The 7 Syllable Types

It's a joy listening and watching our beginning readers figure out those “longer” words.  Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllabe words or CVC words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words.  So, what is a syllable? And why is knowing what it is important?

Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a single vowel sound. “Syllabication” is the process of analyzing the pattern of vowels and consonants in a word to determine where a word is broken into its syllables. The ability to break a word into syllables helps students decode those longer words as well as helps the student remember spelling patterns.  Understanding the 7 syllable types helps students to become better readers and writers.

There are 7 types of syllables that occur in all words of the English language.  Every word can be broken down into these syllables.  These 7 syllables include: closed, open, magic e, vowel teams, r-controlled, dipthongs and consonant- le.  

Can you read these words???

1. hom or glick

2. ru

3. pake

4. bort

5. binderly

6. tumpastic

7. vanowinder

What syllable type(s) do they fit in?

After teaching each syllable type, having these posters readily available for reference in your classroom can help your students.

Summer Reading Professional Development

This summer, many of our staff members were asked to read The Next Steps In Guided Reading by: Jan Richardson.
I invited one of Jan Richardson's consultants, Debbie Rosenow, to come and share with us the important aspects of the book.
All staff members K-8 were asked to participate in this literacy workshop. We spent two days learning about best practices in early literacy, effective lesson planning , literacy stations, and guided writing.

Look at how engaged the staff is with literacy work stations!







I look forward to seeing all these exciting things being tried in the classrooms :)

Summer Reading

Happy Summer to all the students, staff, and parents!

Stay tuned for more exciting things in the fall!!!


And remember.....


Read........................Read........................................READ


Did you know?

Children who don't read over the summer experience summer learning loss. That's right -- kids don't just feel like they've forgotten some of what they've learned -- they actually do forget it. And the effect is cumulative. Kids who lose reading skills over the summer will be two years behind their classmates by the end of 6th grade.



So........

Six Flags Read to Succeed

I am happy to announce that the Six Flags Read to Succeed program has to come an end. Students were challenged to read 6 hours (360 minutes) over the last few months. Students then filled a log and brought it back to school.

I am happy to say that 110 Randall students returned logs and will be receiving a pass to Six Flags!
WAY TO GO WILDCATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What should I say besides sound it out?

Your student brings home a book that they spent a little time practicing at school, or maybe it's a book they've never read. They come up to that word and say I don't get it! You eagerly tell them, "sound it out!" You can encourage that, but keep in mind that not all words can be sounded out.  

Your child might pick up clues about a word from the picture, other words in the sentence, or any rhyming patterns. 

Whether your child is a beginning reader, a reluctant reader, or an eager reader, there are encouraging words that you can say to be "a coach!"

Check out this poster below, courtesy of http://it.pinellas.k12.fl.us/Teachers3/gurianb/bookmarks.html for encouraging things you can say to your student to help them figure out an unknown word!

You can also say encouraging things like, "What would make sense there?" or "You said this word______. Let's say that word slow, and run our ringer under it and see if it matches."

Most of all, remember to praise the efforts and keep the reading fun. Simply sharing the enjoyment of reading together will increase your child's confidence and reading skills and help to start you child off for a lifetime of reading enjoyment!