SPIRE Groups

SPIRE Blue Group

Define and differentiate between closed syllables and closed syllable exceptions
Identify the appropriate vowel sound for short syllables
Identify the "key" sounds for closed syllable exceptions and apply them to decoding and reading unfamiliar words
Utilize decoding skills to read closed syllable, closed exception ,VCE syllable, and open syllable words in word lists and sentences

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Students:
AS, BS, JR, CO, EC, JF

Define a closed syllable as a syllable with a vowel followed by a consonant, making the short vowel sound
Identify the schwa sounds made when a follows w in a closed syllable word (w-a, wasp, /wa/)
Use decoding strategies to identify, decode & read closed syllable and closed syllable exception words, including words with the w-a wasp /wa/ sound, with fluency in lists and sentences

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Students:

RB, KPZ, AJ, EN, EV

Define and identify multisyllabic words as words containing two syllables, each with one "voiced" vowel sound
Divide closed syllable multisyllabic words with double consonants in the middle in order to decode each syllable individually, then combine each syllable to read the word
Identify the appropriate vowel sounds (short or long) for each syllable type
Utilize decoding skills to read multisyllabic closed syllable words with double consonants in word lists and sentences

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

In this example of the word puffin:

The syllables are divided between the two letters "f" to make two syllables PUF and FIN
The voiced vowels are short "u" and short "i"

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