Open Syllable
Teaching a child to recognize syllables in words is a wonderful way to help them read and spell. My little girl has been working hard on her reading, and this week we have learned a new syllable type. We have already learned quite a few, and this one was just a stepping stone to becoming a better reader. Here are the syllable types we have learned so far.- Closed door – Basically this is just having a consonsant after the vowel. The consonant “closes” in the vowel and the vowel makes the short sond.
- Magic e vowel – This is when you have a vowel, consonant, and an e. The e is “magic” and makes the vowel long. (cake, kite, and Pete)
- R-Controlled Vowels – these are vowels that are follwed by an r. You don’t normally hear the vowel sound. (car, or, girl, her, and curl) are example of these types of syllables.
- Vowel Teams – This syllabel occurs when two-vowels are togther and make a different sound. SOmetimes they make the long vowel sound like in tree. Or they can make a totally different sound like the “oi” in soil.
Open Syllable Words
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What is an open syllable
An open door is when the syllable ends with a vowel. The vowel is not closed in by a consonant and therefore it says its name….makes a long vowel sound. (be, he, she) Many people teach this has the tiger/camel rule. When you have a word that has a consonant between two vowels, you divide after the vowel. This works about 70% of the time (the ti/ger is stronger than the camel), and the vowel will then make the long vowel sound like in (ti/ger). For the other 30%, you would divide after the consonant, and you have a closed-door (cam/el). Check out some of these examples:- Tiger – You will divide after the vowel i, and the i becomes long (ti/ger)
- humid – You divide after the u, and the u is long (hu/mid)
- paper – You divide after the a, and the a is long (pa/per)
Open and closed syllables activities
This activity is simple but gets our sweet little ones working on dividing words up into syllables.- First, print off the eggs and worksheets that go with them.
- Next, cut out the eggs.
- Then give your little ones some scissors and a pencil.
- Look at the worksheet, and find the eggs that correpsond with the sheet.
- Now, have your little ones find the VCV and cut the egg apart after the first vowel.
- Once they cut it apart they can sound out each syllable. It is great to remind them that when a syllable ends in a vowel, the vowel says its name.
- Finally, have them write the word broken up into syllables on the paper. Once again have them read it using the syllable rules to help them.
And that is how easy this open door syllable activity is. With some fun hands-on cutting, our little ones can easily see which syllables end in a vowel and practice making that long vowel sound.
Working With Syllables
These activities will help your kids practice working with syllables.- 20 Fun and Clever Syllable Activities
- Syllable Counting Punch Cards
- Winter Syllables Printable Activity
- Open and Closed Syllable Reading Activity
- Fall Counting Syllables Clip Cards
Vowels Printables
looking for more fun vowel activities and resources to make learning to read and spell words fun? Check these out!- Missing Vowels Clip Cards are a fun way for kindergartners and first grade students to practice adding in the missing vowel sounds
- Practice adding short and long vowels to word with these no-prep Vowels Worksheets
- Practice matching vowels sounds to clipart with these puzzles featuring Kindergarten Vowels
- Make practicing FUN with this cute short vowel games or use this long vowel games
- Grab these super cute CVC word puzzles free printable
- Handy Long Vowel Sounds Worksheets
- MIssing Sound Clip Cards Vowel Activities
- Long ee Words BINGO – Vowel Teams Game
- Practice adding short a words with this cut and paste activity for kids
- Long a vowel clip cards
- Short e words printable book for practicing adding the e vowel
- Cut and Paste short i words mini book
- Short i words Printable sight word reader for kids to practice reading short i words
- Cute Bunny Short i words puzzles are a fun way for kids to practice listening for the short i sound in words this spring!
- Work on short o words with this cut and paste booklet for kids to read, build, and write
- Cut and paste short u cvc words printable book for practicing adding the u vowel
- Printable vowel activities for kindergarten
- Irregular Vowels Activity with Verb Sliders
- See all our Vowels activities here
Blends Activities
Looking for more blends activities for young learners? You will love these resources:- Final Consonant Ending Blends Games
- Ending s Blends worksheets with do a dot markers
- Practice Consonant Blends with cute printable puzzles
- Slide and Read Blends Activity
- Beginning Blends Fall Activities for 1st Grade
- Blue Bird Sorting Blends Activity
- Read and Color Ending Blends Worksheets
- Mitten Initial Blends Winter Activities for 1st Grade
- Initial Blends Matching Game for kids
- Do a Dot Ending Blends Worksheet
- Ending Blends Bingo Dauber Worksheets
- Ch, Sh, Th Digraph Game
- Read and Clip Consonant Blends Activities
- Handy L Blends Worksheets with magenetic letters
- Graph a Blends Activities for 2nd graders
- Floss Rule Worksheets
- Free Printable Color by Blend Worksheet
- Ending S Blends Clip Cards
- Printable nk Ending Blends Clip Cards
- NG Words for Kids Game
- BIngo Dabber ng and nk worksheets
- Th Worksheets – Read th blends in sentences
- R Controlled Vowel Worksheets
- Free printable Blends Worksheets with dot markers
- Practice ed Endings with Free Printable BINGO Game
- FREE Printable ed Endings Worksheets
- Learn about the Three Sounds of Ed with these handy free phonics worksheets
Language Arts Activities for Kids
- Cars Punctuation Games
- Cut and Paste Sentences Worksheets
- Connect 4 Spelling Practice Worksheets – work with any list!
- Free Writing Prompts – LOTS for elementary age students with rules lines, creative prompt calendars, and more!
- Detective Themed Dictionary Skills Worksheets
- Band Aid Contraction Game
- Minion Contraction Games
- Contraction Bingo Game
- Doctor Contraction Words Game
- Synonym Puzzles for Kids
- Printable Homograph Games
- FREE Animal Antonyms Puzzles
- Contraction Dominoes
- Dinosaur Bones Punctuation Game
- Hershey Kiss Word Family Activities
- Ice Cream Word Endings Game
- Marshmallow Incident’s Noun and Verb Games Printable
- Free Spelling Dictionary
- Or learn about parts of speech with Taboo Grammar Game
- Practice Building Sentences with this Pizza Parlor Activity
- Parts of Speech BINGO – practice with noun, verb, adverb, adjectives, and more!
- Free Reading Log Printables – including Cars, Frozen, summer, and so many more!
- S’more Complete Sentences Game
- Solve it! Parts of Speech Games Printable
- Pizza Parlor Sentence Building Games
- Free Book Report Template
Open syllable games
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