Patterns for Success

Reading and Spelling

Layers of English Language

GreekSpecialized

words used mostly in science.Combining forms

are compounded.

Examples: atmosphere, photograph

LatinTechnical, sophisticated words used primarily in more formal contexts, such as in literature and textbooks. Affixes are added to roots. Examples: advocate, expedite, instructor

Anglo-SaxonShort, common, everyday, down-to-earth words used often in ordinary situations and found in school primers. Many Anglo-Saxon words have

nonphonetic spellings.Many Anglo-Saxon words are often made up of two smaller words: these are

called compound words. Example: doghouse, hockey,

Lessons to be included:

• Common Affixes(Prefixes and Suffixes)

• Anglo-Saxon Layer– Letter Sound Correspondence

The Six Types of Syllables

• Closed Syllable; VC– Has only one vowel and ends in a consonant. The Vowel is usually short:

ad, sug, lish, trom, ject• Silent-e (Vce)

– A silent-e syllable has one vowel followed by a consonant followed by an e. The e is silent and makes the preceeding vowel long.

• Open (CV) – The open syllable ends in a vowel. The vowel is usually long- pi, glo, stri, u

• R-Controlled (Vr)– An r-controlled syllable has a vowel followed by an r,, which modivies the vowel

sound: car, mer, fir, cor, tur.

• Consonant-le (Cle)– A consonant-le syllable is a final syllable in which the e is silent: thus it sounds like a

consonant- ∂l: ta-ble, jun-gle, sim-ple

• Double-Vowel– A double-vowel syllable has two vowels that together make one sound- boat, fie, haul,

voy, floun.

The Five Syllabification Rules• VC/CV

– When two or more consonants stand between two vowels divide between the consonants, keeping blends or digraphs together: pup-pet, hun-dred, sup-pose, fan-tas-tic

• V/CV – When a single consonant is surrounded by two vowels, the most

common division is before the consonant, making the vowel in the first syllable long: hu-man, lo-cate, pi-lot

• VC/V – If the V/CV syllabification rule doesn’t make a recognizable word,

divide after the consonant and give the vowel its short sound: rap-id, sol-id

• /Cle– Divide before the consonant-le. Count back three letters from the end

of the word and divide: ea-gle, am-ble• V/V

– Only a few words divide between the vowels: di-et, flu-id, qui-et