that will take your students through a progression of steps to master the skill of dividing words into syllables. Once your students learn to decode syllables, they will have the key to unlock many difficult words when reading independently. Author: Helen Zeitzoff, veteran teacher of 32 years in Baltimore County School System, is a certified reading specialist and phonic expert

For best results, you should do this course when you are well rested and well fed. If you need any help regarding the course or technical help, call the Community Learning Center at 727-441-4444.

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Tutor Pretest Give an example of an open syllable. Give an example of a closed syllable. _______________ _______________

What do vowels have to do with syllables? _______________

(It is OK if you cannot answer the above questions; you will discover the answers as you do this course.)

Read pages 9 - 10. 1. What is a syllable?

2. How many vowel sounds are there in the word lake?

3. How many syllables in the word lake?

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Read pages 11 17. Page 15 can be used as a preassessment test. 4. What would you do if the student gets 100% on the pretest?

5. What would you do if the student needs additional practice on hearing syllables?

An additional activity that can be done at this point is to have the student circle the vowels he sees in words. Do this until he has total certainty on identifing which letters are vowels.

Read page 18 This concept is new to many tutors. Learning to identify vowels and consonants focuses attention on the letter patterns. It will assist the student in correctly spelling and pronouncing words. 6. Give examples of words that have CVC patterns.

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Read pages 19 20 Utilize a dictionary to verify the accent marks. Ensure that the student knows that the dictionary provides pronunciation help. 7. What would you do if a student needs additional practice in hearing accented syllables?

Read pages 21 29 This will be a new concept to the students and to some of the tutors. When students really understand this they can better pronounce big words. 8. Give examples of Open Syllables.

9. Give examples of Closed Syllables.

Read pages 30 32 10. Give some examples on one syllable VC-e words.

11. Give some examples of two syllable VC-e words.

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Read pages 33 35 12. What happens to vowels when followed by R?

13. Give examples:

Read pages 36 38 A vowel digraph is two vowels together that make one sound. It is not necessary for children to learn the word digraph. They do need to be able to recognize the two vowels together. List Vowel Digraphs: 14. ______ 15. ______ 16. ______ 17. ______ 18. ______ 19. ______ 20. ______ 21. ______

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Read pages 39 41 Pronounce: tle, gle, ple, ble, zle. fle, cle, and dle to another person. 22. What vowel do you see in these extra syllables?

23. What vowel sound do you hear?

Read pages 42 45, Syllable Bingo Copy game on cardstock. (Optional)

Read pages 46 64. Examine the worksheets. 24. What does VC/CV stand for?

Read pages 65 69, Syllable Puzzles. Copy puzzles on cardstock. (Optional) 25. How can the puzzles be used for additional practice?

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Read pages 70 83. Examine the worksheets. 26. What is the V/CV rule?

27. What is the VC/V rule?

Read pages 84 - 86, Syllable Puzzles. Copy puzzles on cardstock. (Optional) 28. How can the puzzles be used for additional practice?

Read pages 87 88, Syllable Match Copy game on cardstock. (Optional) Practice playing it.

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Read pages 89 97. 29. What is consonant blend rule?

30. Give an example of a V/CCV word.

Copy puzzles on cardstock. (Optional)

Read pages 98 114. 31. How would you divide a word that ends in le such as bridle, baffle and tackle?

32. How can the puzzles be used for additional practice?

Copy puzzles on cardstock. (Optional)

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Read pages 115 122. 33. Give examples of VC/CCV words.

34. Give examples of VC/CCCV words.

Read pages 123 127. 35. What is a vowel digraph?

36. Give examples of V/V words.

Copy game on cardstock. (Optional) Practice playing it.

Read pages 128 138, review the worksheets and note any confusions.

Copy puzzles on cardstock. (Optional)

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Read pages 139 142. 37. What is the prefix rule?

Read pages 143 152. 38. List the stable final syllables?

Read pages 153 157 and note any confusions.

Read pages 158 162. 39. Why would ar and or sometimes sound like er?

Read pages 163 169. 40. What are the rules of the 3 sounds of A?

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Read pages 170175 41. What are the rules of the 3 sounds of Y?

Read pages 176180 Review Worksheets and note any confusions.

Read pages 181184 and note any confusions.

Read pages 185-217 Three Syllable Words 42. Divide five of the three syllable words on page 216 and check for correctness with a dictionary.

Read pages 218-220 43. Divide five of the four syllable words on these pages and check for correctness with a dictionary.

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Read pages 221246 Syllable Game Copy game on cardstock and learn how to use it. (optional)

Games can be used to teach concepts instead of the worksheets or in addition to the worksheets. If students appear to know how to read big words, skip to the sections on three and four syllable words. If they have trouble reading those words, then teach them how to divide words into syllables. If students can easily read the really big words, then skip syllable lessons and read a good book. A basic syllable workbook can be created for younger students using pages 9-35. Utilize the dictionary everyday for extra practice reading big words and to learn what those big word mean.

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