When is it time to teach –r-Controlled words? I know as a teacher, I always wondered when it was time to teach -r-Controlled Syllables. After many years of teaching, I believe I have figured it out. And the answer is: when students have mastered simultaneously reading the Closed Syllable (also known as short vowel words)Read More
Teaching Reading Step 6 – Final Stable
The Final Stable syllable combination is found only at the end of words, and the here are some examples of Final Stable ending: -tion in nation, -sion in mission, -ture, creature, -tian in mountain, -cious in delicious. The most common Final Stable endings are –ble, -cle, -dle, -fle, -gle, -kle, -ple, -sle, -tle, -zle. Final StableRead More
Teaching Reading Step 5 – Open Syllables
There are 6 syllable types in reading. The basic overall purpose of learning syllable type reading is to give students 6 reading strategies to aid them in chunking longer words into short, readable parts. These strategies teach students to look at a word and identify the number of syllables that word has based upon theRead More
Teaching Reading Step 4 – Vowel Teams
Of all the syllable types to teach, Vowels Teams can be the most challenging for students to master. And the main reason is that there are so many variations of this syllable type relative to the other five syllable types. There are approximately 32 vowel teams. So for this reason alone this is why moreRead More
Teaching Reading Step 3 – r-Controlled
Once students master reading Closed Syllable and Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable type words, I teach -r-Controlled Syllables. The reason I teach this syllable type immediately after the first two syllable types is because -r-Controlled only has 4 sounds for students to quickly pocket. So many programs that teach syllable type words, teach Vowel Teams after Closed and Vowel-Consonant-e,Read More
Teaching Reading Step 2 – Vowel Consonant e
At Reading Step 2, the student is ready to learn Vowel-Consonant-e words. This means that students have now mastered reading Closed Syllables, and now it is time to teach the long sound of the vowels which is the actual vowel names. When a student goes from Reading Step 1 words to Reading Step 2 words, theRead More
