Syllable Division

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Rules for

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Dividing Syllables Joanie Gerken

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How to find a syllable • Steps for syllable division – Put a dot under each vowel – Underline the consonants between vowels – Divide between the consonants C a t n i p

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Syllable division rule #1 • If there are 2 consonants between the vowels, divide between the consonants

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p i g l e t

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Practice

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• picnic

padlock

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• napkin

ransom

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• rabbit

ribbon

• funnel

tidbit

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Syllable division rule #1 continued If there are more than 2 consonants between the vowels, divide between blends and digraphs.

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b a c k p a c k b a n d s t a n d

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Slide 6

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Practice dustpan

handset

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packrat

milkman

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hamster

buckshot

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crimshaw

backyard

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Syllable division rule #2 • If there is only 1 consonant between the vowels: –First -- divide before the consonant and test the word– is it real? –Second – divide after the consonant and test the word cabin cabin

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Slide 8

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Practice • lemon

raven

• hotel

river

• visor

label

• phenom

venom

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E signal rule E at he end of a word can be 1 of 2 syllable types consonant-le magic -e

When you see an e at the end of a word, count back 3 3 2 _ 1 32 1 pancake t h i m[b l e * *

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Slide 10

Care to try it? snapshot

pavement

crabcake

humble

conclude

homework

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If you can do these…

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crixple

skrunktole

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zimbale

drogle

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Vowel team syllable Remember! A vowel team has 1 sound and acts as 1 vowel steamb oat boyhood

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